Jules Furthman

Jules Furthman (March 5, 1888 – September 22, 1966) was an American magazine and newspaper writer before working as a screenwriter. Pauline Kael once wrote that Furthman "has written about half of the most entertaining movies to come out of Hollywood (Ben Hecht wrote most of the other half)."

Birth and Death Data: Born Chicago (city and county seat of Cook County, and largest city in State of Illinois, United States of America), Died September 22, 1966 (Oxford (city in Oxfordshire, England) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1931

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor PBVE-68310[a] 10-in. 9/2/1931 Kiss me goodnight, not goodbye Charles R. MacPherson Dubbed recording, with announcement lyricist  
Victor BRC-70132 10-in. 7/29/1931 Kiss me goodnight, not goodbye Paul Small ; The Troubadours Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Columbia W151780 10-in. 9/10/1931 Kiss me goodnight, not goodbye Fred Rich Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Columbia W351103 10-in. 9/17/1931 Kiss me goodnight, not goodbye Selvin’s Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Furthman, Jules," accessed December 26, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102669.

Furthman, Jules. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 26, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102669.

"Furthman, Jules." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 26 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102669

External Sources

Wikipedia: Jules Furthman

IMDb: Jules Furthman

Britannica: Jules Furthman

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Furthman, Jules - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80013429

Wikidata: Jules Furthman - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q704053

VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/30829299

Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/49710 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/49710

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