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(1910-1988) Screenwriter, novelist, playwright, poet. Jesse Lasky Jr. was born in New York City and died in London, England.

Full Name

Jesse Lasky Jr

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Mr. Lasky studied at the Grand Central School of Art in Manhattan, New York.

1910

BIRTH

Jesse Louis Lasky Jr. was born in New York City on September 19, 1910.

1927

LITWORK

Songs from the Heart of a Boy
Boni & Liveright

Poetry.

1948

LITWORK

Cry the Lonely Flesh (Original Title: Spindrift)
Popular Library

Novel.

1949

LITWORK

Samson and Delilah


Mr. Lasky wrote the screenplay for the film, "Samson and Delilah," with Fredric M. Frank, and Harold Lamb.

1954

LITWORK

Hell And High Water


Mr. Lasky wrote the screenplay for the film, "Hell And High Water," with Samuel Fuller.

1956

LITWORK

The Ten Commandments


Mr. Lasky wrote the screenplay for the film, "The Ten Commandments," with Aeneas MacKenzie, Jack Gariss, and Fredric M. Frank.

1961

LITWORK

Naked in a Cactus Garden
Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.
1135429669 / 978-1135429669
Novel.

1961

LITWORK

Seven Women from Hell


Screenplay written by Mr. Lasky and Pat Silver-Lasky.

1975

LITWORK

Whatever Happened to Hollywood?
Funk & Wagnalls
0308101723 / 978-0308101722
Autobiography.

1978

LITWORK

Love Scene: The Story of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh
Thomas Y. Crowell
0690014139 / 978-0690014136
Nonfiction written with Pat Silver.

1981

LITWORK

The Offer
Doubleday
0385157673 / 978-0385157674
Novel written with Pat Silver.

1988

DEATH

Jesse Lasky Jr. died at his home in London, England, on April 11, 1988.

1988

INTERMENT

Jesse Lasky Jr. was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California.

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