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John and James Woolf

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an obsessional filmmaker, loving the wheeling and dealing, relishing the juggling with human talents that it involved, and taking pleasure in spotting youthful proteges and promoting their careers, thereby gaining a vicarious satisfaction from their success that was lacking in his own basically lonely nature.
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was a rarity in British films at the time, and would still be so if he was alive today: a man of taste and judgement who loved craftsmanship and supported a director instead of suffocating him or using him as a surrogate talent for the film he himself would have liked to direct had he dared... He was
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He was a midwife for talent and smacked many of us into life... He had a quick mind that panned and found the nuggets before other prospectors on the trail had even arrived at the mine... Jimmy was a shield, quite fearless when tackling the front offices. He knew everybody and he was rich enough in
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In 1963, the Woolf brothers ran into trouble from the film distributors' Defence Organisation owing to their refusal to withhold the rights to their old cinema films from the sale to television. There was some talk that their new films would be boycotted by British cinemas, but that did not happen.
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in his obituary of Sir John Woolf: "Their aims were ambitious: to produce artistically valuable and yet commercially viable films, whose subjects would be wider than the Little Englanderism of British pictures of the period, and featuring big stars." James Woolf's obituary in
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his own right not to have to depend on the largesse of others when it came to getting a project off the ground. He had taste: taste in actors, taste in subject matter... There was a sadness about him at times because he had demons to fight, and in the end he died alone.
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When their father died in 1942, J. Arthur Rank became director of General Film Distributors. John returned from the Army as joint managing director. However, neither John or James enjoyed working for a large corporation. In 1948, they went to
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In 2013, Romulus Films, Ltd. changed directions from film production to regenerative medicine, being involved in a $ 5 million stock and warrant purchase funding arrangement with
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had begun to prepare the film for MGM, but James Woolf discovered on a Hollywood visit that the studio had cancelled the project because of Lewin's problems with the
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John continued his career as a producer. In 1968 he bought British and American Film Holdings from Minster Trust. That year he produced his first film on his own,
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In the late 1940s the brothers' uncle, Maurice Woolf, left £130,000 to a showgirl, Prudence Wise. John Woolf challenged the will and settled out of court.
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James worked for Columbia Pictures in the Hollywood publicity department. John Woolf served in World War II and was demobilised with the rank of major.
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Sir John Woolf: Films and investments, £40m, 600th=." Sunday Times 11 Apr. 1999: 60. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Apr. 2014.
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for financial backing for two new companies, Independent Film Distributors, and a production arm, Romulus Films. According to critic
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Romulus became one of the most significant English production companies of the time. They made several films with producer
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later claimed the heart attack was brought on by an accidental overdose of painkillers. Gilbert had to pull out of the
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film they gained international critical and financial success. Two further films directed by Huston followed,
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John Woolf was knighted in 1975 and remained a director of Anglia Television until 1983. In 1982 he joined
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Associated Press "James Woolf, 46, British Producer: On Coast to Discuss Movie Plans, Executive Dies",
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on 8 April 1957. He bought a copy of the book the next day, and quickly purchased the film rights.
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stated that John "was the main financial brain and James primarily in charge of artistic policy."
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project shortly before filming began because of his Paramount contract. John Woolf remembered
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Sir John Woolf's son, Jonathan Woolf, revived Romulus Films as of 1999, producing the film
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By now the brothers were working separately. James went to Hollywood to produce
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JOHN WOOLF, Chairman, and JAMES QUINN, Director, The British. "British Films."
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Steven Gaydos, 'Lost & Found: The son also rises to biz's call',
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John Woolf was married three times. His second wife was the actress
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In April 2021, Romulus signed a worldwide distribution deal with
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In 1971, film critic Alexander Walker wrote about James Woolf:
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John and James Woolf were the sons of the British producer
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Individually, John was instrumental in the formation of
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British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference
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Woolf senior was a major figure at 1277: 1263: 1255: 1242: 832: 830: 828: 826: 769:(1977–89) (TV series) – executive producer 747:(1974–77) (TV series) – executive producer 1058:2 October 2004, accessed 30 November 2012 1020: 1018: 956:, London: Wallflower Press, 2005, p.106 926: 924: 801: 218:after seeing an interview conducted by 854: 852: 850: 791:(1983) (TV movie) – executive producer 783:(1981) (TV movie) – executive producer 775:(1979) (TV movie) – executive producer 761:(1977) (TV movie) – executive producer 753:(1977) (TV movie) – executive producer 169:House Un-American Activities Committee 83:(1879–1942), who was co-producer with 391:In 2022, John Woolf was portrayed by 7: 1028:, Mandarin Paperbacks, 1993 p 285-86 889:"Obituary – John Woolf; Producer of 878:Oxford University Press, 2007, p.170 766:Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected 1069:"No Major Holiday Film for London" 874:Harper, Sue & Porter, Vincent 197:(1953), but were less successful. 25: 954:The Cinema of Britain And Ireland 175:, advised against half-financing 163:. 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Index

Romulus Films
film producers
The African Queen
Gift Horse
Room at the Top
C. M. Woolf
Michael Balcon
Alfred Hitchcock
Downhill
Easy Virtue
Gaumont British
General Film Distributors
Eton
Rank Organisation
S.G. Warburg
Ronald Bergan
The Times
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
James Mason
Ava Gardner
Albert Lewin
House Un-American Activities Committee
Alexander Korda
The African Queen
John Huston
Moulin Rouge
Beat the Devil
Daniel Angel
Laurence Harvey
Richard III

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