Arthur P. Jacobs

Arthur Jacobs (March 7, 1922 – June 27, 1973) was a twentieth century film 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.^[1] Tom Sawyer, a musical which featured both a script and song score by the Sherman Brothers was to be the first in a five picture deal with the prolific brothers.^{[citation needed]} Each film was to be a musical with an Americana theme. Jacobs died suddenly of a heart attack during the filming of Huckleberry Finn. Between the loss of Jacobs and a protracted recovery from knee surgery of Robert 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!, 1964

As executive producer

• Topper Returns 1973 (TV) (executive producer)
• The Chairman, 1969... aka The Most Dangerous Man in the World (UK)

References

1. ^ IMDB listing

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