Irving Brecher

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Irving S. Brecher (January 17, 1914-1940) and Go West (1940) were among other writers who wrote for Marx Brothers and others; he was the only writer to get sole credit on a Marx Brothers film; he wrote for At the Circus (1939) and Go West (1940).

He was also one of the many uncredited writers on The Wizard of Oz (1939).

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941), Ziegfeld Follies (1945), and Bye Birdie (1963).

Early years

Brecher, who was born in the Bronx, New York, began as an usher at a Manhattan, New York movie theater at age 19. He was writing jokes as a youth and sent them by mail to newspaper columnists Walter Winchell and Ed Sullivan.

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Career

He wrote, produced, and was head writer on the original radio and early TV versions of The Life of Riley. He appeared on radio and co-produced The People's Choice later in life.

Brecher's screenwriting career began in 1937.

Nathaniel Benchley's book was adapted and produced Sail A Crooked Ship, starring Ernie Kovacs and a young Robert Wagner.

In 1944, he received an Academy Award nomination for his film adaptation of Meet Me in St Louis.

Brecher's first as a young comedy writer, and he proudly placed an ad in Variety looking for jobs, pledging that "jokes are so bad, even Milton Berle wouldn't steal them." Berle himself recruited him right away.

Despite a nearly 25-year age difference, Brecher, who had an aesthetic similarity to Groucho Marx, appeared in Marx Brothers publicity photos for the film Go West.

The Wicked Wit of the West, the last great Golden-Age screenwriter's memoir, described the joy and pain of working with Groucho, Garland, Gleason, Burns, Benny, and many others, was published posthumously by Ben Yehuda Press in January 2009.

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