Franz Schulz
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Franz Schulz | |
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Born | Prague, Austria-Hungary |
March 22, 1897
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Muralto, Tessin, Switzerland |
Resting place | Pambio-Naranco Jewish cemetery in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland. |
Nationality | Austrian |
Other names | Franz Spencer Frank Spencer Franz-Spencer-Schulz Franz Spencer-Schulz Franz G. Springer |
Citizenship | United States (naturalized) |
Alma mater | Charles University in Prague |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Years active | 1920-1956 |
Known for | Champagner (1929) Die Privatsekretärin (1931) Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1931) Midnight (1939) Adventure in Diamonds (1940) Born to Sing (1942) Masquerade in Mexico (1945) Invasion USA (1952) |
Franz Schulz (born 22 March 1897 in Prague, Austria-Hungary, died 4 May 1971, in Muralto, Tessin, Switzerland) was a playwright and screenwriter who worked from 1920 through 1956. [1][2][3][4]
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Biography
Schulz was born into a wealthy family, and although of the Jewish faith, religion played no role in the family. His father was a lawyer and a college friend of the writer Friedrich Adler. Lucia, one of his sisters, was the first wife of the painter László Moholy-Nagy.[2]
As a high school student Schultz studied the works of Max Brod, Egon Erwin Kisch, Franz Kafka, Paul Leppin, and Franz Werfel. Schulz graduated in 1915 from the Charles University in Prague and entered the army shortly thereafter. After release from service, he went to Berlin where he worked from 1918 to 1920 as a journalist, until writing for film. His early screenplays were for crime and drama films, before he turned his attention to comedy. His first "talkie" was the 1930 film Die Drei von der Tankstelle, followed in 1931 by feature film screenplays for Die Privatsekretärin and Bomben auf Monte Carlo.[2]
In 1933 Schulz emigrated to Prague. Forced out of the Germany film industry by the rise of The Third Reich, Schultz emigrated to England.[5] In 1939, Schulz co-founded the 'Austrian Exile Theatre Laterndl' that attempted to preserve Viennese culture through performances of cabaret and stage plays until August 1945. The Laterndl became one of the "outstanding cultural achievements of German-speaking exile in London".[6] In 1938-39 he worked with Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett to create the Mitchell Leisen comedy film Midnight.[3] From 1940 on, and later as a naturalized US citizen, Shultz was officially Francis George Spencer. Upon the end of World War II emigrated to the United States where he continued work in film (and later television) as a screenwriter. Schulz later settled in Ascona, Switzerland and worked primarily as a playwright. His last feature film was the 1956 Fuhrmann Henschel, for which he adapted the 1898 Gerhart Hauptmann stage play of the same name for director Josef von Báky.[1]
On May 4, 1971, six weeks after his 74th birthday, Shchulz died at Muralto, Tessin, Switzerland. He is interred at the Pambio-Naranco Jewish cemetery in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland.
Career
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Silent films
- Judith Trachtenberg (1920)
- Die Verwandlung (1920)
- Zirkus des Lebens (1921)
- Die rote Redoute (1921)
- Im Kampf mit dem unsichtbaren Feind (1922)
- Die schwarze Schachdame (1922)
- Wettlauf ums Glück (1923)
- The Third Watch (1924)
- Der Sprung ins Leben (1924) (novel)
- The Pink Diamond (1926)
- Der goldene Abgrund (1927)
- The Trousers (1927)
- Der Raub der Sabinerinnen (1928)
- Die Räuberbande (1928)
- Dyckerpotts Erben (1928)
- The Green Alley (1928)
- Princess Olala (1928)
- Abwege (1928)
- Liebeskarneval (1928)
- Der Präsident (1928)
- Sechs Mädchen suchen Nachtquartier (1928)
- Artisten (1928) (writer)
- Prince or Clown (1928)
- The Gypsy Chief (1929)
- Father and Son (1929) (writer)
- The Convict from Istanbul (1929) (writer)
- Adieu Mascotte (1929) (writer)
- Der lustige Witwer (1929) (writer)
- Champagner (1929)
- My Daughter's Tutor (1929)
Sound films
- The Three from the Filling Station (1930)
- The Road to Paradise (1930)
- Va Banque (1930)
- Zwei Welten (1930)
- The Son of the White Mountain (1930)
- Two Worlds (1930)
- Zwei Herzen im Dreiviertel-Takt (1930)
- Delikatessen (1930)
- Die Privatsekretärin (1931)
- The Private Secretary (1931)
- The Office Girl (1931)
- Sunshine Susie (1931)
- Dactylo (1931)
- Gloria (1931) (manuscript)
- My Cousin from Warsaw (1931, German)
- Ich heirate meinen Mann (1931)
- My Cousin from Warsaw (1931, French)
- Wiener Liebschaften (1931)
- The Girl and the Boy (1931)
- Amours viennoises (1931)
- Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1931)
- Captain Craddock (1931)
- Monte Carlo Madness (1932)
- Das Mädel vom Montparnasse (1932)
- Love on Wheels (1932) (story)
- Girls to Marry (1932)
- Two Hearts Beat as One (1932)
- Amourous Adventure (1932)
- Madame Makes Her Exit (1932)
- The Lucky Number (1932) (story)
- Marry Me (1932) (story)
- Abenteuer am Lido (1933)
- Sleeping Car (1933)
- What Women Dream (1933)
- A Daughter of Her People (1933)
- One Exciting Adventure (1934)
- Blossom Time (1934)
- Dactylo se marie (1934)
- Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934)
- Paris in Spring (1935)
- The Lottery Lover (1935)
- The Night Is Young (1935)
- Clothes and the Woman (1937)
- Midnight (1939)
- Lucky Partners (1940)
- Adventure in Diamonds (1940)
- Pacific Blackout (1941) (as Frank Spencer)
- Down in San Diego (1941) (as Franz Spencer)
- Born to Sing (1942) (as Franz G. Springer)
- Masquerade in Mexico (1945) (as Franz Spencer)
- The Fighting Guardsman (1946) (as Franz Spencer)
- Invasion USA (1952) (as Franz Spencer)
- Fuhrmann Henschel (1956) (as Franz-Spencer-Schulz)
Television
- The Hunter (1 episode, 1952) (TV)
- Episode "Black and White Sheep" (1952) (as Franz Spencer)
- Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1 episode, 1954) (TV)
- Episode "The Kennedy Case" (1954)
Partial theatre
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Bibliography
- Candide 19… oder das miese Jahrhundert ISBN 3-7466-1029-X
- Der Sprung ins Leben (1924) (novel)
- Die Räuberbande (1928) (manuscript)
- Two Worlds (1930) (manuscript)
- Gloria (1931) (manuscript)
- Midnight (1938) (manuscript)
- Adventure in diamonds (1939) (manuscript)
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External links
- Franz Schulz at the Internet Movie Database
- Parts of this article were translated from German Wikipedia.
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- 1897 births
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- Austrian screenwriters
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