Irvin S. Cobb
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (born June 23, 1876 in Paducah , Kentucky , † March 10, 1944 in New York City ) was an American writer , journalist , columnist and actor .
biography
Cobb began a journalistic career after leaving school and quickly rose to executive editor of the Paducah Daily News before becoming a columnist for The Cincinnati Post in 1898 . After working as a columnist for the Louisville Evening Post , he was executive editor of the Paducah Daily Democrat between 1901 and 1904 . In 1904 he became an employee of the New York Evening Sun , where he last worked as a columnist between 1905 and 1911. He then worked for the Saturday Evening Post in 1911 , before finally being a journalist for Cosmopolitan magazine from 1922 to 1932 .
In addition to his journalistic activities, he was the author of numerous books. In addition to the collections of short stories such as Back Home (1912), The Escape of Mr. Trimm: His Plight and Other Plights (1913), From Place to Place: Stories About Ourselves (1920), Prose and Cons (1926), One Way to Stop a Panic (1933) and Faith, Hope, and Charity (1934), he wrote the novels J. Poindexter, Colored (1922), Chivalry Peak (1927) and Red Likker: A Novel Of Old and New Kentucky (1929).
In 1922 he received the O. Henry Prize for his short story Snake Doctor . He also achieved fame through the stories about "Judge Priest", which were based on the life of the well-known judge William Pitman Bishop from Kentucky. This series included Old Judge Priest (1915), Down Yonder with Judge Priest (1932) and Judge Priest Turns Detective (1937). The short stories were processed in 1934 under the direction of John Ford for the films Judge Priest (1934) and Whom the Sun Is Smiling (1953).
His other publications, which mainly dealt with contemporary topics such as the First World War , but also his own experiences as a journalist, include Cobb's Anatomy (1912), Cobb's Bill of Fare (1913), The Red Glutton With The German Army At The Front (1915), Speaking of Operations (1915), Paths of Glory (1915), Fibble, DD! (1916), Speaking of Prussians (1917), The Glory of the Coming (1918), The Life of the Party (1919), From Place to Place (1920), The Abandoned Farmers (1920), A Plea for Old Cap Collier (1921), Stickfuls: Compositions of a Newspaper Minion (1923), Kansas, Shall We Civilize Her or Let Her Civilize Us? (1924), Many Laughs for Many Days: Another Year's Supply (365) of His Favorite Stories as Told By Irving S. Cobb (1925), Here Comes the Bride (1925), Alias Ben Alibi (1925), On an Island That Cost $ 24.00 (1926), This Man's World (1929), Incredible Truth (1931) and Murder Day by Day (1933).
Cobb, who was also a member of the prestigious Dutch Treat Club from 1920 to 1938 , finally wrote his memoir in 1941 under the title Exit Laughing: The Autobiography of Irvin S. Cobb .
In the 1930s he had some appearances as a film actor such as in Steamboat Round The Bend (1935) by John Ford with Will Rogers and Gauner mit Herz ( The Young in Heart , 1938) by Richard Wallace with Douglas Fairbanks junior and Paulette Goddard . He was also the host of the 1935 Academy Awards .
Filmography
As an actor
- 1915: The Arab
- 1920: Go and Get It
- 1930: Cobb Goes Fishing (short film)
- 1932: To Old City Speaks
- 1934: Speaking of Relations (short film)
- 1934: Nosed Out (short film)
- 1934: The Ballad of Paducah Jail (short film)
- 1934: You Bring the Ducks (short film)
- 1935: Full steam ahead (Steamboat Round the Bend)
- 1936: Everybody's Old Man
- 1936: Pepper
- 1938: Hawaii Calls
- 1938: Rogue with heart (The Young in Heart)
- 1938: The Arkansas Traveler
Film adaptations of his works (selection)
- 1934: Judge Priest
- 1939: Our Leading Citizen
- 1953: For Whom the sun is shining (The Sun Shines Bright)
Background literature
- Anita Lawson: Irvin S. Cobb. Bowling Green State University Popular Press, Bowling Green OH 1984, ISBN 0-87972-275-4 .
Web links
- Irvin S. Cobb in the nndb (English)
- Irvin S. Cobb in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography and Works (Fantastic Fiction)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cobb, Irvin S. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and film actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paducah , Kentucky , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1944 |
| Place of death | New York City , United States |