Felix Jackson
Felix Jackson (born Felix Joachimson June 5, 1902 in Hamburg ; died December 4, 1992 in Woodland Hills , Los Angeles ;) was a German-American author, screenwriter and film producer.
Life
The son of the businessman Siegfried Joachimson and his wife Fanny attended school in Wyk auf Föhr , then for three years a boarding school in Klosters . After graduating from Mommsen-Gymnasium , Joachimson began studying law and economics in Freiburg.
In 1923 he went to Berlin and became a critic for the Börsen-Courier . Victor Barnowsky brought him to his stage as an assistant. In 1927 his first play Five was premiered by the jazz band under the direction of Erich Engel at the Staatliches Schauspielhaus . He wrote comedies, musical librettos and edited plays. In 1930 How do I get rich and happy? filmed one of his comedies for the first time under the direction of Max Reichmann .
From 1932 Joachimson wrote film scripts. He wrote the screenplays for a number of entertainment films, including The Merry Heirs , Csibi, the brat , Small mom and together with Bruce Manning consultation for Love ( Appointment for Love ).
After the handover of power to the National Socialists in the Reich, anti-Semitic riots broke out at the premiere of The Ugly Girl on September 8, 1933. Joachim's name and that of director Hermann Kosterlitz were already kept secret in the opening credits. In October 1933 he emigrated to Budapest and Vienna. Joe Pasternak hired him there as a film writer. Since then Joachimson has mainly worked for Austro-Hungarian co-productions.
In February 1937 he emigrated to the USA. As Felix Jackson, he remained loyal to the entertainment film genre, primarily as a writer for Columbia . Jackson worked from 1943 as a film and later television producer.
In 1956 he published the autobiographical novel So Help Me God: A Novel about his experiences in fascist Germany. It was published in German by Alamo Verlag in 1993 under the title Berlin, April 1933 . From 1965 he worked as a freelance writer and wrote several novels and plays.
He was temporarily married to the film actress Deanna Durbin .
Works (selection)
- So Help Me God: A Novel .
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Secrets of the Blood . 1980
- Berlin, April 1933. Roman . Translation by Stefan Weidle. Afterword Helmut G. Asper. Aachen: Alano, 1993
Filmography (selection)
- script
- 1931: never again love !
- 1932: How do I tell my husband?
- 1932: love at first note
- 1933: laughing heirs
- 1933: The Ugly Girl
- 1934: Csibi, the face
- 1934: Peter , the girl from the gas station ( Peter )
- 1935: Little mom
- 1935: 4½ musketeers (Három és fél muskétás)
- 1935: Diary of the beloved
- 1936: Katharina the last
- 1938: Mad About Music
- 1938: Whirlwind from Paris ( The Rage of Paris )
- 1939: The Foundling Mother ( Bachelor Mother )
- 1939: The Great Bluff ( Destry Rides Again )
- 1940: Spring Parade
- 1941: side street ( Backstreet )
- 1941: consultation for Love ( Appointment for Love )
literature
- Wolfgang Jacobsen: Felix Joachimson / Jackson , in CineGraph - Lexikon zum Deutschsprachigen Film , Lg. 32, 1999
- Kay Less : 'In life, more is taken from you than given ...'. Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. P. 267 f., ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Felix Jackson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Felix Jackson in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Felix Jackson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Felix Jackson at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Felix Jackson Is Dead; Film Producer Was 90 . In: The New York Times , December 16, 1992.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jackson, Felix |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Joachimson, Felix (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American screenwriter and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1992 |
| Place of death | Woodland Hills , Los Angeles , California |