Jack H. Skirball
| Jack H. Skirball | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jack Harold Skirball 1896 Homestead, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | December 1985 Century City, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Hebrew Union College |
| Occupation | Rabbi, film producer, real estate developer, philanthropist |
| Spouse(s) | Audrey Marx |
| Children | 2 daughters |
Jack H. Skirball (1896-1985) was an American rabbi, film producer, real estate developer and philanthropist.
Jack H. Skirball was born in 1896 in Homestead, Pennsylvania. His father was an immigrant from Czechoslovakia. His mother was an immigrant from England. His father died when he was seven years old. Shortly after, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio with his mother and nine siblings.
Skirball attended the University of Cincinnati and Western Reserve College in Cleveland, Ohio, but he dropped out. He studied at the Hebrew Union College, and he was ordained as a rabbi, following his mother's wishes. He then attended graduate school at the University of Chicago, where he studied psychology and sociology.
Skirball went to Israel with Abba Hillel Silver in 1919. Back in the United States, he served Reform synagogues in Cleveland, Ohio and Evansville, Indiana in the 1920s.
After moving to Los Angeles, California in 1938, he became a film producer. He served as general manager of the Educational Films Corporation of America, where he produced The Birth of a Baby, an educational film about childbearing in 1938.
Skirball served as vice president of Grand National Pictures, followed by president of Arcadia Pictures. He was associate producer of The Howards of Virginia, a 1940 film starring Cary Grant. A year later, in 1941, he produced This Woman is Mine. By 1942, he was associate producer of Saboteur, a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. A year later, in 1943, he produced Shadow of a Doubt, another film directed by Hitchcock. He also produced Magnificent Doll in 1946, The Secret Fury in 1950, and Payment on Demand in 1951. He also produced A Matter of Time starring Liza Minnelli in 1976.
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