PJ Wolfson (May 22, 1903, New York – April 16, 1979, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles), born Pincus Jacob Wolfson, was an American writer turned screenwriter and film producer.
PJ Wolfson published his first novel, Bodies Are Dust, in 1931. His success and that of his three following novels helped him become a writer and producer in Hollywood. Until the end of his life, he worked for the biggest production companies such as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, RKO Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures. He wrote numerous scripts for film and television.
Bodies Are Dust, published twice in two different titles in French, was called a "masterpiece" by Jean-Patrick Manchette.
Novels
Bodies Are Dust (1931)
Summer Hotel (1932)
All Women Die (1933)
My Flesh of Brass (1934)
How Sharp the Point (1959)
Director
P. J. Wolfson made one movie in 1939 titled Boy Slaves with Anne Shirley.
Writer
1933 : Picture Snatcher by Lloyd Bacon with James Cagney
1933 : The Tourbillon Dance by Robert Z. Leonard with Joan Crawford and Clark Gable
1935 : Reckless Youth by Victor Fleming with Jean Harlow and William Powell
1935 : The Mad Love of Hands by Karl Freund with Peter Lorre and Frances Drake
1936 : Carolyn wants to Divorce by Leigh Jason with Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond and Robert Young
1937 : The Enterprising Mr. Petrov by Mark Sandrich with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
1937 : Sea Devils by Benjamin Stoloff with Victor McLaglen and Preston Foster
1938 : Marriage Incognito by George Stevens with Ginger Rogers and James Stewart
1939 : The First Rebel by William A. Seiter with Claire Trevor and John Wayne
1940 : Vigil in the Night by George Stevens with Carole Lombard and Brian Aherne
1942 : Embrace the Bride by Alexander Hall with Joan Crawford and Melvyn Douglas
1947 : Suddenly, It's Spring by Mitchell Leisen with Paulette Goddard and Fred MacMurray
1947 : The Exploits of Pearl White by George Marshall with Betty Hutton and John Lund
1948 : Traffic at Saigon by Leslie Fenton with Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake
1938 : Miss Manton Is Crazy by Leigh Jason with Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda
1939 : Boy Slaves by himself
1939 : The First Rebel (screenplay)
1948 : Traffic at Saigon (screenplay)
1952 : I Married Joan, television series; he produced 30 episodes between 1952 and 1955
Claude Mesplède (1992). Editions Encrage, ed. Les années "Série noire" : bibliographie critique d'une collection policière 1945–1959 (in French). 1. Amiens. ISBN 978-2-906-38934-2.
Claude Mesplède (1994). Editions Encrage, ed. Les années "Série noire" : bibliographie critique d'une collection policière 1966–1972. 22 (in French). 3. Amiens. ISBN 978-2-906-38953-3.
Claude Mesplède; Jean-Jacques Schleret (1982). Futuropolis, ed. SN, voyage au bout de la Noire : inventaire de 732 auteurs et de leurs œuvres publiés en séries Noire et Blème : suivi d'une filmographie complète (in French). Paris. p. 476. OCLC 11972030.
