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Jo Swerling (April 8, 1897 – October 23, 1964) was an American theatre writer, lyricist, and screenwriter. 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.
The new Broadway revival of Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling's Guys and Dolls , the famous "Musical Fable of Broadway," as it has been billed since 1950, opens at the newly...
Oct 8, 2023 · Book by Abe Burrows & Jo Swerling. Based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon. Department of Musical Theatre. October 5 – October 8, 2023 and October 12 – October 15, 2023 • The Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is one of the quintessential musical romantic comedies.
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.
- Writer, Script And Continuity Department
- April 18, 1893
- Jo Swerling
- October 23, 1964
Dec 21, 2018 · Capra sent a copy of the script to his longtime collaborator, actor Jimmy Stewart, who enthusiastically agreed to play the lead character. Here’s a page from the final script: Goodrich, Francis and Albert Hackett, with Frank Capra and Jo Swerling. Page from 1946 typescript of It’s a Wonderful Life.
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.
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Jo Swerling is known as an Screenplay, Writer, Story, Adaptation, Dialogue, Theatre Play, Additional Writing, and Producer. Some of his work includes Lifeboat, Leave Her to Heaven, Guys and Dolls, The Pride of the Yankees, The Westerner, Blood and Sand, Platinum Blonde, and The Whole Town's Talking.
