Jack Douglas (television host): Difference between revisions

'''Jonathon Aivaz''' (May 1, 1921 – April 13, 1994), known professionally as '''Jack Douglas''', was an Iranian-born American pioneer in the television industry.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Grant |first=Hank |date=January 4, 1962 |title=Douglas Is Stubborn Man: King of Travel Series |pages=16 |work=Herald and Review |publication-place=Decatur, Illinois |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33327456/jack-douglas-hollywood-producer-of/ |access-date=May 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218052739/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33327456/jack-douglas-hollywood-producer-of/ |archive-date=MayFebruary 518, 2022}}</ref> He produced and hosted a variety of travel and adventure television series, ultimately establishing the style typically used by travel shows today. Douglas also pioneered in producing television shows in color, rather than in black and white, before the practice became common.<ref name=":0" /> He would pay the extra cost to shoot his films in color, even when they were still being projected in black and white on television.<ref name=":0" />

Douglas eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he entered the television industry. In 1954, he created a travel series called ''I Search for Adventure'', and then submitted it to seven independent television stations in Los Angeles.<ref name=":0" /> Only one of those seven stations, [[KCOP-TV|KCOP]], accepted his series.<ref>{{Cite news |last=GODBOUT |first=OSCAR |date=July 13, 1958 |title=STAY-AT-HOME TRAVEL: TV PRODUCER OF 'BOLD JOURNEY' FINDS TRIP UP TRENDEX MOST PLEASANT |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/114426176 |access-date=August 7, 2022|id={{ProQuest|114426176}} }}</ref> With the success of ''I Search for Adventure'', Douglas continued to create other travel and adventures series for television including ''[[Bold Journey]]'', ''America!'', ''Seven League Boots'', ''Kingdom of the Sea'', ''Seven Seas'', and ''Keyhole''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Cecil |date=February 22, 1962 |title=Jack Has 7-Year (Travel) Itch |pages=82 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101927913/jack-douglas/ |access-date=May 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516000557/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101927913/jack-douglas/ |archive-date=May 516, 2022}}</ref> For his pioneering efforts in the television industry, Douglas was awarded a star, which is embedded on the 6700 block of Hollywood Boulevard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jack Douglas |url=https://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/jack-douglas/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218135217/https://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/jack-douglas/ |archive-date=February 18, 2022 |access-date=May 15, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>