C. M. Woolf
{{Short description|British film producer}}
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|birth_name = Charles Moss Woolf
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1879|07|10}}
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1942|12|31|1879|07|10}}
| death_place = London, England
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| employer = Gaumont British Picture Corporation, General Film Distributors
| known_for = Distributing some of Alfred Hitchcock's first films
| spouse = Second wife, Gladys Capua Woolf
| children = John and James Woolf, Rosemary Woolf
| relatives = Eight brothers and sisters
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Charles Moss Woolf (10 July 1879{{spaced ndash}}31 December 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.[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/01/movies/sir-john-woolf-86-producer-of-african-queen-and-oliver.html 'Sir John Woolf, 86, Producer Of 'African Queen' and 'Oliver' ', The New York Times, 1 July 1999] accessed 2 June 2012
He was the father of producers John and James Woolf, and of Rosemary Woolf, a scholar of medieval literature.{{cite book|last=Spevack-Hussman|first=Helga|editor=Helen Damico|editor-link=Helen Damico|title=Medieval Scholarship: Literature and Philology|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IwWuEy-E268C&pg=PA439|accessdate=20 January 2013|year=1995|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780815328902|pages=439–|chapter=Rosemary Woolf (1925–1978)}}
Selected filmography
- The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
- The Vortex (1927)
- Easy Virtue (1928)
- The First Born (1928)
- The Return of the Rat (1929)
- No Monkey Business (1935)
- When Knights Were Bold (1936)
References
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