▁the ▁motion ▁picture ▁industry , ▁an ▁agent , ▁a ▁producer ▁and ▁a ▁studio ▁executive . ▁ ▁Biography ▁J aff e ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁Har lem ▁neighborhood ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁to ▁Russian - J ew ish ▁imm igr ants , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Hann ah ▁and ▁Max ▁J aff e . ▁He ▁had ▁three ▁older ▁sib lings : ▁brothers , ▁Joseph ▁and ▁David , ▁and ▁sister ▁Ad eline . ▁He ▁was ▁raised ▁on ▁the ▁Lower ▁East ▁Side ▁of ▁Manh attan . ▁ ▁After ▁dro pping ▁out ▁of ▁De W itt ▁Cl inton ▁High ▁School , ▁he ▁took ▁a ▁job ▁as ▁an ▁office ▁boy ▁for ▁the ▁Fam ous ▁Play ers - L ask y ▁Corporation ▁where ▁his ▁brother - in - law , ▁B . P . ▁Schul berg , ▁was ▁an ▁executive . ▁He ▁eventually ▁worked ▁his ▁way ▁up ▁through ▁the ▁ranks ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁executive ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁production ▁including ▁films ▁directed ▁by ▁Ernst ▁Lub itsch , ▁Josef ▁von ▁Stern berg ▁and ▁Rou ben ▁Mam ou li an . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 2 , ▁he ▁was ▁released ▁from ▁Param ount ▁over ▁internal ▁politics ▁and ▁then ▁worked ▁briefly ▁for ▁Harry ▁C ohn ▁at ▁Columbia ▁Pictures ▁before ▁joining ▁the ▁Schul berg - F eld man ▁ag ency ▁co - f ounded ▁by ▁his ▁older ▁sister ▁Ad eline ▁Schul berg ▁with ▁Charles ▁K . ▁Feld man . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁his ▁sister ▁left ▁the ▁firm ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁Ad ▁Schul berg ▁ag ency ▁after ▁her ▁divor ce