Kubec Glasmon Explained

Kubec Glasmon
Birth Date:12 August 1897
Birth Place:Poland
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, US
Yearsactive:1931–42 (last work released after his death)

Kubec Glasmon (August 12, 1897 – March 13, 1938) was an American screenwriter from Poland, who was nominated for the now defunct category of Best Story at the 4th Academy Awards. He was nominated for Best Story with John Bright for The Public Enemy.[1] The film was based on the duo's then-unpublished novel Beer and Blood, which was published after the film's release (as The Public Enemy) by Grosset & Dunlap in 1931.

Filmography

Personal life

Kubec was a former pharmacist in Chicago before he became a screenwriter. He wrote crime stories with John Bright. He was married to film actress Joan Blair, born Lilian Wilck.[2]

He died at age 40 of a heart attack.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 4th Academy Awards (1931) Nominees and Winners . March 22, 2014. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS.
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185672361 Joan Blair (1903–1997)
  3. Web site: Kubec Glasmon. March 22, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140330225357/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/91711/Kubec-Glasmon/biography. March 30, 2014. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Bruce Eder. 2014. dead.