Arnold Lippschitz


Arnold Lippschitz was a German screenwriter. Born the son of the playwright Arthur Lippschitz, his young brother was the art director Herbert Lippschitz. He began his film career in 1918 at the end of the First World War. Of Jewish background, he fled Nazi Germany going on to work in the French film industry where he was credited as Arnold Lipp, working among other films on Yoshiwara by Max Ophüls. Following the German invasion of France he emigrated to America, working in Hollywood where he was credited as Arnold Phillips.

Selected filmography

The Woman in Doctor's Garb Dance into Happiness The Secret of the Red Cat Crime Reporter Holm Das Millionentestament At Your Orders, Sergeant Secret of the Blue Room The Mystery of the Blue Room The Roberts Case Beauty of the Night Le Roi des Champs-Élysées Three Sailors Wild Cattle De Big van het Regiment The Brighton Strangler Port Arthur Charley's Aunt The Great Refrain Yoshiwara Boulot the Aviator Storm over Asia The Lafarge Case The Missing Guest The Patriot Gambling Daughters One Dangerous Night Bluebeard The Brighton Strangler Jealousy I Am a Fugitive Murder in the Music Hall The Return of Monte Cristo Time Out of Mind Kill or Be Killed Pickup The Girl on the Bridge