Skippy Adelman

Edelman was married to Dorothy R. Langer (1925–2021) for 57 years, until his death. Dorothy died shortly after and was buried next to him at the New Montefiore Cemetery, West Babylon, Long Island, New York.^[7]

Career

Adelman was a staff photojournalist at the New York City paper PM. He also contributed his photographic works to other publications such as Black Starr, Ebony and New York Age. Adelman began using his real name professionally in 1953.^{[citation needed]} For the Jazzways photographs, Adelman used a Rolleiflex camera loaded with Super-XX film and Speed Graphic with Super Panchro Press, Type B. For flash, he used Wabash Press 25 bulbs, setting the stops down to f 22, and shot 1/200-second. With the Speed Graphic, he used Wabash Press 40 bulbs with the diaphragm set at f 32.^[8]

From 1948 through 1952, Adelman wrote at least 24 short pulp magazine works (also under the name Skippy Adelman) that were published by the Chicago-based publisher Popular Publications.^[9] He wrote the music and lyrics for six songs and co-composed five more from 1952 through 1953 using the pseudonym Jack Smiles. He had a one-time acting role as a mannequin factory owner in Stanley Kubrick's 1955 film, Killer's Kiss, in which he was credited as Julius Adelman. Sometime before 1962, Edelman became a member of the Screen Directors International Guild, which merged with the Directors Guild of America in 1965.

As Julius Edelman, he went on to become an executive in various film production and advertising agencies, including:

• Executive Vice-President in Charge of Production (after a promotion from Assistant Film Editor in 1953) of Peter Elgar Productions, Inc. from 1953–1960.^[10][11]
• Production Group Supervisor for
  Ted Bates
  until about June 1963.
• Cowriter with Paul Mazursky of a teleplay episode for The Rifleman (aired March 12, 1962) – "Tinhorn" (Season 4, Episode 24; Overall Episode No. 134), directed by Lawrence Dobkin.^[8][12][13]
• Vice-President, producer, and Director for Mickey Schwartz Productions, Inc., which produced films for TV beginning around June 1963.
• Vice President & Executive Producer for Allegro Film Productions, Inc., from as early as 1965 to at least 1986, which produced of TV commercials.^[14] The company was also known for its short scholastic-oriented science films, such as the Science Screen Report (trademarked filed October 20, 1971).^[15] Allegro Film was a subsidiary of Sterling Communications,^[16] a forerunner to HBO.

Disappearance

Adelman seemingly disappeared, perhaps because he began using his real name in 1953. In 1972,

Critical acclaim

• In 2021, author Alan John Ainsworth wrote, "Few photographers were closer to the world of the 1930s and 1940s jazz than Charles Peterson and Skippy Adelman... Adelman, a Greenwich Village resident and one of a new generation of hard-bitten photojournalists, was as close as Peterson had been in midtown Manhattan to the swirl of activities around Condon... Adelman belonged chronologically to the new generation cohort but his life and work caution against pigeonholing all these photographers as young, college-educated members of the middle class."^[18]
• According to newspaper jazz columnist Nels Nelson (paraphrasing), "Skippy Adelman begat Otto Hess, who begat Charles Peterson, who begat
  Popsy Randolph, who begat Herman Leonard, who begat Chuck Stewart, who begat Robert Parent, who begat Burt Goldblatt, who begat Robert Polillo."^[19]

Books

• Rosenthal, George Sigmund; Zachary, Frank, eds. (February 27, 2024). Jazzways – A Year Book of Hot Music (snippet view only). Cincinnati: January 21, 1946; Jazzways, Cincinnati. Cover design by
  Bernice Abbott
  , and Sargent John Marsh (1916–2003).

Selected Articles

• OCLC 979896906 (all editions).^[20]
• New York City: Greenberg (1946, 1947).
  OCLC 611017552 (all editions)
  .
• London: Musicians Press Ltd. (1947).
  OCLC 774482619 (all editions)
  .
• Bill Gottlieb, Otto F. Hess, Herman Leonard, and Francis Wolff
  .
• Anderson, Ernest, ed. (1946). Esquire's 1947 Jazz Book – A Yearbook of the Jazz Scene. New York: Smith & Durrell;
  OCLC 30986678 (all editions).^[21] The publication included an eight-page photo-spread of Eddie Condon's Sky Riders by Adelman. Criticism – directed towards Anderson, Condon's publicist, and Esquire – for publishing what seemed like a promo-piece for Condon was so severe that this issue stood as Esquire's last annual poll on jazz.^[22][23]

References

1. ^ Price, December 30, 1944, p. 30.
2. ^ Philadelphia Daily News, June 22, 1990, p. 50.
3. ^ Naturalization, "Mary Edelman," 1935.
4. ^ Indicator, June 1941, p. 28.
5. ^ US Census ("Edelman"), 1940.
6. ^ New York Post, November 28, 1942, p. 4.
7. ^ New Montefiore Cemetery, 2004.
8. ^ ^{a b} Popular Photography, June 1946, pp. 54–55.
9. ^ Writer's Digest, February 1950, p. 38.
10. ^ Variety, January 21, 1953, p. 36.
11. ^ Motion Picture Daily, January 21, 1953, p. 6.
12. ^ Minicam Photography, April 1945, pp. 30, 33, 80, 82.
13. ^ Pelizzon & West, 2010.
14. ^ Journal of the SMPTE, June 1963, p. 83.
15. ^ "Trademark Registration," December 26, 1972, p. PM 272.
16. ^ Boxoffice, March 20, 1972, p. E3.
17. ^ Popular Photography, July 1972, p. 64.
18. ^ Ainsworth, 2021.
19. ^ Philadelphia Daily News, November 22, 1985, p. 70.
20. ^ Post & Times-Star, June 26, 1967, p. 28.
21. ^ Parenti, Gillis, and Morser, May–June 1960, p. 8.
22. ^ Record Changer, March 1947, p. 8–9 & 15.
23. ^ Ulanov, March 1947, p. 22, 36–38.

Bibliography

Books, journals, magazines, and papers

• Ainsworth, Alan John (2021). Sight Readings: Photographers and American Jazz, 1900–1960.
  OCLC 1243352255. Retrieved May 9, 2022 – via Google Books
  .
• "Broadway – Sterling Communications Names 2 Vice-Presidents". Boxoffice. Vol. 101, no. 23 (National Executive ed.). March 20, 1972. p. E3. Retrieved May 24, 2022 – via Yumpu.com.
• Indicator "Julius Edelman" (Year Book).
  OCLC 50546336. Retrieved June 1, 2022 – via Ancestry.com.^{[unreliable source?}
  ]
• "Sustaining Members – Of the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers" – "Allegro Film Productions, Inc". Journal of the SMPTE. Vol. 75, no. 6. Society of Motion Picture and television. June 1966. p. 83. Retrieved May 26, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
• Mathieu, Aaron Maximillion (April 1945). "The Hard-Boiled School of Photography: The Legend of Skip Adelman, PM's Picture Ace". Minicam Photography. Vol. 8. pp. 30, 33, 80, 82.
  OCLC 1757544
  . Note: Mathieu was the founder of Minicam Photography.
• "Edelman Joins Elgar". Motion Picture Daily. Vol. 73, no. 1. January 21, 1953. p. 6. Retrieved May 25, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
• LCCN sv89-13740
  .
• OCLC 759724208. Archived from the original
  (PDF) on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
• "Jazz Pix". Popular Photography. Vol. 18, no. 6. Chicago. June 1946. pp. 54–55.
  OCLC 5517354. Retrieved May 9, 2022 – via Google Books
  .
• Nathan, Simon Morris (July 1972). "Simon Says". Popular Photography. Vol. 71, no. 1. p. 64. Retrieved May 25, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
• Price, Jack (December 30, 1944). "Photography: New PM Studio Plant Shows Good Planning – Housing and Equipment of New York Daily Help Efficient Operation". Editor & Publisher. Vol. 77, no. 53. p. 50. Retrieved May 25, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
• "Esquire's 1947 Jazz Book". Book Review.
  LCCN 48-28187
  .
• OCLC 761405288 (all editions)
  .
• "Television Chatter" – "New York" – "Julius Edelman ..." Variety. Vol. 189, no. 7. January 21, 1953. p. 36.
• "Afternoon in an Office". Writer's Digest. February 1950. pp. 13, 38, 74.
  OCLC 531780687
  . Aaron Maximillion Mathieu (1907–1996), founder of Minicam Photography, was the publication's business manager.

News media

• Nelson, Nels (November 22, 1985). "Some People Sweat Better Than Others". Philadelphia Daily News. Vol. 61, no. 162. p. 70.
  Newspapers.com
  .
• Nelson, Nels (June 22, 1990). "Snap Judgements – Bill Gottlieb's Photos Are a History of Jazz". Philadelphia Daily News. Vol. 66, no. 70. p. 50.
  Newspapers.com
  .
• "George Rosenthal, Photographer, Art Expert Dies". Post & Times-Star. Vol. 86, no. 139. June 2, 1967. p. 28. Retrieved June 2, 2022 – via
  Newspapers.com
  .
• "'Fifth Avenue,' Winner ..." (PDF). New York Post. Vol. 142, no. 11 (Week-End ed.). November 28, 1942. p. 4. Retrieved June 3, 2022 – via Fultonhistory.com.^{[clarification needed]}

Genealogical archives and government documents

• "'Mary Edelman' (1) "Certificate of Arrival." (2) "Petition for Naturalization." (3) "Oath of Allegiance." → New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824–1946". Naturalization (database with images). Petitions for Naturalization and Petition Evidence. Roll No. 954 (Petition nos. 247849–248205) → Citing
  NARA Microfilm Publication M1972, Southern District of New York, Petitions for Naturalization, 1897–1944. Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685–2009, RG (Record Group) 21. National Archives at New York. FamilySearch Images 1017–1019 (of 1106). 1935. Retrieved May 25, 2022 – via FamilySearch
  (September 13, 2019).
  • Certificate of Arrival No. 2–370639
  • Petition date: July 16, 1935
  • Petition for Naturalization No. 248125
  • Petition Granted: List No. 4439; Certificate No. 3949679
• "Edelman, Julius (decedent)". New Montefiore Cemetery. Retrieved May 20, 2022. Section 3, Block 14, Row 10, Grave 12R – Society: ONLO Association Inc. His wife, Dorothy (née Langer; 1925–2021) is buried next to him in Grave 11R The ONLO Association is a benevolent cemetery association of the Onward Lodge #487, Knights of Pythias of New York City.
• "Trademark Registrations Issued" – "Principal Register" – "Class 38 – Prints and Publications" – 949,369: "Science Screen Report" – "Allegro Film Productions, Inc.; SN 405,513". Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. Vol. 905. December 26, 1972. p. PM 272. Retrieved May 24, 2022 – via Google Books.
• 1940 United States Census (database with images). New York City → Manhattan Assembly District 6 → Block K → S.D. (supervisor's district) No. 14 → E.D. (
  enumeration district) No. 31–511 – Enumeration date: April 9, 1940 → Line 71 → Family 17. United States Census – via FamilySearch. 'Edelman, Julius' (son → age 16 → in household of Harry Edelman → at 488 East Houston Street) Digital source → NARA digital publication T627 → Digital image 2 (of 18). Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790–2007. RG (record group) No 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration
  (2012). Roll 2635.

Further reading

• "Program Notes" – "New Film Firm". Broadcasting. Vol. 59, no. 5. August 1, 1960. p. 58.
  OCLC 685240087
  .

External links

• OCLC 82986381
  .