Biography
Arthur Hornblow Jr. (March 15, 1893 β July 17, 1976) was an American film producer. Four of his movies received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture. Hornblow was the son of Arthur Hornblow Sr. (1865β1942), a writer who edited Theatre Magazine in New York City.
Hornblow graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School, New York City, in 1911, before studying at Dartmouth College and New York Law School, and was a member of the fraternity Theta Delta Chi. He served in counter-intelligence during World War I, and then tried his hand at playwriting. He was then hired as a production supervisor by Sam Goldwyn at Paramount in 1927.Initially, he specialized in the popular screwball comedies, eventually giving Billy Wilder his first directing job, and producing several films starring Bob Hope. These included The Cat and the Canary (1939), The Ghost Breakers (1940) and Nothing But the Truth (1941). In 1942 he moved to MGM where he produced Gaslight and several film noir. In the 1950s, as an independent producer rather than a studio employee, he worked on the musical Oklahoma and the courtroom drama Witness for the Prosecution, directed by his former Paramount colleague, Wilder.
He gave aspiring actress Marie Windsor her first screen test, and Constance Ockelman her new name, Veronica Lake.
Four of his movies received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture.
His producer screen credit is distinctive because it is a reproduction of his signature with an underline, not the (usually printed) font used for the rest of the credits.
Filmography
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Movies 33
Producer 33
The War Lover (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Oklahoma! (1955)
Rose Marie (1954)
Remains to Be Seen (1953)
Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Conspirator (1949)
Cass Timberlane (1947)
Desire Me (1947)
The Hucksters (1947)
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
Gaslight (1944)
The Heavenly Body (1944)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Nothing But the Truth (1941)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Arise, My Love (1940)
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Man About Town (1939)
Midnight (1939)
Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
Tropic Holiday (1938)
High, Wide and Handsome (1937)
Easy Living (1937)
Waikiki Wedding (1937)
Three Married Men (1936)
The Princess Comes Across (1936)
Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
Mississippi (1935)
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
Arrowsmith (1931)
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GenderMale
Birthday1893-03-15
Deathday1976-07-17 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
RelationshipsMyrna Loy (1936-01-01 - 1942-01-01)
FatherArthur Hornblow Sr.
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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