Jerome Odlum

Jerome Odlum (August 6, 1905 – March 2, 1954) was an American writer.

Odlum was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

He served a term in prison for forgery. After his time in prison, he became a reporter and then managing editor of The Minneapolis News.

Odlum was married in Minneapolis in 1937. His wife filed for divorce in 1939.

He published a novel, Each Dawn I Die, in 1938. It was adapted to a film of the same name in 1939. Odlum then became a screenwriter. He was under contract to Paramount at $2,500 per month in 1939.

Jerome Odlum died of a stroke on March 2, 1954.

Works

Books Each Dawn I Die. Indianapolis; New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1938. Nine Lives Are Not Enough. New York: Sheridan House, 1940. Lady Sourdough. New York: Macmillan Co, 1941. By Frances Ella Fitz; as told to Jerome Odlum. Night and No Moon. New York: Howell, Soskin, 1942. The Morgue Is Always Open. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. The Mirabilis Diamond. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. Private Detective. Sydney: Invincible Press, 194-?

Films The Oklahoma Kid (uncredited) (1939) Each Dawn I Die (from the novel by) (1939) Dust Be My Destiny (novel) (1939) Nine Lives Are Not Enough (from the novel by) (1941) I Was Framed (idea) (1942) Crime Doctor (adaptation) (1943) A Scream in the Dark (novel "The Morgue is Always Open") (1943) Marine Raiders (contributor to screenplay construction – uncredited) (1944) Strange Affair (screenplay) (1944) In Old Sacramento (original story) (1946) Last Frontier Uprising (story) (1947) Cover Up (original screenplay) (1949) Song of India (story) (1949) Never Trust a Gambler (screenplay) / (story) (1951) Highway Dragnet (screenplay) (1954) The Fast and the Furious (screenplay) (1954) The Strange Affair (uncredited) (1968)

Television Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) (1 episode: Cover-Up (original screenplay) (1955)