Joseph Schenck

Film Studio Executive

Male

Born Dec 25, 1878

Hometown Russia

Died Oct 22, 1961

Death Place Los Angeles, Cali...

Joseph Michael Schenck was a pioneer executive who played a key role in the development of the United States film industry. Born in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia to a Jewish household, he and his family - including younger brother Nicholas - emigrated… Read More

Romance

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Marilyn Monroe
Dated 1948
Virginia Pine

Fling 1939
Paulette Goddard
Dated 1931 - 1932
Norma Talmadge
Married 1915 - 1934
Lorena Danker

Dated
Evelyn Keyes
Fling
Merle Oberon
Dated
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Dated
Ava Gardner
Dated

News + Updates

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Student Historian: Wharton's Eagle Eye Ithaca Journal
Google News - Aug 19, 2011

Marcus Fleow, owner of a chain of theaters, and manager Joseph Schenck refused showings of "The Eagle's Eye" in order not to offend their German patrons. The Wharton Producers agreed that some episodes were potentially derogatory despite being
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Frank Starcevich Jr. Pekin Daily Times
Google News - Jun 22, 2011

Also surviving are one daughter, Susan (Jeff) Schwarz of Pekin; two grandsons, Clayton Joseph Schenck of Jacksonville, Fla., and Alex Joseph Schwarz of Pekin. He was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Lisa Ann Starcevich in 2006;
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Dvds; An Independent Woman, Nobly Suffering In Silents
NYTimes - Mar 14, 2010

SHE was perhaps the biggest female star of the silent era. Her dark, depthless eyes gazed from the covers of influential fan magazines, projecting a nobly suppressed pain and longing; in the stories inside, she -- or her ghost writers -- advised the emerging independent American women of the 1920s on matters of fashion and home décor. She
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Film; It's Not Over For The Fat Man
NYTimes - Apr 16, 2006

WHEN Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle checked into the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco for a Labor Day weekend of rest and recreation in September 1921, he was one of the most celebrated and beloved comedians in America. One week later, he was a pariah. On Sept. 11, Arbuckle was arrested for the rape and murder of Virginia Rappé, a 28-year-old actress
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1878 Birth Born on December 25, 1878.

TEENAGE

1893 14 Years Old Born in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia to a Jewish household, he and his family - including younger brother Nicholas - emigrated to New York City in 1893, he and Nicholas eventually got into the entertainment business operating concessions at New York's Fort George Amusement Park.

THIRTIES

1909 30 Years Old Recognizing the potential, in 1909 the Schenck brothers purchased Palisades Amusement Park and after that became participants in the fledgling motion picture industry as partners with Marcus Loew, operating a chain of movie theaters.

1916 37 Years Old Through his involvement in the film business, in 1916 Joseph Schenck met and married Norma Talmadge, one of the top young stars with Vitagraph Studios. … Read More

FIFTIES

1933 54 Years Old In 1933 he partnered with Darryl F. Zanuck to create 20th Century Pictures that merged with Fox Film Corporation in 1935. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

1952 73 Years Old One of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in 1952 he was given a special Academy Award in recognition of his very significant contribution to the development of the film industry. … Read More

1957 78 Years Old Joseph Schenck retired in 1957 and shortly after suffered a stroke from which he never fully recovered.

1961 83 Years Old He died in Los Angeles in 1961 at the age of 82 and was interred in Maimonides Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

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