Jay Dratler - biography

“I don’t use a pen.  I write with a goose quill dipped in venom.”

“In my case, self-absorption is completely justified.  I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.”

Jay Dratler contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
La Conga Nights (1940)
Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)
Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941)
Get Hep to Love (1942)
Higher and Higher (1943)
It Comes Up Love (1943)
Laura (1944)
It’s in the Bag! (1945)
The Dark Corner (1946)
Call Northside 777 (1948)
Pitfall (1948)
That Wonderful Urge (1948)
Impact (1949)
The Las Vegas Story (1952)
We’re Not Married! (1952)
Wernher von Braun (1960)