Jack Rieger
American film producer
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::summary American film producer ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Jack Rieger |
| image | jackrieger.jpg |
| birth_name | Jacob Rieger |
| birth_date | May 3, 1897 |
| birth_place | Gorlice |
| death_date | March 1, 1971 age 73 |
| death_place | New York City |
| occupation | producer, director |
| years_active | 1936–1955 |
| spouse | Beatrice Rieger (1924–1933, her death) |
| Sadye Luxenberg | |
| :: |
| name = Jack Rieger | image = jackrieger.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Jacob Rieger | birth_date = May 3, 1897 | birth_place = Gorlice | death_date = March 1, 1971 age 73 | death_place = New York City | occupation = producer, director | years_active = 1936–1955 | spouse = Beatrice Rieger (1924–1933, her death) Sadye Luxenberg | children = }} Jack Rieger (born May 3, 1897 Gorlice; died March 1, 1971, New York City) was a low budget producer and inventor.
Early years
Jack Rieger immigrated to the US, and arrived at Ellis Island August 4, 1903, aboard the . He was the son of Leib Rieger, a tailor, and Chane Rieger. Jack Rieger worked in a New York motion picture film laboratory. On August 5, 1936, Rieger filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in federal court listing liabilities of $136,795 with no assets.
Motion Pictures
Rieger produced the 1934 film The Yiddish King Lear and became known as an active film maker for hire for heavyweight fights. Rieger offered a six figure sum for the rights to film the 1945 Joe Louis - Billy Conn fight, a record at the time. In 1947 Rieger acquired some footage from an uncompleted and untitled 1940 film starring Cornel Wilde and placed Wilde's scenes with several musical numbers as a 1947 film called Stairway for a Star.
He was associate producer of Captain Scarface, producer of the documentary Savage Africa where he reused the African footage in a feature film called African Manhunt and the 3D film Stereo Laffs (originally shot in 1941 but re-issued in 1953 as A Day in the Country).
Inventor
Jack Rieger held one US patent for a portable collapsible crib and play pen.
References
References
- Variety. August 6, 1936
- p.282 Streible, Dan ''Fight Pictures: A History of Boxing and Early Cinema'' University of California Press, 2008
- Louis-Conn film bidding sets mark. Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) November 14, 1945 Page 18
- R. M. Hayes. 3-D movies: a history and filmography of stereoscopic cinema. McFarland, 1998 p 170
- US Pat. 3296633 – Filed February 5, 1965. Portable Collapsible Combination Crib And Play Pen. Inventor: Jack Rieger.
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