Biography
Aben Kandel was a versatile playwright, screenwriter and novelist who penned a variety of material ranging from high-toned comedies to vulgar exploitation. Several of his novels have been adapted into feature films including
Vaudeville (1927),
Black Sun (1929) and
City for Conquest (1936). He also had one of his Broadway productions
Hot Money made into a feature in 1935. Kandel first broke into screenwriting while helping to adapt the play
Dinner at Eight into a film along with three other noted scenarists including
Herman Mankiewicz. In 1935 he wrote his own screenplays
Manhattan Moon and She Gets Her Man. In the late 1950s, Kandel began penning exploitation scripts for producer
Herman Cohen. Among those are two
Joan Crawford horror features, Berserk! (1963) and
Trog(1970). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide