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Henry Blanke
Steglitz, Berlin, Germany
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…
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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.
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1962
Hell Is for Heroes
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1961
The Sins of Rachel Cade
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1960
Cash McCall
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1960
Ice Palace
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1959
The Miracle
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1959
The Nun's Story
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1959
Westbound
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1958
Too Much, Too Soon
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1956
Serenade
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1955
Sincerely Yours
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1954
Young at Heart
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1954
Lucky Me
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1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
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1953
So Big
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1952
The Iron Mistress
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1952
Operation Secret
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1952
Room for One More
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1951
Come Fill the Cup
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1951
Tomorrow Is Another Day
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1951
Goodbye, My Fancy
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1951
Lightning Strikes Twice
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1950
Bright Leaf
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1949
Beyond the Forest
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1949
The Fountainhead
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1948
June Bride
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1948
The Woman in White
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1948
Winter Meeting
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1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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1947
Escape Me Never
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1947
Cry Wolf
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1947
Deep Valley
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1946
Deception
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1946
Of Human Bondage
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1946
My Reputation
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1945
Roughly Speaking
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1944
The Mask of Dimitrios
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1943
Old Acquaintance
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1943
The Constant Nymph
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1943
Edge of Darkness
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1942
The Gay Sisters
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