Abem Finkel
(1889 - 1948)


Sergeant York (1941)
Born in New York City. Story and screenplay writer who entered American film at Columbia in 1931 with THE DECEIVER. Other writing credits, alone or in collaboration, include HI, NELLIE! (1934), BLACK FURY, SPECIAL AGENT and STARS OVER BROADWAY (all 1935), ROAD GANG and PUBIC ENEMY'S WIFE (both 1936), BLACK LEGION, MARKED WOMAN and THAT MAN'S HERE AGAIN (all 1937), SERGEANT MURPHY, WHITE BANNERS and JEZEBEL (all 1938), SERGEANT YORK and BULLETS FOR O'HARA (both 1941), THE BIG SHOT (1942), THE HUNDRED POUND WINDOW (1944), TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT and GOD IS MY CO-PILOT (both 1945), TIME OUT OF MIND (1947), and his last film, THE TENDER YEARS (1948).

 Nominated for Writing (Original Screenplay) 1941: SERGEANT YORK (w. Harry Chandlee, John Huston & Howard Koch)

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