Es war einmal ein Mann: Eine Komödie mit Vor- und Nachspiel
Wien; London; Berlin: Georg Marton Verlag, 1935. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 96pp. Original half green cloth over printer wrappers. This rare work features one of Felix Joachimson's early works: Es war einmal ein Mann: Eine Komödie mit Vor- und Nachspiel (Once upon a time there was a man: a comedy with prologue and epilogue). Spine chipped. Some age-toning and minor creasing along edges of wrappers. Typed script text in German. Wrappers in overall good-, interior in good+ to very good condition. g- to vg. Item #39500
About the author: Felix Jackson (1902-1992) was a German-born screenwriter and film producer. He was born in Hamburg as Felix Joachimson. Jackson was a city editor in Germany at 21, then a dramatic and music critic, and helped manage three theaters in Berlin. He joined Joe Pasternak as a producer in Budapest in 1933. He began working in the German film industry, before relocating after the rise of the Nazi party. He moved to Austria and Hungary in the mid-1930s where he frequently collaborated with the director Henry Koster. His screenplay for the 1935 film "Little Mother" served as the basis for a Hollywood remake "Bachelor Mother" (1939) which was nominated for an Academy Award. Jackson moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s, writing the screenplay for "Destry Rides Again" (1939) a western starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich. He was active in the European Film Fund, which provided support to European emigre filmmakers. He produced several Deanna Durbin films for Universal Pictures and they married in 1945. He joined the advertising agency Young and Rubicam in 1946, heading up its dramatic-television department. He served as executive producer of "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" which aired on the ABC television network.
Price: $150.00