C. M. Woolf

Charles Moss Woolf (10 July 1879 – 31 December 1942) was a British film distributor.

C. M. Woolf
Born	Charles Moss Woolf (1879-07-10)10 July 1879 London, England
Died	31 December 1942(1942-12-31) (aged 63) London, England
Employer(s)	Gaumont British Picture Corporation, General Film Distributors
Known for	Distributing some of Alfred Hitchcock's first films
Spouse(s)	Second wife, Gladys Capua Woolf
Children	John and James Woolf, Rosemary Woolf
Relatives	Eight brothers and sisters

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

• The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (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)