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Jo Swerling (April 8, 1897 – October 23, 1964) was an American theatre writer, lyricist and screenwriter. Jo Swerling, circa 1940. Early life and early career. Born Joseph Swerling in Berdichev, Ukraine, [1] Swerling was one of a number of Jewish refugees from the Tsarist regime.
Jo Swerling. Writer: The Pride of the Yankees. Oscar-nominated Hollywood screenwriter Jo Swerling, who also was a Tony Award-winning Broadway writer and lyricist, was born in Berdichev, Ukraine in what was then the Russian Empire.
Oscar-nominated Hollywood screenwriter Jo Swerling, who also was a Tony Award-winning Broadway writer and lyricist, was born in Berdichev, Ukraine in what was then the Russian Empire. His family emigrated from Czarist Russia and he grew up on the Lower East Side in New York City.
Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, such as "Pick the Winner".
Jo Swerling was an American theatre writer, lyricist and screenwriter. Born in Berdichev, Russian Empire, Swerling was a refugee of the Czarist regime who grew up on New York City's lower East Side, where he sold newspapers to help support his family.
SWERLING, Jo(seph) 1897-1964. PERSONAL: Born April 18, 1897, in Bardichov, Russia; died 1964; married Florence Manson; children: Peter, Jo, Jr. CAREER: Screenwriter, playwright, and short-story writer. Journalist for Chicago Herald and Examiner and Chicago correspondent for Variety until 1964.
JO SWERLING was an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and playwright. His work includes the comedy STREET CINDERELLA for the Marx Brothers, for whom he wrote their first movie, the unreleased silent comedy HUMOR RISK.
