Samuel Ornitz

Samuel Ornitz was born on Nov 15, 1890 in USA. Samuel Ornitz's big-screen debut came with The Case of Lena Smith directed by Josef von Sternberg in 1929. Samuel Ornitz is known for China's Little Devils directed by Monta Bell, Harry Carey stars as Doc Temple and Paul Kelly as Big Butch Dooley. The upcoming new movie Samuel Ornitz plays is China's Little Devils which will be released on May 27, 1945.

Samuel Ornitz, a novelist and screenwriter best remembered now as as one of the "Hollywood Ten" of accused communists who defied the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and was blacklisted, was born on November 15, 1890 in New York, New York, at the height of the Progressive Era of American politics. His father was a prosperous dry-goods merchant, but Samuel did not follow his two older brothers into the business world but became an artist, a left-wing artist determined to replace the capitalist system.