CHODOROV, EDWARD

CHODOROV, EDWARD (1904–1988), U.S. playwright and director. Born in New York City, Chodorov, the older brother of playwright/screenwriter jerome chodorov , entered the film industry as a publicity director for Columbia Pictures. In addition to writing films, he also wrote 14 plays. Chodorov's first play on Broadway was Wonder Boy (1931). In 1953 he and his brother were blacklisted by the Hollywood studios after being identified by choreographer jerome robbins as members of the Communist Party. Other Broadway plays of Chodorov included Oh Men\! Oh Women\! (1954), The Spa (1956), and Monsieur Lautrec (1959). He also wrote and directed the Broadway productions Those Endearing Young Charms (1943), Decision (1944), and Common Ground (1945). He was the author of a series of 26 television plays under the collective title of The Billy Rose Show (1952). Chodorov's screenplay and film adaptation credits include The Mayor of Hell (1933), Captured\! (1933), The World Changes (1933), Madame DuBarry (1934), Gentlemen Are Born (1934), The League of Frightened Men (1937), Yellow Jack (1938), Woman against Woman (1938), Spring Madness (1938), Those   Endearing Young Charms (with his brother, 1945), Undercurrent (1946), The Hucksters (1947), Road House (1948), Kind Lady (1951), and Oh Men\! Oh Women\! (1957). (Ruth Beloff (2nd ed.)