Henry Blanke
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Born 1901-12-30
Died 1981-05-28
Steglitz, Berlin, Germany
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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.
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The Maltese Falcon
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Sea Hawk
The Nun's Story
The Fountainhead
Jezebel
June Bride
My Reputation
Hell Is for Heroes
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Sea Wolf
The Life of Emile Zola
The Mask of Dimitrios
The Great Lie
Edge of Darkness
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Juarez
Young at Heart
Convention City
Westbound
Anthony Adverse
Room for One More
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Cry Wolf
Fashions of 1934
Beyond the Forest
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Out of the Fog
Bright Leaf
The Constant Nymph
Lucky Me
Too Much, Too Soon
Lady Killer
Goodbye, My Fancy
The Miracle
Escape Me Never
Four Mothers
The Old Maid
The Iron Mistress
The Secret Bride
Old Acquaintance
Sincerely Yours
Four Wives
Deception
Daughters Courageous
The Woman in White
Fog Over Frisco
Come Fill the Cup
Deep Valley
Serenade
Ice Palace
The Sins of Rachel Cade
The Green Pastures
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Cash McCall
So Big
Green Light
Bureau of Missing Persons
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