Irvin S. Cobb

At 67 years old, Irvin S. Cobb has this physical status:

Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, born in 1876 and died in Paducah, Kentucky, on March 11, 1944, was an American author, humorist, editor, and columnist who stayed in New York for the remainder of his life.

He worked for Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper in New York as the country's highest-paid staff reporter. Cobb also wrote more than 60 books and 300 short stories.

Any of his creations were made for silent films.

Several of his Judge Priest short stories were adapted in the 1930s for two feature films directed by John Ford.

Personal life

Cobb has been referred to as having a round shape, bushy eyebrows, full lips, and a triple chin, with a cigar always hanging from his mouth.

Laura Spencer Baker of Savannah, Georgia, was he married him. Elizabeth Cobb (born 1902, 1959), the couple's daughter, was also an author. She was a Lady and the nonfiction My Wayward Parents (1945), a book about her father, was published. Frank Michler Chapman, Jr., son of ornithologist Frank Michler Chapman, was her first husband.

Buff Cobb, a television actress of the early 1950s, was Cobb's granddaughter. She married journalist Mike Wallace as his second wife.

Cobb was honoured in 1915 by G. E. Holmes' book "The War Correspondent" which was published by the John Church Company.

On February 2, 2017, Cobb was inducted into the Kentucky Writers' Hall of Fame.

When Cobb died in New York City in 1944, his body was sent to Paducah for cremation. His ashes were laid under a dogwood tree. "Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb 1876-1944 Back Home" is engraved on the granite boulder containing his remains.

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Writing career

Cobb began working in journalism with the Paducah Daily News at the age of seventeen and became the nation's youngest managing news editor at the age of nineteen. He spent a year and a half at the Louisville Evening Post.

Exit Laughing, his anecdotal memoir-cum-autobiography, released in 1941, includes a firsthand account of Kentucky Governor William Goebel's assassination in 1900 as well as the killer's trials. He wrote several periodicals and also worked on experimental projects.

Cobb was employed by the Evening Sun in 1904 after moving to New York in 1904. The reporter was sent by the newspaper to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to cover the Russian-Japanese peace conference. His dispatches from the talks, highlighting the personalities involved (including President Theodore Roosevelt), were published around the country under the heading "Making Peace at Portsmouth." They earned him a job with Joseph Pulitzer's New York World, making him the highest-paid staff reporter in the United States. Cobb coined the phrase "sob sister" to describe the women journalists who were covering the case during Harry Kendall Thaw's murder conviction in 1907.

Cobb began working with The Saturday Evening Post in 1911 and covered the Great War for the newspaper. He wrote a book about his experiences as well as Paths Of Glory, which was published in 1915. Cobb praised the accomplishments of the unit known as the Harlem Hellfighters, including Croix de Guerre winners Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts, during his second trip to France to cover the Great War. His essay "Young Black Joe," which appeared in The Saturday Evening Post on August 24, 1918, and later republished in Cobb's book The Glory of the Coming, highlighted the sacrifice and tenacity displayed by black American soldiers in Europe during World War I. The three-page article and half-page photograph attracted a national audience of more than two million viewers and was heavily reprinted in the black press. Cobb received 1.5 votes on the 23rd Presidential ballot, in the midst of covering the 1920 Democratic Convention.

Several of Cobb's stories were made into silent films. He also wrote screen titles for other films, including Jackie Coogan's Bad Boy (1921), Peck's Bad Boy (1921). With the onset of sound, more of his tales were adapted for film, including The Woman Accused (1933), which starred young Cary Grant.

Judge Priest (1934) starred Will Rogers in the title role, and John Ford twice produced films based on Cobb's Judge Priest tales: Judge Priest (1934) featured Will Rogers in the title role. The Sun Shines Bright (1953) was based on his short stories "The Sun Shines Bright," "The Mob from Massac," and "The Lord Provides."

Cobb also appeared in ten films between 1932 and 1938, enjoying their acting career. Pepper, Everybody's Old Man (1936), and Hawaii Calls (1938). In 1935, he was the host of the 7th Academy Awards.

Cobb was recruited in 1919 by former US Navy officer and advocate Capt. W.H. Slayton will serve as chairman of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (AAPA). The Association based their protest against the misappropriation of national government authority over American citizens. Cobb, as chairman, increased the visibility of their company's message on social media and artist networks. "If Prohibition is a noble experiment," he said in one, "the San Francisco fire and the Galveston flood should be included in the most distinguished experiments of our national history." Red Likker, an anti-Prohibition book, was published as part of AAPA's AAPA efforts. Frankfort Distilleries recruited him to compile a recipe book to inform consumers who were out of habit how to make a refreshing drink following Prohibition's repeal.

"Irvin S. F. Cobb" is the cartoon version of The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos caricatures Cobb.

Cobb has been described as having a round shape, bushy eyebrows, full lips, and a triple chine, with a cigar always hanging from his mouth.

Laura Spencer Baker, a former slave of Savannah, Georgia, married him. Elizabeth Cobb, their daughter (born 1902, died 1959), was also an author. She was published in She Was a Lady and My Wayward Parent (1945), a book about her father. Frank Michler Chapman, Jr., son of ornithologist Frank Michler Chapman, was her first husband.

Buff Cobb, a television actress of the early 1950s, was Cobb's granddaughter. She married journalist Mike Wallace as his second wife.

In 1915, Cobb was named in "The War Correspondent" by G. E. Holmes, who was published by the John Church Company.

On February 2, 2017, Cobb was inducted into the Kentucky Writers' Hall of Fame.

Cobb's body was sent to Paducah for cremation when he died in New York City in 1944. His ashes were placed under a dogwood tree. "Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb 1876-1944 Back Home" is engraved on the granite monument containing his remains.

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