C. M. Woolf Explained

Birth Name:	Charles Moss Woolf
Birth Date:	1879 7, df=yes
Birth Place:	London, England
Death Place:	London, England
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

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 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.^[1]

He was the father of producers John and James Woolf, and of Rosemary Woolf, a scholar of medieval literature.^[2]

Selected filmography

• (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)

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Book: Spevack-Hussman, Helga. Helen Damico. Helen Damico. Medieval Scholarship: Literature and Philology. https://books.google.com/books?id=IwWuEy-E268C&pg=PA439. 20 January 2013. 1995. Taylor & Francis. 9780815328902. 439–. Rosemary Woolf (1925–1978).