Julius Urgiß Explained

Julius Urgiß
Birth Date:1873 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Anklam, Pomerania, Prussia
Death Place:New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Occupation:Screenwriter, journalist, film critic, theatre critic, music critic, writer, biographer
Nationality:German
Spouse:Gerty Lewin
Children:Eva Kayser
Genre:screenplays, reviews
Notableworks:Skandal um Eva, Die Straße, The Eleven Schill Officers

Julius Urgiß (6 August 1873[1] – 12 March 1948[2]) was a German-Jewish screenwriter, musician,[3] and film critic.

He began his career as the author of various literary contributions. He worked as a senior journalist at the Berlin film journal Der Kinematograph, writing film reviews.[4] He wrote a biography of the silent-film star Henny Porten.

In 1918, he began his career as a screenwriter. For seven years from 1919, he collaborated with Max Jungk, and in 1928 he worked with Friedrich Raff. Urgiss provided material for comedies, dramas, historical materials and literary adaptations. After the Nazis came to power in 1933, he emigrated from Germany and lived in New York until his death in 1948.

He was married to the German soprano Gerty Lewin (1879–1927[5]). They had one daughter, Eva Agathe Urgiss[6] (1911–1999), who married Albert Einstein's biographer and former step-son-in-law Rudolf Kayser.[7] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Julius Urgiß filmportal.de . 2024-05-21 . www.filmportal.de.
  2. Web site: 2012-11-03 . Wayback Machine . 2024-05-21 . web.archive.org.
  3. Book: Downs, Winfield Scott . Encyclopedia of American Biography: New Series . 1968 . American Historical Society . en.
  4. Web site: Hollywood in Berlin . 2024-05-21 . publishing.cdlib.org.
  5. Web site: 2018-04-22 . Wayback Machine . 2024-05-21 . web.archive.org.
  6. Web site: 2018-06-21 . Einstein's last great problem: who owns his house? The Independent . 2024-05-21 . web.archive.org.
  7. Book: Reiser, Anton . Albert Einstein: A Biographical Portrait . Kayser . Rudolf . 1930 . A. & C. Boni . 978-1-258-17219-0 . en.
  8. Web site: Wayback Machine . 2024-05-21 . web.archive.org.
  9. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881870/ Profile on IMDB
  10. https://portal.d-nb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&query=urgiss Citations in Deutschen Nationalbibliothek