Arthur Caesar

Writer

March 9, 1892 — June 20, 1953 (61 years)
Arthur Caesar was a screenwriter. Romanian by birth, and brother of the songwriter Irving Caesar, Caesar first started writing Hollywood movies in 1924. Most of his movies were in the B-movie category. He won an Academy Award for the story of Manhattan Melodrama (1934), which is most famous today for being the film that John Dillinger had just been to see before getting gunned down outside the cinema.

FreeMovies & Shows on Plex

  • Fighting Caravans
    Fighting Caravans
  • Arson, Inc.
    Arson, Inc.
  • A Soldier's Plaything
    A Soldier's Plaything

Known For

  • Manhattan Melodrama
    Manhattan Melodrama
  • I Accuse My Parents
    I Accuse My Parents
  • The Stolen Jools
    The Stolen Jools
  • Anne of the Indies
    Anne of the Indies
  • Little Men
    Little Men
  • Arson, Inc.
    Free
    Arson, Inc.
  • So Long Letty
    So Long Letty
  • Fighting Caravans
    Free
    Fighting Caravans
  • Three Faces East
    Three Faces East
  • Wide Open
    Wide Open
  • Side Show
    Side Show
  • A Soldier's Plaything
    Free
    A Soldier's Plaything

Filmography

1951
Anne of the Indies · as Screenplay
1944
Three of a Kind · as Screenplay
1941
Adventure in Washington · as Screenplay
1940
Little Men · as Screenplay
1939
The Star Maker · as Screenplay
1935
Alias Mary Dow · as Screenplay
1935
1934
Their Big Moment · as Screenplay
1934
1933
1932
1931
Her Majesty, Love · as Screenplay
1931
Side Show · as Screenplay
1931
1931
1930
Three Faces East · as Screenplay
1930
Wide Open · as Screenplay

1949
Arson, Inc. · as StoryOn Plex
1944
1944
Atlantic City · as Story
1943
1942
Northwest Rangers · as Story
1942
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe · as Additional Dialogue
1935
Grand Old Girl · as Contributor To Treatment
1934
Manhattan Melodrama · as Original Story
1933
No Marriage Ties · as Dialogue
1932
The Tenderfoot · as Adaptation
1932
Fireman, Save My Child! · as Adaptation
1931
Gold Dust Gertie · as Dialogue
1930
Divorce Among Friends · as Scenario Writer
1930
A Soldier's Plaything · as DialogueOn Plex
1930
The Life of the Party · as Dialogue
1929
So Long Letty · as Dialogue