Benjamin Stoloff

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Benjamin Stoloff
File:Sweet Marie (1925) - 1.jpg
Still from Sweet Marie (1925) with Stoloff seated with cigar in the film car
Born(1895-10-06)October 6, 1895
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedSeptember 8, 1960(1960-09-08) (aged 64)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
OccupationsDirector, producer
Years active1920–1960

Benjamin Stoloff (October 6, 1895 – September 8, 1960) was an American film director and producer. He began his career as a director of short films, and he moved into directing and producing feature films.[1]

Background

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During late October of 1930, after six weeks of filming the Rube Goldberg comedy, "Soup to Nuts," Stoloff, the film's director reportedly told news reporters that "never in all his experience of directing thirty-three pictures for Fox Films, many of which were comedies, had he worked with such irresistible and uncontrollable 'nuts' as Ted Healy and Rube Goldberg."[2]

In 1931, he directed Victor McLaglen and Fay Wray in "Not Exactly Gentlemen."[3] In 1935, he directed Jack Benny, Nancy Carroll and Gene Raymond in "Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round," which was subsequently released by United Artists.[4]

Director filmography

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1940s–1950s

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1930s

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1920s

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Screenwriter

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Producer

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References

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  1. ^ "Fox Movietone Talker, 'The Girl from Havana' Is Filmed on the Spot." Lewistown, Montana: The Lewistown Democrat-News, November 17, 1929.
  2. ^ "'Soup to Nuts' With Healy and Goldberg." Sycamore, Illinois: The True Republican, October 29, 1930.
  3. ^ " Victor McLaglen at the Stanley." Bridgeton, New Jersey: Bridgeton Evening News, June 5, 1931.
  4. ^ "Screen and Radio Stars in New Film." Manila, Philippines: The Tribune, March 28, 1935.
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