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Albert Isaac Boasberg (December 5, 1891 [1] – June 18, 1937) was an American comedy writer in vaudeville, radio, and film, as well as being a film director . Biography. Boasberg was born in Buffalo, New York in a Jewish family.
Al Boasberg. Writer: The General. Albert "Al" Boasberg, a luminary in the world of comedy and screenwriting, left an indelible mark on the entertainment industry during the early 20th century.
Al Boasberg. Writer: The General. Albert "Al" Boasberg, a luminary in the world of comedy and screenwriting, left an indelible mark on the entertainment industry during the early 20th century.
Jul 2, 2023 · Al Boasberg was one of the greats of radio comedy, but you have to be a completist to know anything about him. He was a gag writer and made a living -- often a very lucrative one -- selling gags to vaudeville and radio comedians, and acting as what today we'd call a script doctor to punch up a movie.
Nov 30, 2015 · If Nesteroff has a mission, it’s to restore those people to memory: people like writer-director Al Boasberg, who “essentially created the comic personalities of Jack Benny, Milton Berle ...
The son of a Buffalo jeweler, Al Boasberg established himself in the early twenties as one of the foremost comedy writers in America. Boasberg was kept so busy supplying one-liners and special material to vaudevillians like Burns and Allen and Jack Benny that he ultimately set up a weekly wire service, telegraphing jokes to his scores of clients.
Al Boasberg was an American comedy writer in vaudeville, radio, and film, as well as being a film director.
