Background
Georg Froeschel was born in 1891, the son of a Jewish banker in Vienna.
Georg Froeschel was born in 1891, the son of a Jewish banker in Vienna.
After his postgraduate studies he was Doctor of Laws.
Before working in film he was a lawyer and journalist. He wrote his first novel during his time at grammar school, Ein Protest (A Protest). In World War I he wrote reports for the k.u.k. army.
Following he wrote several novels, of which some were adapted for films in the 1920s.
In the 1920s he worked for the Ullstein-Verlag in Berlin. In 1936 he emigrated to the United States, where he first worked in the editorial office of Chicago"s Coronet magazine.
His efforts to find a job in Hollywood"s film industry were not successful until April 1939, when Sidney Franklin of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer engaged him as screenwriter. 1923: Nora (GER, Berthold Viertel 1927: Der Anwalt des Herzens (GER, Wilhelm Thiele 1929: Skandal in Baden-Baden (GER, Erich Waschneck.