About

Known credits:
78
Birthday:
1901-12-30
Place of birth:
Steglitz, Berlin, Germany
Website:
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Henry Blanke

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Henry Blanke (December 30, 1901 – May 28, 1981) was a German-born film producer who also worked as an assistant director, supervisor, writer, and production manager. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for The Nun's Story (1959).

He was born Heinz Blanke in Steglitz, Berlin, Germany, the son of painter Wilhelm Blanke. He began his career as a film cutter in 1920. Blanke became an assistant to Ernst Lubitsch and was the production manager of Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis. He produced nine films in his native Germany before emigrating to Hollywood. He became a power at Warner Bros., working there for decades. Among his Hollywood producing credits are: Of Human Bondage (1946), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and The Fountainhead (1949). When the announced production of The Life of Emile Zola (1937) came under fire from Georg Gyssling, the Nazi German consul to the United States (due to its portrayal of Alfred Dreyfus, who was of Jewish descent), Blanke lied to him, telling him the Dreyfus affair was only a small part of the film.

The Online Archive of California has a transcript of his oral recollections.

Known for

Directing
1932 The bluffer Directing Director N/A
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1927 Brass Knuckles Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1927 The Desired Woman Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1926 The Third Degree Directing Assistant Director N/A
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Production
1962 Hell Is for Heroes Production Producer 59
Average
1961 The Sins of Rachel Cade Production Producer 59
Average
1960 Cash McCall Production Producer 58
Average
1960 Ice Palace Production Producer 58
Average
1959 The Miracle Production Producer 59
Average
1959 The Nun's Story Production Producer 62
Fair
1959 Westbound Production Producer 59
Average
1958 Too Much, Too Soon Production Producer 58
Average
1956 Serenade Production Producer 58
Average
1955 Sincerely Yours Production Producer 59
Average
1954 Young at Heart Production Producer 58
Average
1954 Lucky Me Production Producer 59
Average
1954 Phantom of the Rue Morgue Production Producer 59
Average
1953 So Big Production Producer 59
Average
1952 The Iron Mistress Production Producer 58
Average
1952 Operation Secret Production Producer 58
Average
1952 Room for One More Production Producer 59
Average
1951 Come Fill the Cup Production Producer 59
Average
1951 Tomorrow Is Another Day Production Producer 59
Average
1951 Goodbye, My Fancy Production Producer 58
Average
1951 Lightning Strikes Twice Production Producer 59
Average
1950 Bright Leaf Production Producer 58
Average
1949 Beyond the Forest Production Producer 59
Average
1949 The Fountainhead Production Producer 60
Fair
1948 June Bride Production Producer 59
Average
1948 The Woman in White Production Producer 58
Average
1948 Winter Meeting Production Producer 59
Average
1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Production Producer 73
Good
1947 Escape Me Never Production Producer 58
Average
1947 Cry Wolf Production Producer 59
Average
1947 Deep Valley Production Producer 59
Average
1946 Deception Production Producer 59
Average
1946 Of Human Bondage Production Producer 58
Average
1946 My Reputation Production Producer 59
Average
1945 Roughly Speaking Production Producer 59
Average
1944 The Mask of Dimitrios Production Producer 60
Fair
1943 Old Acquaintance Production Producer 59
Average
1943 The Constant Nymph Production Producer 59
Average
1943 Edge of Darkness Production Producer 59
Average
1942 The Gay Sisters Production Producer 59
Average
1941 Blues in the Night Production Producer 59
Average
1941 The Maltese Falcon Production Associate Producer 72
Good
1941 Out of the Fog Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1941 The Great Lie Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1941 The Sea Wolf Production Producer 60
Fair
1941 Honeymoon for Three Production Associate Producer 58
Average
1941 Four Mothers Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1940 The Sea Hawk Production Associate Producer 61
Fair
1939 Four Wives Production Associate Producer 58
Average
1939 We Are Not Alone Production Associate Producer 58
Average
1939 The Old Maid Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1939 Daughters Courageous Production Associate Producer 58
Average
1939 Juarez Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood Production Producer 68
Fair
1938 Jezebel Production Associate Producer 61
Fair
1937 The Life of Emile Zola Production Producer 60
Fair
1937 Green Light Production Producer 59
Average
1936 The Green Pastures Production Supervising Producer 59
Average
1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream Production Producer 59
Average
1935 The Girl from 10th Avenue Production Producer 59
Average
1934 The Secret Bride Production Associate Producer 59
Average
1934 Fog Over Frisco Production Supervising Producer 58
Average
1934 Fashions of 1934 Production Producer 59
Average
1934 Easy to Love Production Producer 58
Average
1933 Convention City Production Producer 58
Average
1933 Bureau of Missing Persons Production Producer 58
Average
1933 Goodbye Again Production Producer 58
Average
1933 The Silk Express Production Producer 58
Average
1933 Mystery of the Wax Museum Production Producer 60
Fair
1931 The Holy Flames Production Producer N/A
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1931 Demon of the Sea Production Producer N/A
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1930 Those Who Dance Production Producer N/A
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1930 Mein Herz gehört Dir... Production Producer N/A
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Camera
1934 British Agent Camera Camera Operator 58
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