Frederick Kohner
Frederick Kohner | |
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Born | Friedrich Kohner September 25, 1905 Teplice-Šanov, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
Died | July 7, 1986 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 80)
Occupation | Novelist, screenwriter |
Nationality | American |
Children | Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman |
Relatives | Paul Kohner (brother) Lupita Tovar (sister-in-law) |
Friedrich Kohner (September 25, 1905 – July 7, 1986), credited professionally as Frederick Kohner, was an Austrian-born novelist and screenwriter, both in Germany and the U.S.
He is best known for having created the "
Life
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Kohner was born on September 25, 1905, in Teplice-Šanov, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. After studying in Vienna and Paris, Kohner wrote his thesis, "Film ist Dichtung" ("Film is Poetry"). Subsequently, he worked as a journalist in Prague and Berlin. During 1929/1930 he was employed as a movie correspondent for German newspapers in Hollywood. While there, he took a minor role in Lewis Milestone's 1930 anti-war film All Quiet on the Western Front.
Returning to Berlin in 1930, Kohner began to work for the German film industry, starting with the comedy Seitensprünge - a young
From the time he established himself in Hollywood (mostly uncredited work for developing screenplays and treatments), he went by the Americanized name of Frederick Kohner. For his contribution to the 1938
From 1939 onward, he worked only sporadically writing screenplays; among them was The Men in Her Life with Loretta Young and Conrad Veidt. The bulk of his work in the U.S. concentrated on developing stories for other screenwriters.[4]
Kohner died on July 7, 1986, in
Selected filmography
- The Burning Secret (1933)
- The Crisis is Over (1934)
- Victoria (1935)
- Tahiti Honey (1943)
- Lake Placid Serenade (1944)
- Love, Dance and a Thousand Songs (1955)
References
- ^ "THE NOVEL ORIGINS OF 'GIDGET'". Los Angeles Times. 1986-09-13. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
- ^ "The surf classic 'Gidget' is 60 this year, and it remains the 'absolute ultimate'". Los Angeles Times. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
- ^ ""It was my father's success": An interview with the real "Gidget"". September 2, 2015.
- ^ a b "'Gidget' Celebrates Father's New Novel At Village Books". Palisadian Post. May 19, 2011.
- ISBN 9781476601427– via Google Books.
External links
- Frederick Kohner at IMDb
- Frederick Kohner at Find a Grave