- Arthur P. Jacobs
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name = Arthur Jacobs
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birth_date = birth date|1922|3|7|mf=y
birth_place =Los Angeles, California
death_date = death date and age|1973|6|27|1922|3|7|mf=y
death_place =Los Angeles, California
occupation = Film producer
spouse =Arthur Jacobs (
March 7 ,1922 –June 27 ,1973 ) was a twentieth centuryfilm producer responsible for numerous classic films of the 1960s and 1970s, including the "Planet of the Apes " series, "Doctor Dolittle", "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", "Play It Again, Sam" and "Tom Sawyer". [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0414336/ IMDB listing] ] "Tom Sawyer", a musical which featured both a script and song score by theSherman Brothers was to be the first in a five picture deal with the prolific brothers.Fact|date=February 2007 Each film was to be a musical with an Americana theme. However, tragedy struck during the filming ofHuckleberry Finn and Jacobs died suddenly of a heart attack. Between the loss of Jacobs and a protracted recovery from knee surgery ofRobert B. Sherman , "Huckleberry Finn" suffered creatively.As producer
* "Huckleberry Finn", 1974...aka "Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn: A Musical Adaptation" (USA: promotional title)
* "Battle for the Planet of the Apes ", 1973... aka Colonization of the Planet of the Apes* "Tom Sawyer", 1973... aka "A Musical Adaptation of Mark Twain's 'Tom Sawyer"' (USA: promotional title)
* "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes ", 1972
* "Play It Again, Sam", 1972... aka Aspirins for Three
* "Escape from the Planet of the Apes ", 1971
* "Beneath the Planet of the Apes ", 1970* "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", 1969
* "Planet of the Apes", 1968... aka "Monkey Planet"
* "Doctor Dolittle", 1967
* "What a Way to Go! ", 1964As executive producer
* "Topper Returns" 1973 (TV) (executive producer)
* "The Chairman, 1969... aka "The Most Dangerous Man in the World" (UK)References
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