Edward L. Cahn

Edward L. Cahn (February 12, 1899 – August 25, 1963)^[1] was an American film director and editor.

Edward Linol Cahn
Born	(1899-02-12)February 12, 1899 Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died	August 25, 1963(1963-08-25) (aged 64) Hollywood, California, USA
Occupation	Film director

Early life and education

Cahn was born in Brooklyn, New York. He went to work at Universal Pictures in 1917 while still a student at UCLA.^[2]

Career

He is best known for directing Our Gang comedies from 1939 to 1943, and a long line of other short subjects and B-movies afterward. He is also known for directing the 1958 film It! The Terror from Beyond Space, the film that inspired the 1979 film Alien. He made a number of films for American International Pictures.^[3]

Personal life

His brother was film editor Philip Cahn,^[2] who was the father of film editor Dann Cahn who, in turn, was the father of film editor Daniel T. Cahn.

Selected filmography as director

Source:^[1]

• The Homicide Squad (1931)
• Radio Patrol (1932)
• Law and Order (1932)
• Afraid to Talk (1932)
• Laughter in Hell (1933)
• Emergency Call (1933)
• Confidential (1935)
• Death Drives Through (1935)
• Hit and Run Driver (1935)
• A Thrill for Thelma (1935)
• Foolproof (1936)
• The Perfect Set-up (1936)
• Behind the Headlines (1936)
• Servant of the People: The Story of the Constitution of the United States (1937)
• Bad Guy (1937)
• Grid Rules (1938)
• Dad for a Day (1939)
• The Giant of Norway (1939)
• Angel of Mercy (1939)
• Alfalfa's Double (1939)
• Time Out for Lessons (1939)
• Redhead (1941)
• Main Street After Dark (1945)
• Dangerous Partners (1945)
• Gas House Kids in Hollywood (1947)
• Experiment Alcatraz (1950) (and producer)
• Destination Murder (1950)
• Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)
• Girls in Prison (1956) The She-Creature (1956) Voodoo Woman (1957)
• Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
• Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
• Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
• It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
• Pier 5, Havana (1958)
• The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
• Inside the Mafia (1959)
• Invisible Invaders (1959)
• A Dog's Best Friend (1959)
• Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959)
• Vice Raid (1959)
• Operation Bottleneck (1961)
• Beauty and the Beast (1962)

Editor

Source:^[1]

• Surrender (1927)
• The Man Who Laughs (1928)
• Broadway (1929) (associate editor)
• The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
• The Last Performance (1929)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

References

1. "Edward L. Cahn". BFI. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
2. "The Road to Hell: Three Early Films of Edward L. Cahn (Law and Order, Afraid to Talk, Laughter in Hell)". Bright Lights Film Journal. 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
3. Mark McGee, Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures, McFarland, 1996 p52

External links

• Edward L. Cahn at IMDb