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name: "Julien Josephson"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 October 1881"
died: "14 April 1959"
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# Julien Josephson

Writer. Born 24 October 1881 in Roseburg - Oregon - USA. Died 14 April 1959.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 October 1881, Roseburg - Oregon - USA
- **Died:** 14 April 1959
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Josephson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1712251, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430756/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97986

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Disraeli*](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md) (68)

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## Biography

Julien Josephson (24 October 1881 – 14 April 1959) was an American screenwriter. Born in Roseburg, Oregon, he began working in motion pictures in 1914 and remained active until the early 1940s.

He adapted several theatrical works for the screen during the silent era, including *Lady Windermere's Fan* (1925). Josephson received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay for *Disraeli* (1929). He later contributed to films such as *Heidi* (1937), *Wee Willie Winkie* (1937), *Suez* (1938) and *Stanley and Livingstone* (1939), often in collaboration with other writers at studios including Warner Bros. and 20th Century-Fox.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Disraeli* (1929), Fi1m 68, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

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

- *Happy Land* (1943), Screenplay
- *The Great Gildersleeve* (1942), Screenplay
- *The Rains Came* (1939), Screenplay
- *Stanley and Livingstone* (1939), Screenplay
- *Suez* (1938), Screenplay
- *Heidi* (1937), Screenplay
- *Wee Willie Winkie* (1937), Screenplay
- *Chance at Heaven* (1933), Screenplay
- *State Fair* (1933), as Additional Writing
- *A Successful Calamity* (1932), Writer
- *The Expert* (1932), Adaptation
- *The Man Who Played God* (1932), Adaptation
- *Hell Bound* (1931), Writer
- *Misbehaving Ladies* (1931), Writer
- *Kiss Me Again* (1931), Screenplay
- *The Green Goddess* (1930), Screenplay
- *The Climax* (1930), Scenario Writer, Adaptation, Writer
- *Disraeli* (1929), Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md)
- *Do Your Duty* (1928), Writer
- *A Ship Comes In* (1928), Story
- *The Whirlwind of Youth* (1927), Writer
- *Forever After* (1926), Adaptation
- *The Eagle of the Sea* (1926), Writer
- *It Must Be Love* (1926), Adaptation
- *The Bat* (1926), Writer
- *Lady Windermere's Fan* (1925), Writer
- *Rose of the World* (1925), Writer
- *His Majesty, Bunker Bean* (1925), Writer
- *How Baxter Butted In* (1925), Adaptation
- *My Wife and I* (1925), Screenplay
- *The Narrow Street* (1925), Writer
- *The Tenth Woman* (1924), Writer
- *Daddies* (1924), Screenplay
- *The Country Kid* (1923), Writer
- *The Printer's Devil* (1923), Screenplay
- *Main Street* (1923), Writer
- *Brass* (1923), Scenario Writer
- *All the Brothers Were Valiant* (1923), Writer
- *Hungry Hearts* (1922), Screenplay
- *The Cowboy and the Lady* (1922), Writer
- *The Old Homestead* (1922), Writer
- *The Man Unconquerable* (1922), Writer
- *His Back Against the Wall* (1922), Writer
- *Head Over Heels* (1922), Writer
- *Watch Your Step* (1922), Screenplay
- *Dangerous Curve Ahead* (1921), Writer
- *The Jailbird* (1920), Screenplay
- *Paris Green* (1920), Writer
- *Red Hot Dollars* (1919), Scenario Writer
- *Crooked Straight* (1919), Story
- *The Egg Crate Wallop* (1919), Writer
- *Bill Henry* (1919), Writer
- *Hay Foot, Straw Foot* (1919), Screenplay
- *Greased Lightning* (1919), Story
- *String Beans* (1918), Writer
- *Fuss and Feathers* (1918), Screenplay
- *The Midnight Patrol* (1918), Writer
- *The Biggest Show on Earth* (1918), Scenario Writer
- *Playing the Game* (1918), Story
- *The Hired Man* (1918), Writer
- *Mountain Dew* (1917), Scenario Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1930: Best Writing (nominated), for *Disraeli*

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

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