Jack Dietz (1901 – 30 January 1969) was an American film producer, notable for his collaboration with Sam Katzman at Monogram Studios. At one stage he operated The Cotton Club in Harlem.
In the late 1930s he produced movies of heavyweight fights.[1] In 1943 he was sentenced to seven months jail for evading taxes of $200,237 in 1936 and 1937, money earned from distributing fight films.[2][3][4] In 1951 he helped set up Mutual Productions.[5]
He died while undergoing open heart surgery.[6]
Select filmography
edit- The Ape Man (1943)
- Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
- The Black Scorpion (1957)
- Hannibal (1959)
References
edit- ^ "Louis and Godoy Title Fight May Be Postponed". Chicago Daily Tribune. June 12, 1940. p. 29.
- ^ "ACCUSED OF TAX EVASION: Movie Man Charged With Non- Payment of $200,247". New York Times. Sep 17, 1942. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "Movie Man Admits Tax Evasion". New York Times. Jan 15, 1943. p. 20. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ "FIGHT FILM MAKER JAILED; Jack Dietz Sentenced to 7-Month Term for Tax Evasion". The New York Times. 1943-01-30. p. 10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ Times, Thomas M. Pryor Special To the New York (1951-12-05). "NEW FILM CONCERN IS SET UP ON COAST; Chester, Kerman and Dietz Form Mutual Productions to Make and Sell Pictures". The New York Times. p. 45. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ Weaver, Tom (1993). Poverty Row Horrors!: Monogram, PRC, and Republic Horror Films of the Forties. McFarland. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-89950-756-9.
External links
edit- Jack Dietz at IMDb
- Jack Dietz at British Film Institute
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