John Woolf and James Woolf of Romulus Films
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Sir John Woolf (March 15, 1913, London – June 28, 1999, London) and James Woolf (1919, London – 29 May 1966) were two distinguished British film producers.
John and James founded the production companies Romulus Films and Remus Films, which were active during the 1950s and 1960s. Sir John Woolf and James Woolf were the sons of the British producer C. M. Woolf (1879–1942), who was co-producer with Michael Balcon of two Alfred Hitchcock films, Downhill (1927) and Easy Virtue (1928). Jimmy groomed the actor Laurence Harvey for stardom.
James Woolf died on 29 May 1966, a suicide according to the Internet Movie Database.
Sir John Woolf's son, Jonathan Woolf has revived Romulus films as of 1999.
Selected filmography
- The African Queen (1951)
- Moulin Rouge (1952)
- Room at the Top (1959)
- Life at the Top (1965)
- Of Human Bondage (1964)
- Oliver! (1968)
- Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (TV)
External links
- John Woolf at the Internet Movie Database
- James Woolf at the Internet Movie Database
- Sir John Woolf obituary