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Theo Epstein

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2020-07-20

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1. “No, but they stood up for their friends who were and were sort of right on the line. But they wrote many movies together, including Casablanca. And my grandfather died in 1952. So I never knew him, but Julie became. So, surrogate father for my dad and a surrogate grandfather to me. And every time I would ask him about Casablanca and what made it so great, he would just say, ah, that one, same old crap. So he was really modest about it. But we're very proud of it. And he won the... Academy Ward for it, and so that sits at my dad's mantle and everyone's really.”

   2020-07-20 · The Axe Files with David Axelrod · Best of The Axe Files: Theo Epstein · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

2. “They were embroiled in that. And at one point, they were asked if they were members of any communist organization. They said yes, Warner Brothers.”

   2020-07-20 · The Axe Files with David Axelrod · Best of The Axe Files: Theo Epstein · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

3. “I'm a twin as well, and my mom's a twin generations. And then they moved out to LA and became a writing team and ended up working for a long time for Warner Brothers and had a real contentious relationship with Jack Warner, actually.”

   2020-07-20 · The Axe Files with David Axelrod · Best of The Axe Files: Theo Epstein · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

4. “Yeah, my grandfather, Philip, and his identical twin, Julie, were screenwriting duo. Actually, they went to Penn State together and were boxing champions together back when college boxing was twinned.”

   2020-07-20 · The Axe Files with David Axelrod · Best of The Axe Files: Theo Epstein · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source