Jack Sher
American journalist
John Jacob Sher (16 March 1913 – 23 August 1988) was an American newspaper columnist, songwriter,[1] [2] film director,[3] film writer, and producer.[4]
Career
Born in Minneapolis , Sher wrote for several magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post , Esquire , Redbook , Radio Mirror , Reader's Digest , and Collier's . He also had been a columnist for the New York Reporter , and from 1937 to 1940 Screen & Radio Weekly , a nationally syndicated Sunday supplement published by the Detroit Free Press .[5]
Sher wrote a number of films for Audie Murphy , including in 1959, The Wild and the Innocent , which he also directed. In the 1979 remake for TV, The Kid from Left Field , Gary Coleman (1968–2010), who starred in the series, accepted the NAACP Image Award for Best Children's Special of Episode in a Series.[6] Sher's 1971–1972 television play, Goodbye, Raggedy Ann was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama – Original Teleplay .[7] [8] [9] [10]
Selected Credits
Broadway
The Perfect Set-Up? – playwright
Songs:
"Make This a Slow Goodbye," Jack Sher (words), Farlan Myers (music)
Film
Television
"It Takes One to Know One (26 November 1964; season 1, episode 11) – writer
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" (23 March 1967; season 3, episode 28) – writer
"Art for Sam's Sake" (23 February 1967; season 3, episode 24) – writer
"The Stowaway" (31 October 1965; season 1, episode 7) – writer
Books
Sher contributed 8 essays
Twelve More Sport Immortals, Ernest Victor Heyn (1904–1995) (ed.), Bartholomew House (1951); OCLC 1515524
Sher contributed 6 or more essays
References
^ The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (3rd ed.), American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (1966); OCLC 10721505 , 592540213
^ ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (4th ed.), compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers by Jaques Cattell Press , R.R. Bowker (1980); OCLC 12259500 , 890660836
^ The Film Encyclopedia, by Ephraim Katz (1932–1992), Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1979); OCLC 1123262590 , 251399291
^ "Jack Sher: Ex-Columnist, Screenwriter" (obituary), Los Angeles Times , August 25, 1988, Part 1, p. 26 (accessible via Newspapers.com ; subscription required)
^ Contemporary Authors – A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields, Vol. 126, Gale Research (1989); ISSN 0275-7176 ; OCLC 527378544 , 1028569556
^ "13th Image Awards Named," Los Angeles Times , December 9, 1980 (photo of Gary Coleman accepting award from presenters Danielle Spencer & Kim Fields )
^ The Filmgoer's Companion , Leslie Halliwell (1929–1989) (ed.); OCLC 842978340
^ International Motion Picture Almanac, Richard Gertner (ed.); William Pay & Dale Monroe (assoc. eds.); Quigley Publishing Co. ; ISSN 1044-1697
(1977 ed.) (1977)
(1980 ed.) (1980)
^ Biography Index – A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines, Vol. 16, September 1988 – August 1990, H. W. Wilson Company (1990); ISSN 0006-3053 ; OCLC 30326352 , 956660504 , 36821512
^ Michael Singer's Film Directors – A Complete Guide (9th international ed.), Michael Singer (ed.), Los Angeles: Lone Eagle Publishing Co. (1992); OCLC 476495741
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