Jesse L. Lasky Jr.
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Born | Jesse Louis Lasky Jr. September 19, 1910 University of Dijon |
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Years active | 1920s–1988 |
Notable work | Samson and Delilah The Ten Commandments (film screenplays) Whatever Happened to Hollywood? (autobiography) |
Title | Vice President of the Writers Guild of America, Screen Branch |
Spouse |
Boxoffice Magazine Awards 1 Christopher Award |
Jesse Louis Lasky Jr. (September 19, 1910 – April 11, 1988) was an American screenwriter, novelist, playwright and poet.
Early life
He was the son of film producer
Career
Lasky wrote eight novels, five plays, three books of poetry and more than 50 screenplays, including eight for director
World War II
During World War II, Lasky served as a captain in the Combat Photographic Units of the United States Army Signal Corps during four campaigns in the Southwest Pacific, and was decorated by General Douglas MacArthur. He organised the Army School of Film Training at the Signal Corps Photographic Center, where writers were instructed to script training films for every branch of the military service.
Later life
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Returning home after three-and-a-half years of military duty overseas, Lasky resumed his writing career with new books, plays, and films. He lectured on creative writing and the history of Hollywood at many American and British institutions, including the Oxford Union. He also served as Vice President of the Screen Branch of the Writers Guild of America.
In 1962, Lasky and his wife,
Lasky died on April 11, 1988, from pancreatic cancer.[4]
Writer
Film
- Coming Out Party (1934)
- Redhead (1934)
- The White Parade (1934)
- Music is Magic(1935)
- Secret Agent (1936)
- The Buccaneer (1938)
- Union Pacific (1939)
- Land of Liberty (1939)
- North West Mounted Police (1940)
- Back in the Saddle (1941)
- Steel Against the Sky (1941)
- The Singing Hill (1941)
- Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
- The Omaha Trail (1942)
- Unconquered (1947)
- Samson and Delilah (1949)
- The Sickle or the Cross (1949)
- Women Without Names (1950)
- Lorna Doone (1951)
- Mask of the Avenger (1951)
- Never Trust a Gambler (1951)
- The Brigand (1951)
- Venture of Faith (1951)
- Salome (1953)
- The Silver Whip (1953)
- Mission Over Korea (1953)
- The Iron Glove (1954)
- Hell and High Water (1954)
- Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
- Hot Blood(1956)
- The Ten Commandments (1955)
- The Buccaneer (1958)
- John Paul Jones (1959)
- The Wizard of Baghdad (1960)
- 7 Women from Hell(1961)
- Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
- Land Raiders (1970)
- Crime and Passion (1976)
- The Bulldance (1989)
Television
- Waterfront (1954)
- Studio 57 (1955)
- Naked City (1958)
- Rescue 8 (1958-1959)
- Shannon (1961)
- The New Breed (1961-1962)
- The Saint (1965)
- Songs of the Wild West (1965, TV Movie)
- Chicago in the Roaring 20's (1965, TV Movie)
- Danger Man (1966)
- The Protectors (1973)
- Ben Hall (1975)
- Space: 1999 (1975)
- Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983-1986)
- Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1984)
Producer
- Without Reservations (1946)
- The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
Actor
- The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
References
- ^ International Motion Picture Almanac, p. 173. Quigley Publications, 1951. Accessed September 14, 2018. "Lasky, Jr., Jesse... e. Blair Academy, Hun School of Princeton, Grand Central School of Art, U. of Dijon"
- ISBN 9781628941166.
- ISBN 9780190269753.
- New York Times. April 13, 1988. p. 8. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
External links
- Jesse L. Lasky Jr. at IMDb
- Jesse L. Lasky Jr. at Find a Grave