Edmund Grainger Biography

American film producer

Edmund Grainger (1906–1981) was an American film producer. He produced more than sixty films during his career, and also occasionally worked as an *istant director. During the 1930s he was employed by Universal Pictures. He worked for RKO during Howard Hughes' ownership of the studio.

Grainger was the son of James D. Grainger, a film executive who worked for a variety of companies from the silent era onwards.

Selected filmography

  • Riders of the Purple Sage (1931)
  • Bachelor's Affairs (1932)
  • Affairs of a Gentleman (1934)
  • Half a Sinner (1934)
  • The Great Impersonation (1935)
  • It Happened in New York (1935)
  • Diamond Jim (1935)
  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
  • The Magnificent Brute (1936)
  • Flying Hostess (1936)
  • Sutter's Gold (1936)
  • Breezing Home (1937)
  • The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938)
  • The Nurse from Brooklyn (1938)
  • Wives Under Suspicion (1938)
  • Service de Luxe (1938)
  • The Forgotten Woman (1939)
  • The House of Fear (1939)
  • Lady with Red Hair (1940)
  • Flight Angels (1940)
  • Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940)
  • The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
  • Flight from Destiny (1941)
  • Highway West (1941)
  • Knockout (1941)
  • Steel Against the Sky (1941)
  • The Smiling Ghost (1941)
  • Thieves Fall Out (1941)
  • Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
  • Flying Tigers (1942)
  • The Fabulous Texan (1947)
  • Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
  • Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
  • Flying Leathernecks (1951)
  • The Racket (1951)
  • One Minute to Zero (1952)
  • Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)
  • The French Line (1953)
  • Split Second (1953)
  • Devil's Canyon (1953)
  • Second Chance (1953)
  • The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955)
  • Great Day in the Morning (1956)
  • Bundle of Joy (1956)
  • Torpedo Run (1958)
  • The Sheepman (1958)
  • Never So Few (1959)
  • Green Mansions (1959)
  • Home from the Hill (1960)
  • Cimarron (1960)
  • A Matter of Time (1976)

References

    Bibliography

    • Jewell, Richard B. Slow Fade to Black: The Decline of RKO Radio Pictures. University of California Press, 2016.
    • Lombardi, Frederic . Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios. McFarland, 2013.

    External links

    • Edmund Grainger at IMDb


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