Jules Schermer

Jules Schermer (born September 15, 1908 in Jessup , Pennsylvania , † March 23, 1996 in Los Angeles ; actually Jules Sigmund Schermer ) was an American film producer .

Life

Born in Pennsylvania, Schermer grew up in Yorktown, Ohio and worked as an usher in a movie theater in his teens . In the late 1920s he dropped out of medical school at Ohio State University and went to New York City , where he worked for Paramount Pictures in the sales department. In the early 1930s, Schermer moved to Los Angeles and began writing for The Hollywood Reporter magazine as a journalist and film critic. In the early 1940s, Schermer became an associate producer at Paramount. During World War II , Schermer served in Culver City as a staff sergeant in the First Motion Picture Unit , a unit of the United States Army Air Forces that was founded in 1942 to produce, among other things, training and propaganda films. After the war, Schermer worked as a producer for Columbia Pictures , as well as for 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. , for which he headed their television division for six years.

Services

Schermer, who was initially involved in 1942 as an associate producer on the comedy True to the Army produced by Sol C. Siegel , wrote the screenplay for Five Heroes (The Sullivans) with Edward Doherty, a war drama about five brothers who served in the US Navy . Doherty and Schermer were nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Story, but the award went to Leo McCarey for The Road to Happiness .

In 1946 Schermer produced the crime film Abgekartetes Spiel (Framed) with Edward Buchanan and Glenn Ford in the leading roles. In 1947 the western Der Richter von Colorado (The Man from Colorado) followed , which Schermer also produced for Columbia.

After he had produced the adventure film Black Drums (Lydia Bailey) with Anne Francis in the leading role for 20th Century Fox in 1952, the crime film Police Intervene (Pickup on South Street) by director Samuel Fuller , also for 20th Century Fox , followed in 1953 .

In 1969, Jules Schermer produced his last film with the drama Matsoukas, the Greek (A Dream of Kings) . His television work has included productions such as The People of Shiloh Ranch and Daniel Boone, and the Lawman western series .

Filmography

• 1944: Five Heroes (The Sullivans)
• 1947: Game (framed)
• 1947: The Man from Colorado (The Man from Colorado)
• 1949: Illegal Entry
• 1950: People without a Soul (Union Station)
• 1952: Black Drums (Lydia Bailey)
• 1952: The Pride of St. Louis
• 1953: Police intervene (Pickup on South Street)
• 1954: Checkmate (The Pushover)
• 1956: The Heart of a Millionaire (These Wilder Years)
• 1958: The Onion Head
• 1969: Matsoukas, the Greek (A Dream of Kings)

Web links

• Jules Schermer in the Internet Movie Database (English)