Joseph Jackson (screenwriter)
Joseph Jackson | |
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| Born | June 8, 1894 Winchester, Kentucky, US |
| Died | May 26, 1932 (aged 37) Laguna Beach, California, US |
| Cause of death | drowning |
| Other names | Joe Jackson Joseph A. Jackson Gregory Rogers |
| Occupation | screenwriter |
| Years active | 1927–1932 |
| Children | 1 |
Joseph Jackson (June 8, 1894 – May 26, 1932) was an American screenwriter, who was nominated for the now dead category of Best Story at the 4th Academy Awards. He was nominated alongside Lucien Hubbard. They were nominated for Smart Money.[1]
He had over 50 screenplay credits from 1927 to 1932.
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film representative and most successful writers for Hollywood talking films. entered films in 1918 as publicity representative[2]
He was elected president of the Wampas, organization of the publicity and advertising men, in 1923. He later joined the ranks of scenario writers and for the last five years had been turning out screen plays for Warner Brothers First National Pictures. He wrote the script and dialogue for :The Singing Fool", "The Terror", "My Man", "Tenderloin", "Those Who Dance", Fifty Million Frenchmen", "Smart Money" and scores of others. He also was author of many vaudeville play-lets.[3]
He was married to Ethel Shannon former actress and had a 4-year-old son.[4]
He married April 10, 1927, at the Wilshire Boulevard Congregational Church, Los Angeles[5]
Selected filmography[]
- Afraid to Love (1927)
- Husbands for Rent (1927)
- If I Were Single (1927)
- The Barker (1928)
- Beware of Bachelors (1928)
- Beware of Married Men (1928)
- Caught in the Fog (1928)
- (1928) (short film)
- Five and Ten Cent Annie (1928)
- Land of the Silver Fox (1928)
- The Little Snob (1928)
- (1928) (short film)
- The Midnight Taxi (1928)
- My Man (1928)
- Powder My Back (1928)
- The Singing Fool (1928)
- State Street Sadie (1928)
- Tenderloin (1928)
- The Terror (1928)
- Women They Talk About (1928)
- Ask Dad (1929)
- (1929)
- The Greyhound Limited (1929)
- Hardboiled Rose (1929)
- In the Headlines (1929)
- Is Everybody Happy? (1929)
- No Defense (1929)
- The Redeeming Sin (1929)
- Say It with Songs (1929)
- Second Choice (1929)
- Be Yourself! (1930)
- Dancing Sweeties (1930)
- Maybe It's Love (1930)
- Mammy (1930)
- Man to Man (1930)
- The Man from Blankley's (1930)
- Oh Sailor Behave (1930)
- The Second Floor Mystery (1930)
- Those Who Dance (1930)
- Fifty Million Frenchmen (1931)
- God's Gift to Women (1931)
- Safe in Hell (1931)
- Smart Money (1931)
- Beauty and the Boss (1932)
- The Dark Horse (1932)
- High Pressure (1932)
- The Mouthpiece (1932)
- One Way Passage (1932)
References[]
- ^ "The 4th Academy Awards (1931) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
- ^ The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky Friday, May 27, 1932 - Page 22
- ^ The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California)27 May 1932, Fri. Page 19 & 20
- ^ The Akron Beacon Journal Akron, Ohio Friday, May 27, 1932 - Page 35
- ^ Los Angeles Times, Apr. 11, 1927, "She Trades Fame For Home --- Ethel Shannon Quits Films to Marry," p. 2A
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