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Irving Briskin (1903–1981), was an American film producer of more than 200 films during the 1930s and 1940s. He was the brother of Samuel J. Briskin and Murray Briskin, both also film producers.
Irving Briskin was born on 28 February 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Blackmailer (1936), The Officer and the Lady (1941) and Treason (1933). He was married to Jean Bressler. He died on 29 May 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Producer, Production Manager, Additional Crew
- February 28, 1903
- Irving Briskin
- May 29, 1981
- Irving Briskin, was an American film producer of more than 200 films during the 1930s and 1940s.
- Irving Briskin was the brother of Samuel J Briskin and Murray Briskin, both film producers.
- In July 1927, when the studio got rid of their foreign broker system and implemented their own foreign sales, Irving Briskin was put in charge, becoming head of their foreign department.
- The new company had been formed from the former Irving Briskin Distributing Company, which Irving Briskin began in the late 1920s.
Jan 5, 2017 · The venerable actress and singer Debbie Reynolds, who died last week at age 84, was a risk-taker for decades when it came to investing her money after her movie career took off in the 1950s. She lost millions of dollars, to her regret, thanks to misplaced trust in her three callow spouses.
On his first movie as director, Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942), Gordon fell half a day behind schedule and was called into Irving Briskin's office. Briskin, the head of Columbia's B unit, explained that a good B picture probably wouldn't gross much more than a bad B picture; therefore, he said, "I don't want it good.
- Michael Gordon, Jack Corrick
- Warner Baxter
Irving Briskin was born on 28 February 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Blackmailer (1936), The Officer and the Lady (1941) and Treason (1933).
The completed story contained a theme of social consciousness which Irving Briskin, the head of the B unit at Columbia, decided was too ponderous. According to Wald, Briskin then hired Howard J. Green to rewrite his and Thompson's story into a comedy.
