Screenwriter. He is recognized as an Oscar-winning Romanian-born American screenwriter of the early 20th century. He is credited with at least 43 films between 1924 to 1951. Born into a Jewish household, the son of Morris and Sophia Keiser, he came to the United States as a baby and spent his childhood and teen years in Yorkville, the same Manhattan neighborhood where the Marx Brothers were raised. After high school, he studied at Yale University and started a career as a journalist. Since the early 1920s, he worked on many Broadway plays before coming to Hollywood in 1930. An adaption of his "Mammy's Boy," the 1924 silent, blackface comedy film "His Darker Self" is credit to him as his debut piece. He received the 1935 Academy Award for Best Writing of an Original Story for "Manhattan Melodrama." Other credits include "She Couldn't Say No" in 1930, "Their Big Moment" in 1934, "The Star Maker" in 1939, "Adventure in Washington" in 1941, "Three of a Kind" in 1944 and his last credit, "Anne of the Indies" in 1951. The older brother of songwriter Irving Caesar, he died of a heart attack in his home. He married Dora Platt and remained married until his death.
Screenwriter. He is recognized as an Oscar-winning Romanian-born American screenwriter of the early 20th century. He is credited with at least 43 films between 1924 to 1951. Born into a Jewish household, the son of Morris and Sophia Keiser, he came to the United States as a baby and spent his childhood and teen years in Yorkville, the same Manhattan neighborhood where the Marx Brothers were raised. After high school, he studied at Yale University and started a career as a journalist. Since the early 1920s, he worked on many Broadway plays before coming to Hollywood in 1930. An adaption of his "Mammy's Boy," the 1924 silent, blackface comedy film "His Darker Self" is credit to him as his debut piece. He received the 1935 Academy Award for Best Writing of an Original Story for "Manhattan Melodrama." Other credits include "She Couldn't Say No" in 1930, "Their Big Moment" in 1934, "The Star Maker" in 1939, "Adventure in Washington" in 1941, "Three of a Kind" in 1944 and his last credit, "Anne of the Indies" in 1951. The older brother of songwriter Irving Caesar, he died of a heart attack in his home. He married Dora Platt and remained married until his death.
Bio by: Fritz Tauber
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