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Jerome Odlum - Wikipedia

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Jerome Odlum (August 6, 1905 – March 2, 1954) was an American writer.

Odlum was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[1]

He served a term in prison for forgery.^[2] After his time in prison, he became a reporter and then managing editor of The Minneapolis News.^[3]

Odlum was married in Minneapolis in 1937.^[4] His wife filed for divorce in 1939.^[5]

He published a novel, Each Dawn I Die, in 1938. It was adapted to a film of the same name in 1939. Odlum then became a screenwriter. He was under contract to Paramount at $2,500 per month in 1939.^[5] He wrote several more novels as well as film screenplays.

In 1952, it was reported that he would be writing for television.^[6]

Jerome Odlum died on March 2, 1954.^[1]^[7]

Works

Books

Each Dawn I Die. Indianapolis; New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1938.^[8]^[9]^[10]
Nine Lives Are Not Enough. New York: Sheridan House, 1940.
Lady Sourdough. New York: Macmillan Co, 1941. By Frances Ella Fitz; as told to Jerome Odlum.
Night and No Moon. New York: Howell, Soskin, 1942.
The Morgue Is Always Open. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944.^[11]
The Mirabilis Diamond. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945.
Private Detective. Sydney: Invincible Press, 194-?

Films

The Oklahoma Kid (uncredited) (1939)
Each Dawn I Die (from the novel by) (1939)
Dust Be My Destiny (novel) (1939)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (from the novel by) (1941)
I Was Framed (idea) (1942)
Crime Doctor (adaptation) (1943)
A Scream in the Dark (novel "The Morgue is Always Open") (1943)
Marine Raiders (contributor to screenplay construction - uncredited) (1944)
Strange Affair (screenplay) (1944)
In Old Sacramento (original story) (1946)
Last Frontier Uprising (story) (1947)
Cover Up (original screenplay) (1949)
Song of India (story) (1949)
Never Trust a Gambler (screenplay) / (story) (1951)
Highway Dragnet (screenplay) (1954)
The Fast and the Furious (screenplay) (1954)
The Strange Affair (uncredited) (1968)

Television

Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) (1 episode: Cover-Up (original screenplay) (1955)

References

^ ^a ^b "Rites Set Tomorrow for Jerome Odlum". The Los Angeles Times. 1954-03-04. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
^ "Pictures: Jerome Odlum Jammed." Variety. Los Angeles Vol. 146, Iss. 6, (Apr 15, 1942): 20. Via Proquest.
^ "JEROME ODLUM, 48, NOVELIST, IS DEAD; Author of Each, Dawn I Die' Also a Film Writer -- Once Minneapolis News Chief". The New York Times. 1954-03-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
^ "Jerome Odlum's Success Spoiled Him, Wife Says". The St. Louis Star and Times. 1939-12-12. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
^ ^a ^b "Pictures: Mrs. Jerome Odlum's $100 Alimony Demand." Variety. Vol. 137, Iss. 2, (Dec 20, 1939): 6. Via Proquest.
^ "In This Corner with Cedric Adams". The Minneapolis Star. 1952-09-01. p. 52. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
^ "Jerome Odlum Dies". The Owensboro Messenger. 1954-03-05. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
^ "Prison Novel". Star Tribune. 1938-04-10. p. 53. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
^ "The Crime Sheet". The Province. 1938-05-14. p. 54. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
^ "In This Corner with Cedric Adams". The Minneapolis Star. 1939-01-12. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
^ "Crime & Cowboys". Star Tribune. 1944-06-04. p. 13. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

External links

Works by Jerome Odlum at Faded Page (Canada)
Jerome Odlum at IMDb

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