Hymie Jacobson
Hymie Jacobson, also known as Hy Jacobson (1895–1952), was an American actor and composer in
A coupletist, Jacobson composed both music and lyrics to many of the comic songs he sang and played piano to accompany himself.[2] In 1925 and 1929 Nahum Stutchkoff's operetta Two Brides aka A Small Town Wedding featured music by Hymie Jacobson.[3] He starred with his wife Miriam Kressyn in Der purimshpiler.
In the 1940s he organized his own orchestra in which Paul Pinkus and the Ellstein brothers played; they accompanied famous singers like Jennie Goldstein. He co-wrote, with his brother Irving, the novelty song A Bisl Fefer, A Bisl Zalts (A little pepper, a little salt). Two of his other songs were Mit Fertsik Yor Tsurik (Forty Years Ago), and Palestina Undzer Heym.[4]
He died in 1952 in
Filmography
- The Jewish Gypsy, 1930, with Miriam Kressyn, director Sydney Goldin
- The Sailor's Sweetheart, 1933, with Miriam Kressyn, director Sydney Goldin
- Gelebt un Gelakh (Live and Laugh), 1933 footage
- Der Purimshpiler, 1937, with Miriam Kressyn and Zigmund Turkow, director Joseph Green
- Catskill Honeymoon, 1950, conductor, music arranger, and producer
References
- ^ a b Outwater, Myra Yellin (10 April 2005). "Yiddish theater star revels in the colorful continuity of his ethnic roots". Morning Call. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ^ Zalmen Zylbercweig, Leksikon fun Yidishn teater, Book one, 551
- ^ http://yiddishradioproject.org/exhibits/stutchkoff/stutchkoff_bio.php3?pg=1 Yiddish Radio Project
- ^ http://yiddishmusic.jewniverse.info/jacobsonhymie/index.html Bio at Yiddishmusic Jewniverse
- ^ "Hymie Jacobson, Jewish Actor and Playwright, Dies in Miami". Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA). jta.org. 10 January 1952. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
External links
- Hy Jacobson at IMDb
- Hy Jacobson at the Internet Broadway Database
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