Georg Jacoby
| Georg Jacoby | |
|---|---|
 Georg Jacoby (1953) | |
| Born |
23 July 1882 Mainz, German Empire |
| Died |
21 February 1964 (aged 81) Munich, West Germany |
| Occupation | Film director, Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1913–1960 |
Georg Jacoby (23 July 1882 – 21 February 1964) was a German film director and screenwriter.[1]
Jacoby was born in Mainz, Germany, the son of comic playwright Wilhelm Jacoby. In 1923 he gave Marlene Dietrich 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.
During the Nazi era, Jacoby specialised in light comedies featuring Rökk. In 1941 he directed the first Agfacolor film Women Are Better Diplomats. He remained active in West Germany, directing his final film in 1960.
The actress Gabriele Jacoby is his daughter. He died, aged 81, in Munich.
Selected filmography
- Wibbel the Tailor (1920, writer)
- The Little Napoleon (1923)
- Paradise in the Snow (1923)
- Comedians of Life (1924)
- Quo Vadis (1924)
- Accommodations for Marriage (1926)
- The Fake (1927)
- The Weekend Bride (1928)
- Angst (1928, producer)
- The Physician (1928)
- Perjury (1929)
- Women on the Edge (1929)
- Latin Quarter (1929)
- Gold on the Street (1930)
- Josef the Chaste (1930)
- Pension Schöller (1930)
- Storm in a Water Glass (1931)
- Melody of Love (1932)
- The Big Bluff (1933)
- Tell Me Who You Are (1933)
- The Last Waltz (1934)
- Leutnant Bobby, der Teufelskerl (1935)
- The Beggar Student (1936)
- Die Kronzeugin (1937)
- Gasparone (1937)
- A Night in May (1938)
- The Curtain Falls (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)
- Pension Schöller (1952)
- The Divorcée (1953)
- Hello, My Name is Cox (1955)
- Kleren Maken de Man (1957)
- At Green Cockatoo by Night (1957)
- The Family Schimek (1957)
- Stage Free for Marika (1958)
- The Night Before the Premiere (1959)
- Pension Schöller (1960)
- Bombs on Monte Carlo (1960)