Sol Shor
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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
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
Shor died in May 1985 in New Rochelle, New York.
Filmography
- 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
- Sol Shor at Allmovie.com
- Template:Trim/ Sol Shor at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
References
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Categories:
- Pages with script errors
- 1913 births
- 1985 deaths
- Date of death missing
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- American communists
- American male screenwriters
- American television writers
- American male television writers
- City College of New York alumni
- Film serial crew
- Screenwriters from New York City
- American Western (genre) films
- Writers from New Rochelle, New York
- Writers from the Bronx