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John and James Woolf were the sons of the British producer C. M. Woolf (1879–1942), who was co-producer with Michael Balcon of two early Alfred Hitchcock films, Downhill (1927) and Easy Virtue (1928). Woolf senior was a major figure at Gaumont British and established General Film Distributors in 1937. John and James were educated at Eton ...
John and James Woolf were the sons of the British producer C. M. Woolf (1879–1942), who was co-producer with Michael Balcon of two early Alfred Hitchcock films, Downhill (1927) and Easy Virtue (1928). Woolf senior was a major figure at Gaumont British and established General Film Distributors in 1937. John and James were educated at Eton ...
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Obituary: Sir John Woolf. Tom Vallance. Wednesday 30 June 1999 23:02 BST. ... "So we brought Lewin to England to make the film with Ava Gardner and James Mason," Woolf told the writer Brian ...
Room at the Top is a 1959 British drama film based on the 1957 novel of the same name by John Braine. It was adapted by Neil Paterson (with uncredited work by Mordecai Richler ), directed by Jack Clayton (his feature-length debut), and produced by John and James Woolf. The film stars Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears, Donald ...
- $2,400,000 (US)
- Mario Nascimbene
- £280,000 or £231,387
When John finally broke away, he and James not only founded Romulus but also set up Remus as the distribution arm, putting up a great deal of their own money. ... Sir John Woolf, film and ...
Jan 28, 1992 · In 1949 he and his younger brother James Woolf (1919-1966) formed Independent Film Distributors. Losing money, they decided to move into production by forming Romulus Films. Orientated towards the international market, the company experienced success from the outset with The African Queen (1951) and Moulin Rouge (1953), both directed by John ...
Sir John Woolf (15 March 1913, London – 28 June 1999, London) and his brother James Woolf (2 March 1920, London – 30 May 1966, Beverly Hills, California) were British film producers. John and James founded the production companies Romulus Films and Remus Films, which were active during the 1950s and 1960s, and the distribution company Independent Film Distributors (known as IFD), which was ...
