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Samuel Bischoff(1890-1975)

  • Producer
  • Production Manager
  • Additional Crew
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Samuel Bischoff, a Connecticut-born graduate of Boston University and Northwestern College, was trained as a Certified Public Accountant and naturally viewed the film industry from a financial, rather than artistic, perspective. In 1922, he formed his own production and distribution company, which, for six years, released short comedies made on shoe-string budgets, including the early Stan Laurel effort Mixed Nuts (1922), and a series of twelve two-reelers for Mack Sennett, starring Eddie Gribbon and Mildred June.

From 1926, Bischoff turned out feature films for Poverty Row studios like Mascot and Tiffany, where his budget-conscious methodology sufficiently impressed the ever-frugal Columbia boss Harry Cohn to hire him as supervising producer. In 1932, he moved on to work at Warner Brothers, primarily as associate producer for the B-unit. In that capacity, his only credited A-grade features were the gangster melodramas The Roaring Twenties (1939) and Castle on the Hudson (1940). Having acquired the taste for more ambitious projects, Bischoff produced a string of popular escapist films for Columbia and RKO between 1941 and 1956. These included the lavish musical You'll Never Get Rich (1941), the mystery-comedy A Night to Remember (1942), the tongue-in-cheek fairy-tale adventure A Thousand and One Nights (1945) and the Robert Mitchum - Jane Russell film noir Macao (1952). His final six films were released under the banner of his short-lived Bischoff-Diamond Corporation, the last being the Alfred Hitchcock wannabe The Strangler (1964).
BornAugust 11, 1890
DiedMay 21, 1975(84)
BornAugust 11, 1890
DiedMay 21, 1975(84)
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Known for

Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Priscilla Lane in The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Roaring Twenties
7.9
  • Producer
  • 1939
Deluge (1933)
Deluge
6.3
  • Producer
  • 1933
Louise Carter, Preston Foster, Howard Phillips, and George E. Stone in The Last Mile (1932)
The Last Mile
6.2
  • Producer(uncredited)
  • 1932
Silver Streak in The Silent Flyer (1926)
The Silent Flyer
2.6
  • Producer
  • 1926

Credits

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Producer

  • The Strangler (1964)
    The Strangler
  • Mickey Rooney, Diana Dors, Jack Carson, William Demarest, Dianne Foster, David Janssen, Dan O'Herlihy, Joseph Schildkraut, Mickey Shaughnessy, and Keenan Wynn in King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
    King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein
  • Operation Eichmann (1961)
    Operation Eichmann
  • Alan Hale Jr. and Bobby Clark in Casey Jones (1957)
    Casey Jones
  • George Sanders, John Archer, and Mae Clarke in The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957)
    The George Sanders Mystery Theater
  • Tom Tryon in Screaming Eagles (1956)
    Screaming Eagles
  • Celebrity Playhouse (1955)
    Celebrity Playhouse
  • Meg Myles in The Phenix City Story (1955)
    The Phenix City Story
    • (produced by)
  • Edward G. Robinson, Toni Gerry, George Raft, and Audrey Totter in A Bullet for Joey (1955)
    A Bullet for Joey
  • For the Defense
  • Randolph Scott and Dolores Dorn in The Bounty Hunter (1954)
    The Bounty Hunter
    • (as Sam Bischoff)
  • Burt Lancaster and Virginia Mayo in South Sea Woman (1953)
    South Sea Woman
    • (as Sam Bischoff)
  • Frank Lovejoy and Joan Weldon in The System (1953)
    The System
  • Robert Young, Jack Buetel, and Janis Carter in The Half-Breed (1952)
    The Half-Breed
    • (uncredited)
  • Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell in Macao (1952)
    Macao

Production Manager

  • Joan Blondell, Carol Hughes, and Frank McHugh in Three Men on a Horse (1936)
    Three Men on a Horse
    • (uncredited)
  • Clark Gable and Marion Davies in Cain and Mabel (1936)
    Cain and Mabel
    • (uncredited)
  • Joe E. Brown and June Travis in Earthworm Tractors (1936)
    Earthworm Tractors
    • (uncredited)
  • Bette Davis and George Brent in Front Page Woman (1935)
    Front Page Woman
    • (uncredited)
  • George Brent and Kay Francis in Stranded (1935)
    Stranded
    • (uncredited)
  • Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell in Traveling Saleslady (1935)
    Traveling Saleslady
    • (uncredited)
  • Mary Astor and Frankie Darro in Red Hot Tires (1935)
    Red Hot Tires
    • (uncredited)
  • Joe E. Brown in 6 Day Bike Rider (1934)
    6 Day Bike Rider
    • (uncredited)
  • Mary Astor, Warren William, and Lightning in The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
    The Case of the Howling Dog
    • (uncredited)
  • Ginger Rogers, Pat O'Brien, Allen Jenkins, Dick Powell, and The Mills Brothers in Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
    Twenty Million Sweethearts
    • (uncredited)
  • Merry Wives of Reno (1934)
    Merry Wives of Reno
    • (uncredited)
  • Joan Blondell in I've Got Your Number (1934)
    I've Got Your Number
    • (uncredited)
  • Claire Windsor in Blondes by Choice (1927)
    Blondes by Choice
  • When Danger Calls
    • (as Sam Bischoff)
  • The Rose of Kildare

Additional Crew

  • The Snarl of Hate
    • (as Sam Bischoff)
  • Charles King and John Sinclair in Hollywouldn't (1925)
    Hollywouldn't
  • William S. Hart and Anna Q. Nilsson in The Toll Gate (1920)
    The Toll Gate

Personal details

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    • August 11, 1890
    • Hartford, Connecticut, USA
    • May 21, 1975
    • Hollywood, California, USA(general debilitation)
    • 1920 - October 25, 1970 (her death)
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    Produced over 400 full-length movies, two-reel comedies and serials.
  • Quotes
    [on Howard Hughes (I)] Howard never fired anybody. If he wanted to get rid of somebody, he'd merely put somebody in over the guy.

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