Felix Adler (screenwriter)
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| Felix Adler | |
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| Born | January 22, 1884 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | March 25, 1963 (aged 79) Woodland Hills, California |
| Years active | 1922-1960 |
Felix Adler (January 22, 1884 – March 25, 1963) was an accomplished American screenwriter whose career spanned over 30 years. He is best known for his work with the Three Stooges.
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[edit] Life
Adler was born on January 22, 1884 in Chicago, Illinois. He started out as a vaudeville actor and then became a title writer for Mack Sennett in the early 1920s. Before working for the Three Stooges films, Adler wrote for Laurel and Hardy as well as Abbott and Costello. Adler was a staff writer for the Columbia Pictures Short Subject department, a position he held until its demise in 1957.
A much-loved resident of Hollywood Hills, he was famously sociable, chatting with neighbors at the Beachwood Village Laundry and giving pocket money to local children. His charming storybook house became a popular stop-off for neighbors on their way to and from the Beachwood Market because he would invariably invite them in for a drink.
[edit] Death
Adler died of abdominal cancer at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital (now MPTF Hospital) in Woodland Hills, California on March 25, 1963.
[edit] Notes
- As a joke, Adler would sometimes misspell his surname as "Alder" in the credits
- In some Three Stooges shorts, there were many things named after Adler such as a box of soap in Baby Sitters Jitters and a liquor store in Nutty But Nice.
- The last Three Stooges film featuring Adler's writing was Stop, Look and Laugh, a compilation of previously filmed shorts, released in 1960, just three years before he died. 1958's Oil's Well That Ends Well Stooges short was the last original release of his work.
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