Jack Rieger

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Jack Rieger
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BornJacob Rieger
May 3, 1897
Gorlice
Died March 1, 1971 age 73
New York City
Occupation producer, director
Years active 1936–1955
Spouse(s) Beatrice Rieger (1924–1933, her death)
Sadye Luxenberg

Jack Rieger (born May 3, 1897 Gorlice; died March 1, 1971, New York City) was a low budget producer and inventor.

Gorlice Place in Lesser Poland, Poland

Gorlicepronounced [ɡɔrˈlʲit͡sɛ] is a city and an urban municipality ("gmina") in south eastern Poland with around 29,500 inhabitants (2008). It is situated south east of Kraków and south of Tarnów between Jasło and Nowy Sącz in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Gorlice County.

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Early years

Jack Rieger immigrated to the US, and arrived at Ellis Island August 4, 1903, aboard the SS Statendam. 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. [1]

Ellis Island island in New York Harbor in the United States of America

Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the U.S. as the United States' busiest immigrant inspection station for over 60 years from 1892 until 1954. Ellis Island was opened January 1, 1892. The island was greatly expanded with land reclamation between 1892 and 1934. Before that, the much smaller original island was the site of Fort Gibson and later a naval magazine. The island was made part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965 and has hosted a museum of immigration since 1990 through 1995.

SS Statendam was a 10,322 ton (gross) ship of the Holland America Line, built by Harland and Wolff, launched in 1898 and completed on 18 August 1898. She was sold to the Allan Line in 1911 and renamed SS Scotian. The Allan Line was taken over in 1917 by Canadian Pacific Line, who continued to operate her as the Scotian until 1922, when she was renamed SS Marglen. She was scrapped in 1927.

Motion Pictures

Rieger produced the 1934 film The Yiddish King Lear and became known as an active film maker for hire for heavyweight fights. [2] Rieger offered a six figure sum for the rights to film the 1945 Joe Louis - Billy Conn fight, a record at the time. [3] 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.

Joe Louis American boxer

Joseph Louis Barrow, best known as Joe Louis was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. Nicknamed the "Brown Bomber", Louis' championship reign lasted 140 consecutive months, during which he participated in 26 championship fights. The 27th fight, against Ezzard Charles in 1950, was a challenge for Charles' heavyweight title and so is not included in Louis' reign. He was victorious in 25 title defenses, second only to Julio César Chávez with 27. In 2005, Louis was ranked as the best heavyweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization, and was ranked number one on The Ring magazine's list of the "100 greatest punchers of all time".

Billy Conn American boxer

William David "Billy" Conn was an Irish American professional boxer and Light Heavyweight Champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis. He had a professional boxing record of 63 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, with 14 wins by knockout. His nickname, throughout most of his career, was "The Pittsburgh Kid."

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Inventor

Jack Rieger held one US patent for a portable collapsible crib and play pen. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Variety. August 6, 1936
  2. ↑ p.282 Streible, Dan Fight Pictures: A History of Boxing and Early Cinema University of California Press, 2008
  3. ↑ Louis-Conn film bidding sets mark. Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) November 14, 1945 Page 18
  4. ↑ R. M. Hayes. 3-D movies: a history and filmography of stereoscopic cinema. McFarland, 1998 p 170
  5. ↑ US Pat. 3296633 – Filed February 5, 1965. Portable Collapsible Combination Crib And Play Pen. Inventor: Jack Rieger.
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