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Jerome Epstein

Born January 17, 1922 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died November 16, 1991 · aged 69

Jerome Leonard Epstein (January 17, 1922 – November 16, 1991) was an American director, screenwriter and producer known for his nearly 30-year professional collaboration and friendship with Charlie Chaplin and his son Sydney Chaplin. Epstein was born on January 17, 1922, in Cleveland, Ohio. Epstein's father had come to America in 1905 to escape anti-Jewish pogroms in Vilkomir, Lithuania. Epstein'…

Known For

A Countess from Hong KongA Countess from Hong Kong · 1967
A Countess from Hong Kong
6.01967
MovieComedyRomance
A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.
LimelightLimelight · 1952
Limelight
7.91952
MovieRomanceDrama
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
A King in New YorkA King in New York · 1957
A King in New York
6.71957
MovieComedyDrama
A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.
The Chaplin RevueThe Chaplin Revue · 1959
The Chaplin Revue
7.41959
MovieComedy
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".
The Adding MachineThe Adding Machine · 1969
The Adding Machine
6.71969
MovieComedy
An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.
Follow That ManFollow That Man · 1961
Follow That Man
7.01961
MovieComedy
A farcical comedy about a con-man and a girl reporter who find romance while the former is planning a coup at a Swedish dowager's expense.
The Big BluffThe Big Bluff · 1957
The Big Bluff
5.71957
MovieComedy
A penniless adventurer, Eddie Morgan survives on his wits and good humor. He's a bluffer. To help the owner of an oil field, he launches a vast investment campaign, with the help of a few friends, to benefit the French people. A rival group, led by Serge Colonna and Dominique Ardan, tried to buy the land from him, because according to an expert, there was no oil to exploit. But the expert had lied, and Colonna had just signed the purchase contract. Eddie, with the help of Dominique, whom he has seduced in the meantime, snatches the famous paper from Colonna's hands. The oil can flow.
The Woman HunterThe Woman Hunter · 1972
The Woman Hunter
4.91972
MovieCrimeDrama
A wealthy woman, vacationing in Acapulco with her stuffy husband, stumbles upon evidence that she is being stalked by an international jewel thief and murderer.

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