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Fred Fishback

Fred C. Fishback (born Moscu Fischback; January 18, 1894 – January 6, 1925) was a film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer of the silent era. Following the 1921 scandal surrounding Roscoe Arbuckle, in which he was involved, Fishback worked mostly under the pseudonym Fred Hibbard.

Biography

Fred Fishback was born Moscu Fischback (sometimes spelled Fischbach) on January 18, 1894, in Bucharest, Romania.[2] He immigrated to the United States around 1900, and made his motion picture debut with Thomas H. Ince in 1912.[1]: 563  As Freddy Fischbach, he became a cameraman at Mack Sennett's Keystone studio, where he worked with comedy star Roscoe Arbuckle. Sennett promoted Fischbach to director, with his surname Americanized to Fred Fishback.

Anyone with Keystone credentials was welcomed by lesser comedy studios, and Fishback secured a job directing comedy shorts for Universal Pictures, many of them featuring former Keystone and Hal Roach bit player Lige Conley.

Both Arbuckle and Fishback were hired to direct at Educational Pictures. Fishback, reunited with Lige Conley, helped to develop Conley into a comedy star in a lengthy series of slapstick short subjects. Fishback also directed one of Educational's leading comedians, Lloyd Hamilton. Fishback died at the age of 30 of cancer;[1]: 563  his last films were released posthumously.

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Cameo by Fred Fishback (left), director of A Movie Star (1916)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao Walker, Brent E. (2010). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-7711-1.
  2. ^ Fred (Moscu) Fischbach Or Fishbach, United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940.
  3. ^ "Here Come the Girls". Progressive Silent Film List. Silent Era. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  4. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1919. p. 359.
  5. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1919. p. 842.
  6. ^ "Fred Fishback". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  7. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1920. p. 79.
  8. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1920. p. 83.
  9. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1920. p. 84.
  10. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1920. p. 162.
  11. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1920. p. 538.
  12. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1921. p. 319.
  13. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1921. p. 320.
  14. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1921. p. 629.
  15. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1921. p. 919.
  16. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1921. p. 925.
  17. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1921. p. 926.
  18. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1921. p. 1223.
  19. ^ "Circus Clowns". Progressive Silent Film List. Silent Era. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  20. ^ The Straphanger. Century Film. January 11, 1922. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g Balducci, Anthony (2009). Lloyd Hamilton: Poor Boy Comedian of Silent Cinema. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 9780786441594.

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