Warner gave their names to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). They never testified before the committee, but on a HUAC questionnaire, when asked if they ever were members of a "subversive organization," they responded, "Yes. Warner Brothers." Epstein married the actress Frances Sage and they had two children, James and Elizabeth. They later divorced. Epstein married Ann (1919-2003) and they had a son Philip, who died in 2000. He died on December 30, 2000, in Los Angeles, California. Career Epstein shared an Academy Award nomination for the screenplay of Four Daughters, written with Lenore Coffee (with Thyra Samter Winslow contributing to the treatment and Lawrence Kimble contributing to the script), as an adaptation from Frances Hurst's novel, Sister Act. In 1944, the Epstein brothers attempted their first film in the capacity of both writers and producers with "Mr. Skeffington." The picture was a box-office success and won both Bette Davis and Claude Rains Oscar nominations. After leaving Warner Bros. in 1948, the Epstein brothers wrote five more screenplays together, two of which, The Last Time I Saw Paris and The Brothers Karamazov, were released after Philip Epstein's death in 1952. Notable quote About writing under the studio system of the 1930s and '40s, Epstein said in a 1984 interview: There wasn't one moment of reality in 'Casablanca.' We weren't making art. We were making a living. Movies in those days were prevented from reality. Every leading man had to be a great sexual athlete. Every boy and girl had to 'meet cute,' and the girl had to dislike the hero when they met. If a woman committed adultery, she had to die. Now the woman who commits adultery is your heroine. Works Four Daughters (1938), for which he received his first Oscar nomination for an adapted screenplay. Together, he and his brother collaborated on the following: Casablanca (1942) The Strawberry Blonde (1941) The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Mr. Skeffington (1944) My Foolish Heart (1949) The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954; released 2 years after Philip's death) The Brothers Karamazov (1954; released 6 years after Philip's death) After his brother's death in 1952, Epstein continued to write. His later films include: The Tender Trap (1955) Light in the Piazza (1962) Send Me No Flowers (1964) Return from the Ashes (1965) Pete 'n' Tillie (1972) House Calls (1978)