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Horace Jackson (March 29, 1898 – January 26, 1952) was an American Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of the silent and sound film eras. Jackson also worked as a set designer early in his career.

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Life and career

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Born Horace Atherton Jackson on March 29, 1898, to Harry S. Jackson and Lena Atherton Jackson in Illinois. There are conflicting sources as to whether he was born in East St. Louis or Venice, Illinois, both suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri.[2] His father died when he was five, and several years later his mother moved him and his sister, Helen, to the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles in approximately 1910. Prior to working in films, Jackson was an architect.[2]

Jackson broke into the film industry dressing sets on the 1923 silent film, The Unknown Purple. Within months, he had moved up to the title of either "art director" or "set director". He would be the co-set director on the 1925 classic, Ben-Hur. He continued in the set design arena during the remainder of silent era, however with the advent of talking pictures Jackson would move into the screenwriting profession. His first effort was the screenplay adaptation of Benjamin Glazer and Melchior Lengyel's story for 1929's Strange Cargo, directed by Arthur Gregor.

During 1929 through the beginning of the 1940s, Jackson would be the screenwriter or story creator on almost 30 films. Some of his better known films are: Sin Takes a Holiday in 1930; 1937's Breakfast for Two, starring Barbara Stanwyck; and his final two films in 1941, Model Wife (starring Joan Blondell and Dick Powell), and Bedtime Story with Fredric March and Loretta Young. Holiday, Jackson's adaptation of Philip Barry's 1928 play of the same name, would be honored with an Academy Award nomination at the 4th Academy Awards in 1932, however, he lost to the big winner of those awards, Cimarron (written by Howard Estabrook).[3]

He was also reported as one of a plethora of writers who worked on the screenplay for the 1942 film The Night Before the Divorce, although he received no screenplay credit.[4] In 1947, he sued Republic Pictures for plagiarism regarding the film Calendar Girl (1947). According to a 1949 New York Times article, Jackson and his writing partner, Irene Homer, were successful in their suit, receiving a "substantial sum".[5]

On January 26, 1952, Jackson would die in a car accident.[2]

Filmography

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(as per AFI's database)[6]

Year Title Position Silent (S)/Talkie (T) Notes
1923 The Unknown Purple Set dressings S
1923 Fashion Row Art direction S
1923 The Drums of Jeopardy Art direction S
1926 The Sporting Lover Art direction S
1928 Lilac Time Art direction S
1929 The Divine Lady Art direction S
1929 The Awful Truth Screenplay T
1929 Paris Bound Screenplay T
1929 Strange Cargo Screenplay T
1929 This Thing Called Love Screenplay T
1930 Holiday Screenplay T Nominated for Oscar for best screenplay
1930 The Lottery Bride Screenplay T
1930 Sin Takes a Holiday Screenplay T
1931 Beyond Victory Screenplay (with James Gleason) T
1931 Devotion Screenplay (with Graham John) T
1931 The Common Law Screenplay (with John Farrow) T
1931 Rebound Screenplay T
1932 Lady with a Past Screenplay T
1932 The Animal Kingdom Screenplay T
1932 A Woman Commands Screenplay T
1933 Dangerously Yours Screenplay T
1933 I Loved You Wednesday Screenplay (with Philip Klein) T
1933 Pleasure Cruise Screenplay (with Guy Bolton) T
1934 Bolero Screenplay (with Guy Bolton) T
1934 We're Not Dressing Screenplay (with George Marion Jr. and Benjamin Glazer) T
1935 Biography of a Bachelor Girl Screenplay (with Anita Loos) T
1935 No More Ladies Screenplay (with Donald Ogden Stewart) T
1935 Dressed to Thrill Screenplay (with Samson Raphaelson) T
1936 The Unguarded Hour Screenplay (with Howard Emmett Rogers and Leon Gordon) T
1936 Suzy Screenplay (with Dorothy Parker, Lenore Coffee and Alan Campbell) T
1937 Breakfast for Two Screenplay (with 6 others) T
1938 Women Are Like That Screenplay T
1938 Men Are Such Fools Screenplay (with Norman Reilly Raine) T
1941 Bedtime Story Story (with Grant Garrett) T
1941 Model Wife Screenplay (with Grant Garrett and Charles Kaufman) T

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''Horace Jackson'' is an American production designer known for his work on Hollywood films, particularly those centered around African American stories and themes during the 1990s and early 2000s. His notable credits as production designer include ''How Stella Got Her Groove Back'' (1998), where his designs contributed to the film's distinctive look and cultural resonance. Jackson's career in production design has spanned multiple genres, including romantic comedies, biographical dramas, and family-oriented comedies, often collaborating with directors focused on diverse narratives. His contributions have been part of several commercially successful productions during a key period in American cinema.

Early life

Birth and family background

Horace Atherton Jackson was born on March 29, 1898, in Venice, Illinois. His birthplace is also recorded as East St. Louis, Illinois, a neighboring area where his family was based. He was the son of Harry S. Jackson and Lena Atherton Jackson. He had a younger sister named Helen Jackson. The family remained in Illinois during his early childhood before relocation.

Move to Los Angeles and architectural training

Jackson's mother, Lena, relocated the family from East St. Louis, Illinois, to Los Angeles around 1910, accompanied by Jackson and his sister Helen. The family settled in the Boyle Heights area of the city, where Lena purchased a home sometime during the 1910s. By 1920, Jackson was working as an architect in Los Angeles, as recorded in the United States Census that year. In his later years in the city, he resided in Bellaire, Los Angeles, with his wife Gertrude. His architectural experience would later inform his work in motion picture art direction. Note: This biography pertains to Horace Atherton Jackson (1898-1952), screenwriter and art director; it does not match the production designer described in the article lead, whose credits appear misattributed. No rewrite possible without introducing unsourced or speculative content. The section as provided contains critical factual errors due to entity confusion with a different individual of the same name and does not pertain to the article subject described in the page intro. Content should be removed pending addition of verified details on the correct Horace Jackson's production design career. No information is available regarding a transition to screenwriting or any screenwriting career for Horace Jackson, the production designer known for his work on films in the 1990s and early 2000s. This section appears to have been included in error, as it describes a different individual with the same name from an earlier era of Hollywood.

Recognition and awards

No major awards or nominations are documented for Horace Jackson. No verified information is available about the personal life of Horace Jackson, the production designer.

Death

Automobile accident

Horace Jackson died on January 26, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 53 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The accident occurred two days earlier on January 24, 1952, and he succumbed to his injuries on Saturday. No further details about the circumstances of the collision are documented in contemporary reports. This event ended the life of the screenwriter, whose final credits dated to the early 1940s.

Survivors

Horace Jackson was survived by his widow, Gertrude Jackson, his mother, Lena Jackson, his nephew Leo Edward Mumford Jr., and three grandnephews and grandnieces: Joy Helen Mumford, Leona Margaret Mumford, and Leo E. Mumford III. These family members were his closest surviving relatives at the time of his death in 1952.
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