Fred Feldkamp

Fred J. Feldkamp (March 2, 1914 – December 7, 1981) was an American writer, editor, and film producer. He was married to fashion writer Phyllis Dubsky Feldkamp from the 1940s.

Career

Feldkamp was born on March 2, 1914, in Newark, New Jersey. He served in World War II as a correspondent with the Marine Corps in the Pacific. He also independently produced three movies, Operation Manhunt (1954), The Silken Affair (1956), and Triple Cross (1966). After Cuppy died in 1949, both Feldkamp and his wife Phyllis sorted through thousands of his close friend's files and notes to finish writing The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, a piece of historical satire that the writer had been working on for many years.

Books written

Feldkamp wrote two books about travel. The first, written in 1972, is titled, "The Good Life or What's Left of It (1972) and was co-authored by his wife Phyllis Feldkamp, a prominent figure in the fashion-writing world from Philly to Paris. This book details the pleasures and enjoyment of life in France. "Relative" with Russell Maloney (October 2, 1937) "The Comment" with E.B. White (August 11, 1939) "MIXTURE FOR MEN : A Collection of Fact and Humor by Some of the Best Writers of Short Pieces in Our Time" (1947) "The Talk of the Town" with St. Clair McKelway (January 11, 1958) "Cite du Cheval" (June 6, 1970) "Deauville" (August 14, 1971)