The British film producer Edward Black was born 18th August 1900 in Birmingham.
Best known for being head of production at Gainsborough Studios in the late 1930s and early 1940s, during which time he oversaw production of the Gainsborough melodramas but he specialized in making comedies, thrillers and low-budget musicals. He had a lot of success making comedy vehicles for stars such as Will Hay and Arthur Askey. He also produced early films from Carol Reed and Alfred Hitchcock and was an early supporter of writer directors Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder.
For fans of Charters and Caldicott, he produced three of the films that the characters appeared in; The Lady Vanishes (1938), Night Train to Munich (1940) and Millions Like Us (1943).
Black has been called "one of the unsung heroes of the British film industry. The accompanying list of films shows the range of classic British films that he made; unfortunately his career was cut short when he died on 30th November 1948 in London
Best known for being head of production at Gainsborough Studios in the late 1930s and early 1940s, during which time he oversaw production of the Gainsborough melodramas but he specialized in making comedies, thrillers and low-budget musicals. He had a lot of success making comedy vehicles for stars such as Will Hay and Arthur Askey. He also produced early films from Carol Reed and Alfred Hitchcock and was an early supporter of writer directors Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder.
For fans of Charters and Caldicott, he produced three of the films that the characters appeared in; The Lady Vanishes (1938), Night Train to Munich (1940) and Millions Like Us (1943).
Black has been called "one of the unsung heroes of the British film industry. The accompanying list of films shows the range of classic British films that he made; unfortunately his career was cut short when he died on 30th November 1948 in London
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