Jack Rose (Author)

Jack Rose (born November 4, 1911 in Warsaw , Generalgouvernement Warsaw , Russian Empire ; † October 21, 1995 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American screenwriter of Russian-Polish origin.

Life

Jack Rose began his career as a joke writer for Milton Berle and Bob Hope . In 1943 he wrote his first screenplay. "His" films Hausboot and General Pfeifendeckel are well known , in which he worked both as a screenwriter and as a producer .

As a producer, he was involved in ten film and television productions from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s. His work as a screenwriter includes more than 30 works.

He was nominated three times for an Oscar , twice he was honored by the Writers Guild of America , in 1984 he received the WGA Laurel Award for his complete works .

Filmography (selection)

• 1947: Detective with Small Flaws ( My Favorite Brunette )
• 1947: The Road to Rio ( Road to Rio )
• 1949: The Vanquished Miser ( Sorrowful Jones )
• 1950: Laugh and Cry with Me (Riding High)
• 1951: In all my dreams You are ( I'll See You in My Dreams )
• 1952: April in Paris
• 1952: Becoming a father is not difficult ( Room for One More )
• 1954: The likable impostor ( Living It Up )
• 1955: Komödiantenkinder ( The Seven little Foys )
• 1958: Houseboat ( Houseboat )
• 1959: Five Pennies ( The Five Pennies )
• 1960: It Started in Naples ( It Started in Naples )
• 1962: Always because of you ( Who's Got the Action? )
• 1969: A Talent for Loving
• 1973: Man, are you great! (A Touch of Class)
• 1976: Who likes to swallow blue beans? (The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox)
• 1979: A Crazy Couple (Lost and Found)
• 1981: The Great Muppet bash (The Great Muppet Caper)

Awards

Rose has been nominated for an Oscar several times :

• 1956: Comedy children (together with Melville Shavelson )
• 1959: Houseboat (together with Melville Shavelson)
• 1974: Man, you are great! (in cooperation with Melvin Frank )
• 1981: The big Muppet party

Web links

• Jack Rose in the Internet Movie Database (English)