Jacques Jaccard

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Jacques Jaccard
Jacques Jaccard in 1916
Born
Jacques Arthur Jaccard

(1886-09-11)September 11, 1886
New York City
DiedJuly 24, 1960(1960-07-24) (aged 73)
Los Angeles California
Occupations
Years active1913–1938
Spouses
Jaccard directed The Diamond from the Sky in 1915

Jacques Jaccard (September 11, 1886 – July 24, 1960) was an American film director, writer and actor whose achievements in cinema were mostly in silent film. He directed 86 films and wrote scripts for 80 films. The best-known of his films as a director was The Diamond from the Sky (1915).[1][2]

Biography[edit]

Jaccard told reporters he was born in New York City and educated in France.[3] He moved back to the U.S. around 1913 and began a career as an actor and assistant director, specializing in western and action films at Universal early on. In the mid-1920s, after returning from serving in World War I, he began working for lower-rent studios such as Goodwill Pictures, Syndicate Pictures, and Arrow Pictures.

When movies with sound became popular, Jaccard's career went downhill; he directed his last film, Señor Jim, in 1936. After that, he worked as a screenwriter and dialogue director. In 1940, he rejoined Universal's serial department as a dialogue coach, working on popular serials such as Gang Busters and Adventures of the Flying Cadets. Jaccard retired in 1944 and died in Los Angeles in 1960.[4]

Jaccard was married at least three times. His wife Helen Leslie (real name Helen Reisling) was an actress, as was Catherine Dirking (who went by the stage name Joan Jaccard during their brief marriage).[5][6][7][8]

Dirking was only 16 when she married Jaccard in 1926; the pair divorced in 1933.[9][10] Some newspapers reported that he was also briefly married to Betty Blythe.

Selected filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rainey 2015, p. 48.
  2. ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries Cumulative Series Motion Pictures 1912 - 1939". Internet Archive. Copyright Office * Library of Congress. 1951. p. 191. Retrieved August 23, 2022. Motion Pictures, 1912-1939, is a cumulative catalog listing works registered in the Copyright Office in Classes L and M between August 24, 1912 and December 31, 1939
  3. ^ "Jacques Jaccard Directs Another Serial". The Sedgwick Pantagraph (Sedgwick, Kansas). February 21, 1918. p. 8. Retrieved August 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Jacques Jacquard". The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California). July 30, 1960. p. 50. Retrieved August 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Stage Actor to Wed Joan Jaccard in Surprise Rite". Daily News (New York, New York). September 13, 1934. p. 622. Retrieved August 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Jacques Jaccard Weds". News-Pilot (San Pedro, California). May 14, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved August 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Matrimonial Seas Get Choppy in Filmland". Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California). May 17, 1925. p. 91. Retrieved August 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Jaccard Case Set". The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California). February 5, 1922. p. 19. Retrieved August 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Actress Wins Divorce Plea". The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California). March 28, 1933. p. 28. Retrieved August 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Screen Director Sued for Divorce". The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California). March 10, 1933. p. 10. Retrieved August 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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