Arthur Caesar
{{Short description|Romanian-American screenwriter}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Arthur Caesar
| image = Arthur Caesar (1892–1953).png
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|3|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1953|6|20|1892|3|9}}
| death_place = Beverly Hills, California, US
| othername =
| occupation = Screenwriter
| yearsactive = 1924–1951
}}
Arthur Caesar (9 March 1892 – 20 June 1953) was a Romanian-American screenwriter and brother of the songwriter Irving Caesar.
Biography
Caesar first started writing Hollywood films in 1924. Most of his films were in the B-movie category. He won an Academy Award for the story of Manhattan Melodrama (1934), which is most famous today for being the film that John Dillinger had just seen before getting gunned down outside the cinema.
Caesar died in Beverly Hills, California on June 20, 1953.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-obituary-arthur-caesar/163260960/ |title=Obituary: Arthur Caesar |newspaper=New York Daily News |place=Beverly Hills, California |agency=UP |page=366 |date=1953-06-21 |publication-date=1953-06-22 |access-date=2025-01-17 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Selected filmography
- His Darker Self (1924)
- Napoleon's Barber (1928)
- The Aviator (1929)
- She Couldn't Say No (1930)
- The Life of the Party (1930)
- Gold Dust Gertie (1931)
- Side Show (1931)
- Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
- Atlantic City (1944)
- I Accuse My Parents (1944)
- Three of a Kind (1944)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0128361|Arthur Caesar}}
{{AcademyAwardBestStory 1928–1939}}
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Category:Jewish Romanian writers
Category:American people of Romanian-Jewish descent
Category:Romanian emigrants to the United States
Category:Romanian screenwriters
Category:Romanian male screenwriters
Category:Best Story Academy Award winners
Category:20th-century American screenwriters
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