Irwin Franklyn Explained

Irwin Franklyn
Other Names:	Irwin R. Franklin
Birth Name:	Irwin Richard Franklyn
Birth Date:	January 18, 1904
Birth Place:	New York City, New York, U.S.
Death Date:	September 7, 1966
Death Place:	California, U.S.
Burial Place:	Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Occupation:	Publicist, novelist, writer, screenwriter, film director, film producer
Spouse:	Nan Chapman (divorced), Hazel Greene
Children:	2

Irwin Richard Franklyn (1904–1966)^{[1] [2]} was an American film director, film producer, screenwriter, novelist, and publicist. He wrote novelizations of films including Flight: An Epic of the Air for Frank Capra's film. He is also known as Irwin R. Franklin.^[3]

Biography

Irwin Richard Franklyn was born on January 18, 1904, in New York City.^[4] In 1922, he moved to Hollywood, California, to work as a publicity director for film producer Thomas H. Ince. Franklyn's work in film was in the creation of many "Negro films"^[5] in the 1930s and 1940s.

He died on September 7, 1966, after suffering from a heart attack, and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. Franklyn had been married to Hazel Greene, whom he worked with in film^[6] and together they had two children. Franklyn had previously been married to Nan Chapman, which ended in divorce; this divorce was mentioned in part of the New York Supreme Court, Nan Petersen vs. John P. Petersen (1934).^[7]

Filmography

Novelizations

• Flight, novelization of Frank Capra film^[8]
• Song of Love (1929), novelization of photoplay^[9]

As producer, director, or screenplay writer

• Harlem Is Heaven (1932), screenplay writer and director
• Harlemania
• Policy Man (1938) director,^[10] and co-produced with Hazel Franklyn
• Gone Harlem (1938) director
• Sugar Baby Hill (1938) director
• Minstrel Man (1944) co-wrote screenplay adaptation
• Waterfront (1944)^[11] co-wrote screenplay adaptation
• The Lady Confesses (1945), screenplay writer
• The Woman from Tangier (1948), screenplay writer^[12]
• Daughter of the West (1949), screenplay adaptation

Notes and References

1. News: 1925-10-04 . Screen Celebrity Headlines Bill . 114 . . 2023-03-27.
2. 1966 . Obituary . The Film Daily . en . Wid's Films and Film Folk Incorporated . 129 . 5.
3. Book: Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960 . 1997 . University of California Press . American Film Institute . 978-0-520-20964-0 . 1265 . en.
4. Web site: September 12, 1966 . Irwin Richard Franklyn, California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000, database with image . familysearch.org.
5. News: July 30, 1938 . Hallejua Star Receives Long Time Contract, Image 1 . 1 . Twin-City Herald (newspaper) . 2023-03-27 . Chronicling America, National Endowment for the Humanities.
6. Book: Richards, Larry . African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography . 2015-09-17 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-1052-8 . 133 . en.
7. Book: Supreme Court Appellant Division, Second Department . The Hecla Press . 1937 . New York City, NY . 46, 58 . en.
8. Book: Regarding Frank Capra: Audience, Celebrity, and American Film Studies, 1930–1960. 0822386267. Smoodin. Eric. 13 January 2005.
9. Book: Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series . 1957 . . Library of Congress Copyright Office . 1577 . en.
10. Book: Koszarski, Richard . Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff . 2008 . . 978-0-8135-4293-5 . 376 . en.
11. Web site: Irwin Franklyn . BFI.
12. Book: Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia . 1952 . Hollywood Reporter. . 251 . en.