Arthur Jacobson
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| name =Arthur Jacobson
| birth_name =
| other_names = Art Jacobson
Artie Jacobson
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|10|23}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, USA
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|10|6|1901|10|23}}
| death_place = Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
| occupation = assistant director
| yearsactive = 1929-1970
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Arthur Jacobson (October 23, 1901 – October 6, 1993) was an American assistant director. While he was an assistant director for most of his films, he was the main director for the 1935 film Home on the Range.
He was nominated at the 6th Academy Awards for the now defunct category of Best Assistant Director.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1934 |title=The 6th Academy Awards (1934) Nominees and Winners |access-date=March 26, 2014|work=oscars.org}}
Early life
As a teenager in New York City, he cleaned lights at Biograph Studios and carted flammable nitrate prints to midtown theaters.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/1004-Winter-2010-11/On-the-Job-Arthur-Jacobson.aspx |title=Arthur Jacobson - New York to Hollywood |date=2011 |work=DGA Quarterly Magazine |access-date=2020-03-31 |language=en}}
Career
He followed silent actress Clara Bow out to Hollywood, where he began as a cameraman,{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-16-mn-46232-story.html|title=Arthur Jacobson, filmmaker|access-date=March 26, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=16 October 1993 }}
In 1929, he was part of the transition to talking scenes in Chinatown Nights, assisting director William Wellman. He had a "gift for on-the-fly problem solving" like in The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) where he used a grain forklift to shoot Fredric March running up a staircase. in a 1980 DGA oral history interview, Jacobson said to assist George Seaton in 1947 on Miracle on 34th Street was one of the highlights of his career.
He was active in the Directors Guild of America. starting in 1937, and three decades later served on its National Board.
Selected filmography
- Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
- Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
- The Country Girl (1954)
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
- I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
- Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
- The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
- Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
- Crash Dive (1943)
- I Wanted Wings (1941)
- The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
- Home on the Range (1935)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0414797|name=Arthur Jacobson}}
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Category:Artists from New York City
Category:Film directors from New York City
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