Occupation Producer Years active 1930–1943 | Name E.B. Derr Role Film producer | |
Full Name Edward Bennett Derr Born 20 May 1891 ( 1891-05-20 ) West Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States Died August 13, 1974, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies The Law Commands, The Deerslayer, Pardon My Gun, Star Reporter, Undercover Agent Similar People William Nigh, Lambert Hillyer, Lew Landers, Joseph H Lewis, John S Robertson | ||
E.B. Derr (May 20, 1891 – August 13, 1974), whose full name was Edward Bennett Derr, was an American film producer during the genesis of the sound era. Born in West Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1891, he would produce almost forty films in the 1930s and early 1940s. Derr retired from the film industry in 1943, after co-producing The Deerslayer, for which he also wrote the screenplay adaptation from the James Fenimore Cooper's novel, The Deerslayer: Or, the First War-Path, A Tale.
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