Sol Shor
Sol Shor (July 17, 1913 – May 1985) was an American film and television screenwriter, credited mostly with B-westerns and movie serials.
Early life, education and career
[edit]Shor was born in the Bronx and graduated from the City College of New York. After working as general manager of the Novelty Manufacturing Company and as a freelancer, Shor was signed as a writer to Republic Pictures in 1937.
Sol Shor admitted to having been an American Communist Party member before the House Un-American Activities Committee and named other party members in his testimony.[1]
Death
[edit]Shor died in May 1985 in New Rochelle, New York.
Filmography
[edit]- The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
- Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
- Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
- Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
- The Yukon Patrol (1942)
- The Crimson Ghost (serial, 1946)
- Daughter of the Jungle (1949)
- Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. (1949)
- Ghost of Zorro (serial, 1949)
- King of the Rocket Men (serial, 1949)
- Flame of Calcutta (1953)
- Savage Mutiny (1953)
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Ceplair, Larry; Steven Englund (2003). The Inquisition in Hollywood: Politics in the Film Community, 1930-60. University of Illinois Press. p. 378. ISBN 0-252-07141-7.
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- Screenwriters from New York City
- American Western (genre) films
- Writers from New Rochelle, New York
- Writers from the Bronx