Paul
Arthur
Yawitz
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Veres May (Jones) Dietz
— married
12 Jun 1944 in California, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 83
in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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Biography
Paul Yawitz is Notable.
Paul was born 15 Feb1900, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Morris and Clara Yawitz, Jewish immigrants from Austria.
A former New York press agent, Paul Yawitz turned to screenwriting in the mid-'30s. From 1937 to 1938, Yawitz worked at RKO, collaborating on such budget-minded comedies as Joe Penner's Go Chase Yourself (1938) and Lucille Ball's The Affairs of Annabel (1938). At Columbia in the 1940s, Yawitz penned several of the studio's Boston Blackie entries. Paul Yawitz's last-known screen assignment was the 1957 Willis O'Brien fantasy effort The Black Scorpion (1957).
Paul also worked as a freelance columnist in Los Angeles, often reporting on the happening on Broadway and in the theatrical world.
Paul passed away in 1983.
Sources
California County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980. Index to Marriages, 1944, Veres J Judels to Paul A Yawitz. Image available online at Ancestry.com $$ (image 392).
1950 U.S. Federal Census, California, Los Angeles County, Beverly Hills, ED 19-216, page 12, dwelling 188, household of Paul A. Yawitz. Image available online at Ancestry.com $$ (image 62).
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