Name C. Woolf Role Film producer | Grandchildren Jonathan Woolf Ex-spouse Gladys Capua Woolf | |
Employer Gaumont British Picture Corporation, General Film Distributors Known for Distributing some of Alfred Hitchcock's first films Relatives Eight brothers and sisters Died December 31, 1942, London, United Kingdom Movies The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, Downhill, The First Born Children Sir John Woolf, James Woolf, Rosemary Woolf Similar People Michael Balcon, Victor Saville, Alfred Hitchcock, Ivor Montagu, Ivor Novello | ||
Charles Moss Woolf (1879–1942) was a British film distributor.
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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.
He was the father of producers John and James Woolf, and of Rosemary Woolf, a scholar of medieval literature.
Selected filmography
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