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Name
  
Sol Shor

Role
  
Television screenwriter


Spouse
  
Helen Shor (m. ?–1985)

Died
  
May 5, 1985, New Rochelle, New York, United States

Movies
  
Adventures of Captain Marvel, Jesse James Rides Ag, Adventures of Red Ryder, King of the Royal Mounted, Drums of Fu Manchu

Similar People
  
William Witney, Cy Feuer, M J Frankovich, Chester Gould, C C Beck

Education
  
City College of New York

Sol Shor (July 17, 1913 – May 1985) was a film and television screenwriter credited mostly with B-westerns and movie serials.

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.

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)
  • References

    Sol Shor Wikipedia