C. M. Woolf

Charles Moss Woolf
Born 1879
Died 31 December 1942
Employer Gaumont British Picture Corporation, General Film Distributors
Known for Distributing some of Alfred Hitchcock's first films
Spouse(s) Second wife, Gladys Capua Woolf
Children John and James Woolf, Rosemary Woolf
Relatives Eight brothers and sisters

Charles Moss Woolf (1879–1942) was a British film distributor.

Biography

Woolf made a fortune by financing, distributing and exhibiting films after World War I, including some of Alfred Hitchcock's first films. In 1935 he resigned from the Gaumont British Picture Corporation and formed General Film Distributors. He brought J. Arthur Rank into the film industry.[1]

He was the father of producers John and James Woolf, and of Rosemary Woolf, a scholar of medieval literature.[2]

Selected filmography

References

  1. 'Sir John Woolf, 86, Producer Of 'African Queen' and 'Oliver' ', New York Times, 1 July 1999 accessed 2 June 2012
  2. Spevack-Hussman, Helga (1995). "Rosemary Woolf (1925–1978)". In Helen Damico. Medieval Scholarship: Literature and Philology. Taylor & Francis. pp. 439–. ISBN 9780815328902. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

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