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Frank Tarloff

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Frank Tarloff · Arts & Literature

What

Co-wrote Father Goose (Academy Award 1964)

When

1916, New York City, USA — 1999, Los Angeles, California, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Frank Tarloff is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Co-wrote Father Goose (Academy Award 1964)

How & why

Tarloff was a Jewish American screenwriter who shared the 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the Cary Grant comedy 'Father Goose' with Peter Stone and S. H. Barnett. Blacklisted during the McCarthy era, he had worked for years under pseudonyms on television comedies before winning the Oscar under his own name. He was born to a Jewish family in New York City.

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Co-wrote Father Goose (Academy Award 1964)

1964

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters