Charles Moss Woolf (10 July 187931 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

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's first films. In 1935 he resigned from the

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and formed

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. He brought

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into the film industry. He was the father of producers

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, and of

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, a scholar of medieval literature.

Selected filmography

* '' The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog'' (1927) * ''

The Vortex ''The Vortex'' is a play in three acts by the English writer and actor Noël Coward. The play depicts the sexual vanity of a rich, ageing beauty, her troubled relationship with her adult son, and drug abuse in British society circles after the ...

'' (1927) * '' Easy Virtue'' (1928) * '' The First Born'' (1928) * ''

The Return of the Rat ''The Return of the Rat'' is a 1929 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Ivor Novello, Isabel Jeans and Mabel Poulton. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures at their Islington Studios. It was also released with a mus ...

'' (1929) * ''

No Monkey Business ''No Monkey Business'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Gene Gerrard, June Clyde and Renée Houston. Synopsis After a music hall performer has his performing partner, an ape, confiscated by his financial cred ...

'' (1935) * '' When Knights Were Bold'' (1936)

References

External links

* {{Authority control British film producers 1879 births 1942 deaths