Julius J. Epstein

Julius J. Epstein (August 22, 1909 – December 30, 2000) was an American screenwriter, who had a long career, best remembered for the adaptation—in partnership with his twin brother, Philip, and others—of the unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's that became the screenplay for the film Casablanca (1942), for which its team of writers won an Academy Award. Following his brother's death in 1952, he continued writing, receiving two more Oscar nominations and, in 1998, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association career achievement award. His credits included Four Daughters (1938), The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), Mr. Skeffington (1944), The Tender Trap (1955), Light in the Piazza (1962), Send Me No Flowers (1964), Pete 'n' Tillie (1972), and Reuben, Reuben (1983).

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“Rick: You played it for her, you can play it for me.
Sam: Well, I don’t think I can remember it.
Rick: If she can stand it, I can. Play it!”
—Julius J. Epstein (1909–1952)

“Round up the usual suspects.”
—Julius J. Epstein (1909–1952)

“And you too, Brutus.
[Et tu, Brute.]”
—Julius Caesar [Gaius Julius Caesar] (100–44 B.C.)

“I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might.”
—Joseph Epstein (b. 1937)