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Sol Shor

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

Early life, education and career

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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.[1]

Death

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Shor died in May 1985 in New Rochelle, New York.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Ceplair, Larry; Steven Englund (2003). The Inquisition in Hollywood: Politics in the Film Community, 1930-60. University of Illinois Press. p. 378. ISBN 0-252-07141-7.