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- Birth nameJesse Jerome Robbins
- Jess Robbins was born on April 30, 1886 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Le mari déchaîné (1928), The Son-of-a-Gun (1919) and Pour l'amour de l'enfant (1924). He died on March 11, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Co-founded Amalgamated Producing Corporation, a film production company active from 1922-23.
- Started as a cameraman with Essanay in 1908, eventually becoming general manager. After leaving the company he worked for a while as stage manager for the Longacre Theatre in New York, before returning to films as writer-director for L-KO, Fox and Vitagraph. During the 1920s he was scenario writer for Universal and Educational and also had a brief, rather acrimonious spell with Hal Roach. In 1928 he went to England to direct and co-write the script for Le mari déchaîné (1928), starring Syd Chaplin. Robbins left the industry with the advent of sound pictures.
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