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{{Short description|German-born American screenwriter and film producer}}
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'''Felix Jackson''' (June 5, 1902 – December 7, 1992) was a German-born screenwriter and film producer. He was born in [[Hamburg]] as '''Felix Joachimson'''. Jackson was a city editor in Germany at 21, then a dramatic and music critic, and helped manage three theaters in Berlin. He joined [[Joe Pasternak]] as a producer in Budapest in 1933.<ref>The (Louisville) Courier-Journal, December 7, 1952</ref> He began working in the German film industry, before relocating after the rise of the [[Nazi party]]. He moved to Austria and Hungary in the mid-1930s where he frequently collaborated with the director [[Henry Koster]]. His screenplay for the 1935 film ''[[Little Mother (1935 film)|Little Mother]]'' served as the basis for a Hollywood remake ''[[Bachelor Mother]]'' (1939) which was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)|Academy Award]].


'''Felix Jackson''' (born '''Felix Joachimson'''; June 5, 1902 – December 4, 1992) <ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/16/obituaries/felix-jackson-is-dead-film-producer-was-90.html "Felix Jackson Is Dead; Film Producer Was 90", in: The New York Times, December 16, 1992]</ref> was a German-born American screenwriter and film and television producer.
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Jackson moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s, writing the screenplay for ''[[Destry Rides Again]]'' (1939) a [[western film|western]] starring [[James Stewart]] and [[Marlene Dietrich]].<ref>Bach p.246</ref> He was active in the [[European Film Fund]], which provided support to European emigre filmmakers. He produced several [[Deanna Durbin]] films for [[Universal Pictures]] and they married in 1945. He joined the advertising agency [[Young and Rubicam]] in 1946, heading up its dramatic-television department. He served as executive producer of "[[Pulitzer Prize Playhouse]]" which aired on the ABC television network.<ref>The (Louisville) Courier-Journal, December 7, 1952</ref>

==Biography==
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Jackson was born in [[Hamburg]]. He was a city editor in Germany at 21, then a dramatic and music critic, and helped manage three theaters in Berlin. He joined [[Joe Pasternak]] as a producer in Budapest in 1933.<ref>The (Louisville) Courier-Journal, December 7, 1952</ref> He began working in the German film industry, before relocating after the rise of the [[Nazi party]]. He moved to Austria and Hungary in the mid-1930s where he frequently collaborated with the director [[Henry Koster]]. His screenplay for the 1935 film ''[[Little Mother (1935 film)|Little Mother]]'' served as the basis for a Hollywood remake ''[[Bachelor Mother]]'' (1939) which was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)|Academy Award]].

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Jackson moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s, writing the screenplay for ''[[Destry Rides Again]]'' (1939) a [[western film|western]] starring [[James Stewart]] and [[Marlene Dietrich]].<ref>Bach p.246</ref> Naturalised U.S. citizen December 13, 1940, he was active in the [[European Film Fund]], which provided support to European emigre filmmakers. He produced several [[Deanna Durbin]] films for [[Universal Pictures]] and they married in 1945.

In November 1946 he asked for and received his release from Universal.<ref>ARGOSY PLANNING 2 'FUGITIVE' FILMS New York Times 9 Nov 1946: 24.</ref>

In January 1947 Durbin earned $310,728 for the previous year and Jackson earned $114,875.<ref>ABBOTT, COSTELLO TOP INCOME LIST
Los Angeles Times 8 Jan 1947: 2</ref> In January 1948 their lawyer announced the couple had come to "a friendly parting of the ways".<ref>Breakdown Silences KFI
Los Angeles Times 6 Jan 1948: A1.</ref> In September 1949 she filed for divorce.<ref>Seeks Divorce
Chicago Daily Tribune 27 Sep 1949: 18.</ref> It was revealed that she and Jackson only lived together for 19 months (they married in June 1945 and she claimed he left her to go live in New York in January 1947). Jackson had been divorced in 1944, 1942 and in Europe.<ref>Singer Deanna Durbin Files Divorce Action: Film Actress Asks Daughter's Custody; Charges Mental Cruelty and Desertion
Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times 27 Sep 1949: A1.</ref><ref>DIVORCE GRANTED TO DEANNA DURBIN: Singing Actress Says Director Husband, Felix Jackson, Left Her and Hollywood
Los Angeles Times 28 Oct 1949: 2.</ref>

He joined the advertising agency [[Young and Rubicam]] in 1946, heading up its dramatic-television department. He served as executive producer of ''[[Pulitzer Prize Playhouse]]'' which aired on the ABC television network.<ref>The (Louisville) Courier-Journal, December 7, 1952</ref>

In his fifties, Felix Jackson published a few novels.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/16/obituaries/felix-jackson-is-dead-film-producer-was-90.html "Felix Jackson Is Dead; Film Producer Was 90", in: The New York Times, December 16, 1992]</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==


===Screenwriter===
===Screenwriter===
* ''[[No More Love (film)|No More Love]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Five of the Jazz Band]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Five of the Jazz Band]]'' (1932)
* ''[[How Shall I Tell My Husband?]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Love at First Sight (1932 film)|Love at First Sight]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Love at First Sight (1932 film)|Love at First Sight]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Das häßliche Mädchen]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Das häßliche Mädchen]]'' (1933)
* ''[[The Merry Heirs]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Laughing Heirs]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Peter (film)|Peter]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Peter (1934 film)|Peter]]'' (1934)
* ''[[A Precocious Girl]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Four and a Half Musketeers]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Four and a Half Musketeers]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Little Mother (1935 film)|Little Mother]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Little Mother (1935 film)|Little Mother]]'' (1935)
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* ''[[Mad About Music]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Mad About Music]]'' (1938)
* ''[[The Rage of Paris]]'' (1938)
* ''[[The Rage of Paris]]'' (1938)
* ''[[The Girl Downstairs]]'' (1938)
* ''[[The Girl Downstairs (film)|The Girl Downstairs]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Three Smart Girls Grow Up]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Three Smart Girls Grow Up]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Bachelor Mother]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Bachelor Mother]]'' (1939)
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* ''[[Lady on a Train]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Lady on a Train]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Because of Him]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Because of Him]]'' (1946)

== Novels ==
* ''So Help Me God'' (1955)
* ''Maestro'' (1957).


==References==
==References==
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| DATE OF DEATH = December 7, 1992
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Latest revision as of 10:38, 20 October 2023

Felix Jackson
Born
Felix Joachimson

(1902-06-05)June 5, 1902
Hamburg, German Empire
DiedDecember 4, 1992(1992-12-04) (aged 90)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other namesFelix Joachimson
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film producer
Spouse(s)Ellen Levy (19? – 192?) divorced one son Ralph Jackson (formerly Joachimson); Licci Balla (?–1940; divorced)
Jill Jackson (1940–44; divorced; 2 children)
Deanna Durbin (1945–49; divorced; 1 child)
Ilka (?–1992; his death) one son

Felix Jackson (born Felix Joachimson; June 5, 1902 – December 4, 1992) [1] was a German-born American screenwriter and film and television producer.

Biography

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Jackson was born in Hamburg. He was a city editor in Germany at 21, then a dramatic and music critic, and helped manage three theaters in Berlin. He joined Joe Pasternak as a producer in Budapest in 1933.[2] He began working in the German film industry, before relocating after the rise of the Nazi party. He moved to Austria and Hungary in the mid-1930s where he frequently collaborated with the director Henry Koster. His screenplay for the 1935 film Little Mother served as the basis for a Hollywood remake Bachelor Mother (1939) which was nominated for an Academy Award.

Jackson moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s, writing the screenplay for Destry Rides Again (1939) a western starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich.[3] Naturalised U.S. citizen December 13, 1940, he was active in the European Film Fund, which provided support to European emigre filmmakers. He produced several Deanna Durbin films for Universal Pictures and they married in 1945.

In November 1946 he asked for and received his release from Universal.[4]

In January 1947 Durbin earned $310,728 for the previous year and Jackson earned $114,875.[5] In January 1948 their lawyer announced the couple had come to "a friendly parting of the ways".[6] In September 1949 she filed for divorce.[7] It was revealed that she and Jackson only lived together for 19 months (they married in June 1945 and she claimed he left her to go live in New York in January 1947). Jackson had been divorced in 1944, 1942 and in Europe.[8][9]

He joined the advertising agency Young and Rubicam in 1946, heading up its dramatic-television department. He served as executive producer of Pulitzer Prize Playhouse which aired on the ABC television network.[10]

In his fifties, Felix Jackson published a few novels.[11]

Selected filmography

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Screenwriter

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Producer

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Novels

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  • So Help Me God (1955)
  • Maestro (1957).

References

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  1. ^ "Felix Jackson Is Dead; Film Producer Was 90", in: The New York Times, December 16, 1992
  2. ^ The (Louisville) Courier-Journal, December 7, 1952
  3. ^ Bach p.246
  4. ^ ARGOSY PLANNING 2 'FUGITIVE' FILMS New York Times 9 Nov 1946: 24.
  5. ^ ABBOTT, COSTELLO TOP INCOME LIST Los Angeles Times 8 Jan 1947: 2
  6. ^ Breakdown Silences KFI Los Angeles Times 6 Jan 1948: A1.
  7. ^ Seeks Divorce Chicago Daily Tribune 27 Sep 1949: 18.
  8. ^ Singer Deanna Durbin Files Divorce Action: Film Actress Asks Daughter's Custody; Charges Mental Cruelty and Desertion Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times 27 Sep 1949: A1.
  9. ^ DIVORCE GRANTED TO DEANNA DURBIN: Singing Actress Says Director Husband, Felix Jackson, Left Her and Hollywood Los Angeles Times 28 Oct 1949: 2.
  10. ^ The (Louisville) Courier-Journal, December 7, 1952
  11. ^ "Felix Jackson Is Dead; Film Producer Was 90", in: The New York Times, December 16, 1992

Bibliography

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  • Bach, Stephen. Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
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