Marian Spitzer

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Marian Spitzer
Born
Marian Adrienne Spitzer

February 20, 1899
New York City, New York, USA
DiedJuly 18, 1983 (aged 84)
New York City, New York, USA
Education New York University
OccupationScreenwriter, playwright, journalist
Spouse(s) Harlan Thompson
Children Evan Thompson

Marian Spitzer (sometimes credited under her married name, Marian Spitzer Thompson) was an American screenwriter, journalist, playwright, and actress.

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Biography

Spitzer was born in Manhattan to Lewis Spitzer and Adaline Wolfsheim. She and her younger sister, Janet, were raised in New York City.

After graduating from New York University in 1918, she embarked on a career as a journalist, working at newspapers like The Evening Globe. [1] She was fired from her Globe job after cutting work to spend time with her future husband, reporter (and future film producer) Harlan Thompson. She then transitioned into working as a publicity agent at the Palace Theatre while also writing short stories. [2] She married Thompson in 1925. [3]

She and Thompson wrote a number of plays and films together, and Thompson also had a brief flirtation with acting when she was cast in a role in Thru Different Eyes . [4] The pair moved to Hollywood for a few years to write for the silver screen, and Marian took on a role as a story editor, producer's assistant, and script doctor at Paramount while writing novels and short stories on the side. [5] [6] [7] [8] Later in life, she wrote a book titled I Took It Lying Down about her experience suffering from tuberculosis, in addition to working for the New York City Office of Cultural Affairs in Carnegie Hall. [9]

In 1940, she was named as someone with connections to the Communist Party. [10]

Selected works

Film
Literature

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  12. ↑ Larkin, John; Spitzer, Marian (1943). The Dolly Sisters: Screenplay. Twentieth Century-Fox.
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  14. ↑ https://www.marx-brothers.org/whyaduck/sounds/streaming.htm
  15. ↑ Spitzer, Marian (1969). The Palace. Atheneum.
  16. ↑ Spitzer, Marian (1969). The Palace: With an Introd. by Brooks Atkinson. Atheneum.
  17. ↑ Koeniges, Thomas R. (1969). "In the know -- Marian Spitzer". loc.gov. Retrieved 3 August 2021. Medium: 3 photographic prints (contact sheets). Summary: Photographs show author Marian Spitzer at the Museum of the City of New York. Spitzer is posed standing in front of an exhibit of Palace Theatre Memorabilia.
  18. ↑ I TOOK IT LYING DOWN by Marian Spitzer | Kirkus Reviews.
  19. ↑ Spitzer, Marian (1951). I Took it Lying Down. [A Personal Account of Treatment for Pulmonary Tuberculosis.]. Random House.
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  22. ↑ Spitzer, Marian (1930). A Hungry Young Lady. H. Liveright.
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  24. ↑ Spitzer, Marian (1924). Who Would be Free. Boni and Liveright. The smug German-Jewish society of New York's upper West Side." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation.
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