J. S. Jossey
Jack S. Jossey (born Julian S. Jossey) (c.1893 - 21 November 1952 [1]) was an American film producer and businessman. Active in the motion picture trade in Ohio for more than three decades, he managed film exchanges in Cleveland and Cincinnati, held the Monogram Pictures franchise for northern Ohio and later served as a vice-president of that company, and operated theatres in Ohio and drive-in theatres in Canada. In the 1940s he formed Hygienic Productions with Kroger Babb to produce and distribute exploitation films.[2]
A Seagram stockholder, he helped finance and film many exploitation films during the 1940s, including Mom and Dad and The Prince of Peace.
Early career
Jossey came to Cleveland from Forsyth, Georgia.[2] By late 1916 he was manager of the northern Ohio branch of the Tri-State Film Exchange, based in the Sincere Building in Cleveland.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Clipped from the Akron Beacon Journal". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 23, 1952. p. 21.
- 1 2 "Cleveland Mourns Jossey's Passing". The Exhibitor. 1952. Retrieved August 29, 2026 – via Media History Digital Library.
- ↑ "[Exchange directory listing]". Motion Picture News. 1916. Retrieved August 29, 2026 – via Media History Digital Library.
- ↑ "[Exchange managers]". Motion Picture News. 1917. Retrieved August 29, 2026 – via Media History Digital Library.
Further reading
- Joe Bob Briggs, "Kroger Babb's Roadshow." Reason, November 2003.
- Felicia Feaster and Bret Wood, Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of Exploitation Film. (Baltimore, Maryland: Midnight Marquee Press, 1999. ISBN 1-887664-24-6)
- David F. Friedman, A Youth in Babylon: Confessions of a Trash-Film King. (Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1990. ISBN 978-1-57392-236-4)
- Internet Movie Database: J. S. Jossey. URL accessed May 7, 2007.
- Eric Schaefer, Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!: A History of Exploitation Films, 1919–1959. (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-8223-2374-5)