Jules Furthman was a magazine and newspaper writer when he began writing for films in 1915. When the U.S. entered WWI Furthman used the name "Stephen Fox" for his screenplays because he thought his name sounded too German, but he reverted to his real name after the war. Furthman became one of the most prolific, and well-known, screenwriters of his time, and was responsible for the screenplays of some of Hollywood's most highly regarded films, such as Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), To Have and Have Not (1944) and Nightmare Alley (1947).
Known For
The Big Sleep
(1946)
Screenplay
Rio Bravo
(1959)
Screenplay
Shanghai Express
(1932)
Screenplay
Nightmare Alley
(1947)
Screenplay
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Screenplay
The Outlaw
(1943)
Screenplay
Pretty Baby
(1950)
Story
Only Angels Have Wings
(1939)
Screenplay
To Have and Have Not
(1945)
Screenplay
Morocco
(1930)
Writer
Blonde Venus
(1932)
Writer
The Shanghai Gesture
(1941)
Writer
Full Filmography
Writing
The Masked Heart
(1917)
Story
Souls in Pawn
(1917)
Writer
A Japanese Nightingale
(1918)
Writer
Hearts or Diamonds?
(1918)
Screenplay
Up Romance Road
(1918)
Writer
Brass Buttons
(1919)
Story and Screenplay
Victory
(1919)
Writer
A Sporting Chance
(1919)
Writer
Where the West Begins
(1919)
Writer
The Lincoln Highwayman
(1919)
Adaptation
The Land of Jazz
(1920)
Story and Screenplay
Treasure Island
(1920)
Writer
The White Circle
(1920)
Writer
The Iron Rider
(1920)
Scenario Writer
The Texan
(1920)
Scenario Writer
The Great Redeemer
(1920)
Adaptation
The Skywayman
(1920)
Writer
The Cheater Reformed
(1921)
Screenplay
The Last Trail
(1921)
Adaptation
The Big Punch
(1921)
Writer
Calvert's Valley
(1922)
Writer
The Love Gambler
(1922)
Scenario Writer
The Acquittal
(1923)
Writer
Lovebound
(1923)
Writer
St. Elmo
(1923)
Writer
Condemned
(1923)
Writer
North of Hudson Bay
(1923)
Screenplay and Story
Any Woman
(1925)
Writer
Sackcloth and Scarlet
(1925)
Writer
You'd Be Surprised
(1926)
Story and Screenplay
The Wise Guy
(1926)
Story
The City Gone Wild
(1927)
Screenplay and Story
Fashions for Women
(1927)
Writer
Hotel Imperial
(1927)
Screenplay
Barbed Wire
(1927)
Screenplay
The Way of All Flesh
(1927)
Writer
Abie's Irish Rose
(1928)
Writer
The Docks of New York
(1928)
Screenplay and Story
The Drag Net
(1928)
Writer
New York Nights
(1929)
Adaptation
The Case of Lena Smith
(1929)
Writer
Thunderbolt
(1929)
Story
For the Defense
(1930)
Story
Common Clay
(1930)
Writer
Morocco
(1930)
Writer
Renegades
(1930)
Writer
The Yellow Ticket
(1931)
Writer
Body and Soul
(1931)
Writer
Over the Hill
(1931)
Writer
Merely Mary Ann
(1931)
Writer
Blonde Venus
(1932)
Writer
Shanghai Express
(1932)
Screenplay
Bombshell
(1933)
Screenplay
China Seas
(1935)
Screenplay
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Screenplay
Come and Get It
(1936)
Screenplay
Spawn of the North
(1938)
Writer
Zaza
(1938)
Screenplay
Only Angels Have Wings
(1939)
Screenplay
The Way of All Flesh
(1940)
Story
The Shanghai Gesture
(1941)
Writer
The Outlaw
(1943)
Screenplay
To Have and Have Not
(1945)
Screenplay
The Big Sleep
(1946)
Screenplay
Moss Rose
(1947)
Screenplay
Nightmare Alley
(1947)
Screenplay
Pretty Baby
(1950)
Story
Peking Express
(1951)
Writer
Jet Pilot
(1957)
Writer
Rio Bravo
(1959)
Screenplay
Directing
Production