P. J. Wolfson

Pincus Jacob Wolfson (May 22, 1903, New York – April 16, 1979, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles) was an American writer turned screenwriter and film producer.

P. J. Wolfson
Three of a Kind by P. J. Wolfson, 1957
BornPincus Jacob Wolfson
(1903-05-22)May 22, 1903
New York, United States
DiedApril 16, 1979(1979-04-16) (aged 75)
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States
OccupationScreenwriter, producer, writer
NationalityAmerican

Biography

Pincus Jacob Wolfson was born to Russian-Jewish immigrants[1] in New York City. His father worked as a plumber and he studied pharmacy at Fordham University. While later working in a pharmacy in Madison Square Garden, he wrote his first novels. Wolfson published his first novel, Bodies Are Dust, in 1931. His success and that of his three following novels helped him become a writer and producer in Hollywood. Until the end of his life, he worked for the biggest production companies such as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, RKO Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures. He wrote numerous scripts for film and television. He produced 30 episodes of the television series I Married Joan between 1952 and 1955.

Bodies Are Dust, published twice in two different titles in French, was called a "masterpiece" by Jean-Patrick Manchette.[2]

Work

Novels

  • Bodies Are Dust (1931)
  • Summer Hotel (1932)
  • All Women Die (1933)
  • My Flesh of Brass (1934)
  • How Sharp the Point (1959)

Partial filmography
Director
Writer
Producer

Citations
  1. http://www.wdors.com/the-p-j-wolfson-story-bodies-are-dust/
  2. Mesplède, Claude (2007). Dictionnaire des littératures policières, vol. 2 : J – Z, p. 1086. Joseph K, Nantes. ISBN 978-2-910-68645-1.
  • Claude Mesplède (1992). Editions Encrage (ed.). Les années "Série noire" : bibliographie critique d'une collection policière 1945–1959 (in French). 1. Amiens. ISBN 978-2-906-38934-2.
  • Claude Mesplède (1994). Editions Encrage (ed.). Les années "Série noire" : bibliographie critique d'une collection policière 1966–1972. 22 (in French). 3. Amiens. ISBN 978-2-906-38953-3.
  • Claude Mesplède; Jean-Jacques Schleret (1982). Futuropolis (ed.). SN, voyage au bout de la Noire : inventaire de 732 auteurs et de leurs œuvres publiés en séries Noire et Blème : suivi d'une filmographie complète (in French). Paris. p. 476. OCLC 11972030.
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