[5] Following his emigration to the United States in 1943, Porges subsequently lived and worked continuously as journalist, correspondent, critic, and screenplay editor in Los Angeles/Hollywood almost up until his death in 1978.
[2] He also began his decades-long reporting for the publication Aufbau, New York, for the "Westküste" (West Coast) section of which he wrote about general political and cultural subjects of California.
"Interviews with leading Hollywood personalities, critical or cynical, but also enthusiastic views of events connected to the big screen, gave him the opportunity to display his vast knowledge on the subject of motion pictures.
"[6] During WWII, and for many years thereafter, he worked for the US State Department and "The Voice of America," and was Hollywood correspondent for numerous large postwar publications and radio stations in Switzerland, Austria, and Germany.
[2][5][6][10] Die Liebe des Thomas Hill ( "The Love of Thomas Hill" ), 1920 Charlie Chaplin der Vagabund der Welt ( "Charlie Chaplin, The Vagabond of the World" ), 1931 Mensch in Fesseln ( "Man in Shackles" ), a Drama about Heinrich Heine, 1931 Schatten erobern die Welt, wie Filme und Kino Wurden ( "Shadows Conquer the World, How Film and Movies Came to Be" ), 1946 Dimitri Tiomkin International Press Award 1959 Friedrich Porges was married from 1913 until his death in 1978 to Helene Matzner ( 1891–1985), who emigrated with him to the US.