Arnold Lippschitz

Arnold Lippschitz
Born15 January 1901
Died30 August 1952 (aged 51)
Los Angeles
Other namesArnold Lipp, Arnold Phillips
OccupationScreenwriter
Years active1918–1952 (film)

Arnold Lippschitz (1901–1952) was a German screenwriter. Born the son of the playwright Arthur Lippschitz, his young brother was the art director Herbert Lippschitz. He began his film career in 1918 at the end of the First World War. Of Jewish background, he fled Nazi Germany going on to work in the French film industry where he was credited as Arnold Lipp, working among other films on Yoshiwara (1937) by Max Ophüls.[1] Following the German invasion of France he emigrated to America, working in Hollywood where he was credited as Arnold Phillips.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ White p.368

Bibliography

  • Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933–1942. McFarland, 2008.
  • White, Susan M. The Cinema of Max Ophuls: Magisterial Vision and the Figure of Woman. Columbia University Press, 1995.