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name: "Harry Kurnitz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harry-kurnitz"
fi1m_id: "harry-kurnitz"
imdb_id: "nm0475823"
tmdb_id: 17843
wikidata_id: "Q1586611"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "5 January 1908"
died: "18 March 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:14:43.490161+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Harry Kurnitz

## Identity

Harry Kurnitz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harry-kurnitz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harry-kurnitz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0475823
- **TMDB ID:** 17843
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1586611
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Kurnitz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1586611, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0475823/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17843

Writer. Born 5 January 1908 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 18 March 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 5 January 1908, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 18 March 1968
- **Also known as:** Marco Page
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Kurnitz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1586611, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0475823/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17843

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Witness for the Prosecution*](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md) (87)

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## Biography

Harry Kurnitz (5 January 1908 – 18 March 1968) was an American playwright, novelist and screenwriter. He grew up in Philadelphia and studied at the University of Pennsylvania before working as a book and music reviewer for *The Philadelphia Record*.

Kurnitz wrote mystery fiction under the pen name Marco Page. His 1937 novel *Fast Company* brought him to Hollywood, where he contributed to more than forty screenplays. His credits include *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), *How to Steal a Million* (1966), *Hatari!* (1962) and several *Thin Man* films. He also wrote the plays *Reclining Figure* (1954) and *Once More, with Feeling!* (1960), and collaborated with Noël Coward on the musical *The Girl Who Came to Supper* (1963).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Fi1m 87, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Witness for the Prosecution* (1982), Screenplay
- *How to Steal a Million* (1966), Screenplay
- *Goodbye Charlie* (1964), Screenplay
- *A Shot in the Dark* (1964), Theatre Play
- *Hatari!* (1962), Story
- *Surprise Package* (1960), Screenplay
- *Once More, with Feeling!* (1960), Screenplay, Theatre Play
- *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Screenplay — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md)
- *The Happy Road* (1957), Writer
- *Land of the Pharaohs* (1955), Writer
- *The Love Lottery* (1954), Screenplay
- *The Man Between* (1953), Screenplay
- *Melba* (1953), Story, Screenplay
- *Tonight We Sing* (1953), Writer
- *Of Men and Music* (1951), Writer
- *Pretty Baby* (1950), Screenplay, Producer
- *The Inspector General* (1949), Screenplay
- *My Dream Is Yours* (1949), Screenplay
- *A Kiss in the Dark* (1949), Writer, Producer
- *Adventures of Don Juan* (1948), Screenplay
- *One Touch of Venus* (1948), Screenplay
- *Something in the Wind* (1947), Screenplay
- *The Web* (1947), Story
- *What Next, Corporal Hargrove?* (1945), Writer
- *The Thin Man Goes Home* (1944), Story
- *The Heavenly Body* (1944), Adaptation
- *See Here, Private Hargrove* (1944), Screenplay
- *They Got Me Covered* (1943), Screenplay
- *Pacific Rendezvous* (1942), Screenplay, Associate Producer, Costume Design, Editor
- *Shadow of the Thin Man* (1941), Screenplay, Story
- *I Love You Again* (1940), Screenplay
- *Fast and Furious* (1939), Screenplay
- *Fast and Loose* (1939), Screenplay
- *Fast Company* (1938), Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1946: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *What Next, Corporal Hargrove?*

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Author 1964: Tony Award for Best Author (nominated), for *The Girl Who Came to Supper*
- Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical 1964: Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (nominated), for *The Girl Who Came to Supper*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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