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Addison Burkhardt (August 12, 1879 – January 25, 1937) was a librettist and lyricist from about 1903 to 1922 and a Hollywood script and scenario writer thereafter. ==Biography== Addison Burkhardt’s birth name was Abraham; he was the sixth of seven children of Ethel and Jacob Burkhardt, Russian Jews who immigrated to America in the late 1860s.〔See the 1880, 1900 and 1910 U. S. Federal Census; entries disagree about the year of immigration.〕 Abraham was born in Washington, D. C., but he was raised first in New York and then, after 1884, in Chicago.〔World War I Draft Registration Card (Addison Burkhardt); 1880 U. S. Federal Census; Tinnee; 1890 and 1892 Chicago Voter Registration (Jacob Burkhardt).〕 Jacob Burkhardt died on January 16, 1893, and by 1895 Abraham had left school to work for a law firm, studying at night to qualify for the bar.〔U. S. Passport Application for Max L. Burkhardt, April 15, 1919; ''The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary''; Chicago City Directory, 1895.〕 At the turn of the century he gave up that profession for the entertainment business and, using the forename Addison, scored his first successes in 1902. He kept the new name for the rest of his life. On January 8, 1907, Addison Burkhardt married Josephine Kasparek in Chicago; they had no children.〔Cook County, Illinois, Marriage Index; 1930 U. S. Federal Census.〕 Although much of his career was based in Chicago, Burkhardt had moved to New York before the marriage, and he continued to reside there until at least 1920.〔“Addison Burkhart”; New York City Directories; 1910 and 1920 U. S. Federal Census.〕 He traveled to Europe at least once, assessing and acquiring shows with the producer Mort Singer in 1912.〔“Mort Singer Goes Abroad,” ''The Billboard'' 24:24 (June 15, 1912), p. 6〕 He worked closely with his brothers Charles and Max, both of whom were in the entertainment business; for Charles he wrote sketches, and with Max he briefly opened his own publishing house in 1918.〔”Burkhardt Opens Office,” ''The New York Clipper'' LXVI:6 (March 13, 1918), p. 12.〕 The publishing venture failed, and Burkhardt’s New York career began to wane; in 1923 he was recruited by Fox films and moved to California.〔”Burkhardt-Horwitz Closes,” ''The New York Clipper'' LXVI:29 (August 21, 1913), p. 17.〕 In Los Angeles Burkhardt anglicized his name further by dropping the “d”; he had done so occasionally before, but with increasing regularity after the start of World War I.〔Los Angeles City Directory, 1924; U. S. Federal Census, 1930; various film credits.〕 Under his new name (sometimes also “Burkhard”) Burkhart worked for Fox for a few years; then he wrote scripts and adaptations for Warner Brothers and RKO, continuing to write and revise stage work occasionally.〔”Broadway Knows Collaborators,” ''The Los Angeles Times'', December 29, 1928, p. A11.〕 After 1932 his health declined, and Burkhart was in retirement at his death.〔“Obituaries,” ''Variety'' CXXV:7 (January 27, 1937), p. 62.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Addison Burkhardt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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