Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German

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Biography

Jacoby was born in Mainz, Germany, the son of

Wilhelm Jacoby Wilhelm Jacoby (1855-1925) was a German playwright, who concentrated largely on creating farce Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable ...

(1855–1925), a German comedic

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, who concentrated largely on creating

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s, such as '' The Duchess of Athens'' (1883) and '' Pension Schöller'' (1890), which he co-authored with

Carl Laufs Carl Laufs (1858-1900) was a German playwright who concentrated largely on creating farces, notably the 1890 work '' Pension Schöller'' which he co-authored with Wilhelm Jacoby Wilhelm Jacoby (1855-1925) was a German playwright, who concentrated ...

. Georg adapted ''Pension Schöller'' into film versions on no fewer than three occasions. In 1923, Georg Jacoby gave

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her film debut, casting her in a small role in '' The Little Napoleon'' (1923). His involvement with large-budget Italian epic '' Quo Vadis'' (1924), which was a critical and commercial disaster, damaged his reputation. He rebuilt his career by directing a series of popular comedies and musicals. He was married to Marika Rökk from 1940 until his death. Actress is his daughter. During the Nazi era, Jacoby specialised in light comedies featuring Rökk. In 1941 he directed the first

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film '' Women Are Better Diplomats''. He remained active in

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, directing his final film in 1960. Georg Jacoby died, aged 81, in Munich.

Selected filmography

* '' The Dancer'' (1915) * '' Bogdan Stimoff'' (1916) * '' Rübezahl's Wedding'' (1916) * '' Unusable'' (1917) * '' Jan Vermeulen, the Miller of Flanders'' (1917) * '' The Flyer from Goerz'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1918, 3 parts) * '' The Carousel of Life'' (1919) * '' The Swabian Maiden'' (1919) * '' The Woman at the Crossroads'' (1919) * '' Countess Doddy'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1919) * '' The Teahouse of the Ten Lotus Flowers'' (1919) * '' Out of the Depths'' (1919) * '' Temperamental Artist'' (1920) * '' Hundemamachen'' (1920, writer) * '' Va banque'' (1920, writer) * '' The Woman Without a Soul'' (1920) * '' Indian Revenge'' (1920) * '' Wibbel the Tailor'' (1920, writer) * '' The Sins of the Mother'' (1921) * '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1921, 6 parts) * '' His Excellency from Madagascar'' (1922, 2 parts) * '' The Big Shot'' (1922) * ''

The Girl with the Mask ''The Girl with the Mask'' () is a 1922 German silent comedy film directed by Victor Janson and starring Ossi Oswalda, Paul Biensfeldt, and Hermann Thimig. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a va ...

'' (1922) * '' The Little Napoleon'' (1923) * '' Paradise in the Snow'' (1923) * '' Comedians of Life'' (1924) * '' Quo Vadis'' (1924) * ''

Hussar Fever ''Hussar Fever'' (German: ''Husarenfieber'') is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Max Hansen, Georg Alexander and Jakob Tiedtke. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich. Cast ...

'' (1925) * '' Cock of the Roost'' (1925) * '' Accommodations for Marriage'' (1926) * '' The Pride of the Company'' (1926) * '' Circus Romanelli'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1927) * '' The Fake'' (1927) * '' Nameless Woman'' (1927) * '' Intoxicated Love'' (1927) * '' The Hunt for the Bride'' (1927) * '' The Island of Forbidden Kisses'' (1927) * '' The Weekend Bride'' (1928) * '' Behind Monastery Walls'' (1928) * '' The Joker'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928, producer) * '' The Physician'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' Women on the Edge'' (1929) * '' A Mother's Love'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * ''

Money on the Street ''Money on the Street'' () is a 1930 Austrian-German romantic comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Lydia Pollman, Georg Alexander, and Franz Schafheitlin. It is notable for the screen debut of Hedy Lamarr, who made a short appea ...

'' (1930) * '' The Widow's Ball'' (1930) * '' Josef the Chaste'' (1930) * '' Pension Schöller'' (1930) * '' Storm in a Water Glass'' (1931) * '' Hooray, It's a Boy!'' (1931) * '' The Spanish Fly'' (1931) * '' Melody of Love'' (1932) * '' The Big Bluff'' (1933) * '' Tell Me Who You Are'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1934) * '' The Daring Swimmer'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1934) * '' Tales from the Vienna Woods'' (1934) * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1934) * '' Marriage Strike'' (1935) * '' The Beggar Student'' (1936) * '' Gasparone'' (1937) *'' The Chief Witness'' (1937) * '' A Night in May'' (1938) * ''

The Curtain Falls ''The Curtain Falls'' () is a 1939 German crime film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Anneliese Uhlig, Elfie Mayerhofer and Hilde Sessak. It was based on a play by Paul van der Hurck and was made by UFA at the company's Babelsberg Studio ...

'' (1939) * '' Kora Terry'' (1940) * '' Women Are Better Diplomats'' (1941) * '' The Woman of My Dreams'' (1944) * '' Child of the Danube'' (1950) * '' Sensation in San Remo'' (1951) * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1951) * '' Pension Schöller'' (1952) * '' The Divorcée'' (1953) * '' Mask in Blue'' (1953) * '' Hooray, It's a Boy!'' (1953) * '' Hello, My Name is Cox'' (1955) * '' Three Girls from the Rhine'' (1955) * '' Three Days Confined to Barracks'' (1955) * '' Kleren Maken de Man'' (1957) * '' The Schimeck Family'' (1957) * '' At Green Cockatoo by Night'' (1957) * '' The Night Before the Premiere'' (1959) * '' Pension Schöller'' (1960) * '' Bombs on Monte Carlo'' (1960)

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Bibliography

* Grange, William. ''Historical Dictionary of German Theater''. Scarecrow Press, 2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacoby, Georg 1882 births 1964 deaths Mass media people from Mainz People from Rhenish Hesse Film people from Rhineland-Palatinate