Joseph M. Schenck
Joseph M. Schenck | |
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Brooklyn, New York | |
Other names | Ossip Schenker |
Occupation | Film studio executive |
Spouse | |
Relatives | Nicholas Schenck (brother) |
Joseph Michael Schenck (/ˈskɛŋk/; December 25, 1876[1] – October 22, 1961) was a Russian-born American film studio executive.
Life and career
Schenck was born to a
In 1916, through his involvement in the film business, Joseph Schenck met and married Norma Talmadge, a top young star with Vitagraph Studios. He would be the first of her three husbands, but she was his only wife. Schenck supervised, controlled and nurtured her career in alliance with her mother.[4] In 1917 the couple formed the Norma Talmadge Film Corporation, which became a lucrative enterprise. They divorced in 1934; Schenck then built a home in Palm Springs, California.[4][5]
After parting ways with his brother, Joseph Schenck moved to the West Coast where the future of the film industry seemed to lie. Within a few years Schenck was made the second president of the new United Artists.[6]
The Political Graveyard reports that he was an alternate delegate from California to the 1928 Republican National Convention.[citation needed]
In 1933 he partnered with
Honors
One of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in 1952 he was given a special Academy Award in recognition of his contribution to the development of the film industry. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6757 Hollywood Blvd.
Death
Schenck retired in 1957 and shortly afterward suffered a stroke, from which he never fully recovered. He died in Los Angeles in 1961 at the age of 84, and was interred in Maimonides Cemetery in
References
- ^ Naturalisation details. "Ancestry.com". Ancestry.com.
- ISBN 9781557537638.
- ^ 1892 passenger list. "Ancestry.com". Ancestry.com.
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- ISBN 978-1479328598.
- ^ Schickel, Richard. D.W. Griffith His Life and Work, 1985.
- ^ Pener, Degen (29 October 2011). "Drugs, Affairs and Secret Divorces: Inside the Scandalous History of the Holmby Hills Estate Once Owned by Tony Curtis, Cher and Sonny Bono". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
External links
- Joseph M. Schenck at IMDb