Lucien C. Mandelik

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Lucien Weiner , born as Lucien Charles Mandelik (born September 25, 1907 in Paris (75009) , † May 19, 1998 in Palm Desert , California , United States ), was a Czech-French and since his exile in the United States US American film publicist.

Life

Lucien Weiner, was born as the son of Joseph (born November 30, 1869 in Kolin; May 25, 1944 in Auschwitz) and Lea Mandelik, b. Francfort born. He was the stepson of the Film-Kurier- publisher Alfred Weiner and began his journalistic career in Berlin during the late Weimar Republic with his father's Film-Kurier. In 1930 he was entrusted with the management (management) of the company by Alfred Weiner. Shortly after the seizure of power by the National Socialists Alfred Weiner was after 1933 France fled, while his son Lucien tried at home in Berlin, to save what was to save and keep the publishing house owned by the family.

Coldly disempowered by the National Socialists, Lucien Weiner also left the Reich and followed his father to Paris . From there he came to the USA in March 1935. In Hollywood he founded, now as Lucien Mandelik, the Cosmopolitan Film Agency in 1937, which also published the short-lived magazine "Manuscript". American film authors could publish their works there for free. Another Mandelik publication followed in 1949 with the “International Telefilm Reporter”. Lucien Mandelik, married in California to Mary-Elisabeth Smith, a US citizen since March 1941, died at the age of 90 in the Palm Desert, California.

literature

  • 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 . ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 592.

Individual proof

  1. ↑ a b c Visionneuse - Archives de Paris. Retrieved November 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Mandelik's both citizenships until 1933 according to books.google.de
personal data
SURNAME Mandelik, Lucien C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mandelik, Lucien Charles (full name); Weiner, Lucien (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech-French film journalist and, since his exile in the United States, American film journalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1998
Place of death Palm Desert , California , United States