Daniel Nathan Rubin
American dramatist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daniel Nathan Rubin (August 4, 1892 – January 31, 1965) was an American playwright.[1] Several of his plays were adapted into films, for which he wrote the screenplays.
Rubin was born into a Jewish family in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Hyman Levin Rubin and Frances "Fanny" Sanders. His father was a merchant who emigrated from the Russian Empire.[2] He worked as a newspaper writer.[3]
His play "The Lion Trap" was adapted into the 1928 film Midnight Madness. He cowrote the screenplay for the 1931 film Dishonored and adapted O. Henry's short story "The Double-Dyed Deceiver" into the screenplay for The Texan (film) (1930). His play "Riddle Me This" was adapted to film as Guilty as Hell in 1932.[4]