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Edward Small

October 21, 2023

For the Gambian politician, see Edward Francis Small.

Edward Small (born Edward Schmalheiser, February 1, 1891 – January 25, 1977) was an American film producer from the late 1920s through 1970, who was enormously prolific over a 50-year career. He is best known for the movies The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), The Man in the Iron Mask (1939), The Corsican Brothers (1941), Brewster's Millions (1945), Raw Deal (1948), Black Magic (1949), Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and Solomon and Sheba (1959).

Edward Small
Born
Edward Schmalheiser

February 1, 1891
New York City, US
DiedJanuary 25, 1977 (age 85)
Los Angeles, California, US
OccupationFilm producer
SpouseElsie Wilson Small
Children2

Early life and career Edit

Small was born on February 1, 1891, to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, the son of Rose (née Lewin) and Philip Schmalheiser.[1] His mother was born in Prussia and his father was born in Austria; he had three sisters and two brothers.[2] He began his career as a talent agent in New York City. In 1917, he moved his agency to Los Angeles where his acting clients included a young Hedda Hopper.[3] His first production appears to have been the wartime propaganda film, Who's Your Neighbor? (1917).

In the 1920s the Edward Small Company produced stage sketches.[4] He helped William Goetz begin his career in the industry by recommending him for a job at Corinne Griffith.[5]

Asher Small Rogers Edit

Small began producing films in the 1920s, when it became his full-time occupation. He formed the firm Asher, Small and Rogers, as a partner with Charles Rogers and E. M Asher.[6][7] The partnerships early films were all based on plays: The Sporting Lover (1926), The Cohens and Kellys (1926) (which led to a lawsuit with the author of Abie's Irish Rose), The Gorilla (1927), McFadden's Flats (1927), and Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928).

Of these Cohens and Kellys was particularly popular, leading to a number of sequels starting with The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris (1928). Small also produced My Man (1928) with Fanny Brice, and Companionate Marriage (1929).

Except for The Gorilla all these early films were comedies. In 1926 Small said, "Making a comedy requires far more care than is necessary for any other form of screen production because audiences are more exacting than in any other form of entertainment."[8]

"Picture making is a youngster's game", he added the same year. "When a man gets older he doesn't want to take a chance to try something new. And this business moves so fast that if you don't change your methods with every picture you're out of luck. In a few years I won't have a thing to do with the creative. Afraid, I'll hire young men with plenty of nerve to handle that for me."[9]

In early 1928, the original Asher Small Rogers partnership dissolved. However they then re-teamed and started producing films;[10] towards the end of the year they invested in a studio complex in Sherman Oaks.[11]

Small then worked for a time at Columbia Pictures, making Song of Love (1929) with Belle Baker. For his own company he made Clancy in Wall Street (1930) starring Cohens and Kellys star Charles Murray.

Small sent an expedition to the Arctic and they made the documentary Igloo (1932).

Reliance Pictures and United Artists Edit

In 1932, Small formed Reliance Pictures together with partner Harry M. Goetz. The new company was to be made with finance from Art Cinema, a subsidiary company of United Artists, in a deal brokered by Joseph Schenck. On the basis of this verbal commitment, Small and Goetz started pre production on three films. However, when Schenck presented the deal to Art Cinema's board, it was turned down. An embarrassed Schenck decided personally put up half the cost of the three films, with the other half met by Small and Goetz.

The films were I Cover the Waterfront (1933), a crime drama based on a book with Claudette Colbert; Palooka (1934), a comedy based on the comic Joe Palooka with Jimmy Durante; and The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), a swashbuckler based on the Dumas novel starring Robert Donat and the first screen credit for Philip Dunne. Of the three Monte Cristo was an especially big hit and Small would go on to produce a number of swashbucklers.[12]

William Phipps then stepped in to provide financing in Schenck's place and Reliance made five more movies for United Artists over two years: Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934), a musical comedy; Let 'Em Have It (1935); a gangster movie; Red Salute (1935), a screwball comedy with an anti-Communist slant starring Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Young; The Melody Lingers On (1935), a melodrama; and Last of the Mohicans (1936), based on the classic novel, starring Randolph Scott and co-written by Dunne. The latter was a big hit.

In 1935, Small announced plans to make a series of 4,000-foot films (i.e. short features) based on short stories and novelettes as an alternative to the double bill[13] but this did not seem to come to fruition.

RKO Edit

After making The Last of the Mohicans, Small left United Artists and established himself as an associate producer at RKO in January 1936;[14] the studio bought out Reliance.[15][16]

Small said he was motivated to do this move in order to make larger budgeted movies, including Robber Barons (which became The Toast of New York), Son of Monte Cristo, Gunga Din and a series of Jack Oakie comedies. Small:

I intend to produce a different type of historical productions. There will be less of the awesomeness and less of the blind respect that has often marked the modern's approach to a historical character. Diamond Jim and The Story of Louis Pasteur are only the beginning. Napoleon, Marie Antoinette, and Mary of Scotland, contemplated, will be great steps in the direction of honesty. We have on our schedules the filming of the stories of Beau Brummell and Jim Fisk and we are contemplating a minimum of punch-pulling. Newsreels are telling the truth about people, showing them as they are. Feature pictures are going to do the same thing; they will make men and women out of celebrities.[17]

Small's time at RKO resulted in six pictures: The Bride Walks Out (1936), a romantic comedy with Stanwyck and Young from Red Channels; We Who Are About to Die (1937), based on a true story about a man unjustly sent to prison; Sea Devils (1937), a military drama with Victor McLaglen; New Faces of 1937 (1937), a musical revue designed to introduce new talent such as Milton Berle; Super-Sleuth (1937) with Jack Oakie; and The Toast of New York (1937), a biopic of James Fisk starring Edward Arnold, Cary Grant and Frances Farmer.

Some of these performed well, notably The Bride Walks Out but others were less successful, particularly New Faces of 1937 and the expensive The Toast of New York, which was RKO's biggest money losing picture of 1937.[18]

However Small did sell the studio his rights to Gunga Din which he had purchased from the Rudyard Kipling estate in 1936 and became a big hit later on. (He made Son of Cristo later at United Artists and never produced a Beau Brummel film.) Small departed from RKO in 1938.[19]

Edward Small Productions Edit

In January 1938, Small returned to United Artists with his own unit, Edward Small Productions, under a three-year deal to make six films a year.[20][21] At that time Small lived in Palm Springs, California,[22]

The following year he announced plans to make seven films worth $5 million over the next 12 months.[23] Plans for some of these were delayed due to the war in Europe[24] but he made most of them, starting with The Duke of West Point (1938), which starred Louis Hayward who Small put under a long-term contract.

This was followed by King of the Turf (1939), a horse racing film with Adolphe Menjou. Small returned to swashbucklers with another adaptation of a Dumas novel, The Man in the Iron Mask (1939), starring Hayward; this was one of Small's most popular films.

Small bought the Howard Spring novel My Son, My Son! to turn into a film with Hayward. He also put Heyward into another swashbuckler, The Son of Monte Cristo (1940), a sequel to his 1934 hit, co-starring Joan Bennett.

Small borrowed Jon Hall to star in two films: South of Pago Pago (1940), a South Sea island movie, with Victor McLaglen and Frances Farmer, and Kit Carson (1940), a Western.

In 1940, Small stopped making movies for six months as he renegotiated his deal with United Artists. He spoke out against rising costs and the impact of the double bill on filmmakers.[25]

He recommenced production in early 1941 with another popular swashbuckler, an adaptation of The Corsican Brothers, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr.[26] He made five more movies for United Artists – International Lady (1941), a war time spy movie with George Brent; A Gentleman After Dark (1942), a crime drama with Brian Donlevy; Twin Beds (1942), a comedy based on an often-filmed stage play with Brent and Bennett; Friendly Enemies (1942), a wartime drama; and Miss Annie Rooney (1942), a film notable for featuring the first screen kiss of Shirley Temple but a big flop.

In March 1942 Small threatened to strike again due to unhappiness with his deal.[27]

Allan Dwan Farces Edit

Small and United Artists managed to come to terms and he produced a fresh series, including a series of farces directed by Allan Dwan and starring Dennis O'Keefe: Up in Mabel's Room (1944), based on a stage farce; Abroad with Two Yanks (1944), a wartime story set in Australia with William Bendix; Brewster's Millions (1945), based on the often-filmed novel; and Getting Gertie's Garter (1945), based on the stage play.

In June 1945, he announced a plan to make ten films worth $10 million but he could not come to terms with United Artists and ended up leaving the studio that year.[28]

In 1942, Small invested in the play Sweet Charity.[29] In 1944, Binnie Barnes sued Edward Small Productions claiming they had breached a promise to build her up into a star.[30]

Columbia and Eagle-Lion Edit

Edward Small made his next film for Universal-International, Temptation (1946), starring Merle Oberon and George Brent.

He also produced The Return of Monte Cristo for Columbia, with Hayward; then in mid-1946 signed another deal with United Artists.[31][32] For them he made Black Magic (1949), a film with Orson Welles which was shot in Rome.

In the late 1940s, Small moved over to Eagle-Lion where he made the popular film noirs T-Men (1947), and Raw Deal (1948), both starring Dennis O'Keefe and directed by Anthony Mann.

For a time there was talk Small would take over Eagle Lion. However Small fell out with the studio over billing on T Men and withdrew from his planned participation in the film Twelve Against the Underworld.[33][34] He later argued that the company could not guarantee funding for a three-year schedule.[35]

In 1948, Small said he had personally made $2 million in profit from ten films over the past 18 months.[36] He was making 16 films worth $8.5 million.[37] However, he was not optimistic about the future of independent film production, saying that filmmakers needed to look internationally.[38]

He made a series of films for Columbia: The Black Arrow (1948), a swashbuckler based on a classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel with Hayward; The Fuller Brush Man (1948), a comedy with Red Skelton who Small borrowed from MGM; Walk a Crooked Mile (1948), a crime noir with O'Keefe and Hayward.

Columbia Pictures Edit

In 1949, Small signed a two-year contract with Columbia Pictures, which specifically excluded Small's long-gestating film about Rudolph Valentino, Valentino.[39] He ended up making eleven films for the studio over seven years where Columbia allowed him profit sharing after Columbia made up their investment in the film.[40]

In 1947, Reliance Pictures, headed by Small's son Bernard and Ben Pivar, signed an agreement with 20th Century Fox to release six films starting with Strange Penalty, based on the story Lady from Shanghai, starring Alan Curtis and directed by Jean Yarbrough.[41] They later made The Creeper (1948),[42] two Bulldog Drummonds and The Indian Scout.[43] They also developed a series of action films based on Leatherstocking Tales[44] plus the films The Challenge, 13 Lead Soldiers, Santa Fe Uprising, Killers of the Sea, and The Cat Man.[45][46]

Small returned to United Artists to make two Westerns with actor George Montgomery, Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950), using footage from Kit Carson, and The Iroquois Trail (1950), based on the novel Last of the Mohicans.

Valentino (1951), which Small had developed since 1938, was released through Columbia. Starring Anthony Dexter, it was a box-office flop.

His other Columbia films included Lorna Doone (1951), another swashbuckler based on a classic novel, directed by Phil Karlson and starring Richard Greene. He made some Westerns with George Montgomery, The Texas Rangers (1951), Indian Uprising (1951) and Cripple Creek (1952).

Small also produced two films directed by Karlson: Scandal Sheet (1952) from a novel by Sam Fuller; and The Brigand (1952), a swashbuckler starring Valentinos Anthony Dexter.

Return to United Artists Edit

In 1951, Small helped fund Arthur Krim and Bob Benjamin acquire 50% of UA. He then signed a contract to make thirteen more movies for that company, ten within the first year, starting with Kansas City Confidential.[47] This deal ultimately resulted in over seventy films over the next ten years. During this time he would occasionally make movies for other studios as well but United Artists were his main distributor.[48] David Picker, head of the production for UA, later wrote that "I counted 76 films that Eddie made for the company simply because he was there to start it all. Now that's loyalty."[49]

Most of Small's UA movies were budgeted between $100,000 and $300,000, and were not expected to make large profits on theatrical release but stood to earn considerable money being sold to television. They were usually shot within seven to nine days and went for around seventy minutes, starring lesser ranked names who were paid around $25,000. The majority were Westerns and crime melodramas (in contrast with his Columbia Films, which were mostly swashbucklers); towards the end of the 1950s he also increasingly made films aimed at the teenage market. The rise in television saw the market for these films die out in the early 1960s.[50]

In order to supply his product, Small operated a number of companies during this period: Fame Productions, Theme Pictures, Motion Picture Investors, Associated Players & Producers, Superior Pictures Inc., Eclipse Productions, Imperial Pictures, Global Productions, and World Films.

He would assign his films to other producers such as Aubrey Wisberg; in 1953 he had a six-picture deal with the team of Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse[51] which later became a 12-picture deal.[52] His most prolific producer was Robert E. Kent for such companies as Peerless and Vogue.[53]

His UA films included Kansas City Confidential (1952), a noir starring John Payne and directed by Karlson which proved popular and led to a series of films with Confidential in the title.[54]

Small remade The Corsican Brothers as The Bandits of Corsica (1952), with Richard Greene, and helped finance two swashbucklers with Dexter, Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953) and Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954). He also helped make Dragon's Gold (1953) and The Neanderthal Man (1953).

Small made Westerns with Montgomery, Gun Belt (1953), with Tab Hunter, The Lone Gun (1954), Gun Duel in Durango (1956) and Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958). He also did Westerns with Jock Mahoney (Overland Pacific (1954)), Rod Cameron (Southwest Passage (1954)), Sterling Hayden (Top Gun (1955), The Iron Sheriff (1957)), and Buster Crabbe (Gun Brothers (1956), Gunfighters of Abilene (1960)), Jim Davis (Noose for a Gunman (1960), Frontier Uprising (1961), The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961)), Bill Williams (Oklahoma Territory (1960)) and James Brown (Five Guns to Tombstone (1960), Gun Fight (1961), Gun Street (1962)). He made a children's Western, A Dog's Best Friend (1960).

Small was reunited with Karlson and Payne for 99 River Street (1953) and he put Payne in a swashbuckler, Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953).

Small helped finance some war films, Sabre Jet (1954) and The Steel Lady (1954) (with Hunter), and the noir Wicked Woman (1953). He did Khyber Patrol (1954) with Richard Egan and Return to Treasure Island (1954) with Hunter.

He made some noirs with Broderick Crawford, Down Three Dark Streets (1954) and New York Confidential (1955), and did a noir with Farley Granger, The Naked Street (1955). His other crime films included Chicago Confidential (1957), 5 Steps to Danger (1957), Hong Kong Confidential (1958), Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959), Inside the Mafia (1959), Pier 5, Havana (1959), Riot in Juvenile Prison (1960), Vice Raid (1960), Cage of Evil (1960), The Music Box Kid (1960), Three Came to Kill (1960), The Walking Target (1960), Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961), and The Cat Burglar (1961), The Police Dog Story (1961), Secret of Deep Harbor (1961, a remake of I Cover the Waterfront), When the Clock Strikes (1961), You Have to Run Fast (1961), Deadly Duo (1962), Incident in an Alley (1962)

Small also financed some science fiction and horror films: UFO (1956), Curse of the Faceless Man (1957), It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958), The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959), Invisible Invaders (1959), The Flight That Disappeared (1960).

He made some war films: Timbuktu (1959), a tale of the Foreign Legion that he took his name off and Operation Bottleneck (1961).

Small also made some movies for younger children: Beauty and the Beast (1962), The Clown and the Kid (1961), and Jack the Giant Killer (1962), and a drama, Saintly Sinners (1962).

In 1964 Small provided funding for and was a silent partner in Grant Whytock's Admiral Pictures that produced Audie Murphy westerns for Columbia.[55] Whytock had a long career editing many of Small's films and being credited as a producer or associate producer on several of them.

Larger budgeted films Edit

Small occasionally made large budgeted films, usually in partnership with other producers. These included Monkey on My Back (1957) a biopic about Barney Ross that ran into censorship trouble.

There was also Witness for the Prosecution (1957) directed by Billy Wilder;[56] Solomon and Sheba (1959) originally with Tyrone Power who died during filming.

Television Edit

In 1950, Small sold a package of 26 films he produced to show on American television through his Peerless Television Productions.[57]

In 1953, he bought 50% of Arrow Productions.[58]

Small later served as chairman of the board of the TV distribution company Television Programs of America whose shows include Private Secretary, Fury, 'Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion, Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans, Halls of Ivy and 'Ramar of the Jungle. In 1957, he sold his interest in the company for $1.5 million.[59]

Later career Edit

British productions Edit

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Small made a number of films in the UK. He made several low-budget comedies and horror films, including several directed by Sidney J. Furie: Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961), The Snake Woman (1961) and Three on a Spree (1961, a remake of Brewster's Millions). He also produced a comedy, Mary Had a Little... (1961).

More prestigious was The Greengage Summer (1962) directed by Lewis Gilbert. Small did three horror films with Vincent Price, Tower of London (1962) with Roger Corman; Diary of a Madman (1963); and Twice-Told Tales (1963).

Other films Edit

In the mid to late 1960s, Small cut back on his output and concentrated on making comedies with Bob Hope, such as I'll Take Sweden (1965) and Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966). He made Frankie and Johnny (1966) with Elvis Presley and the comedy The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968) with Elke Sommer.

The File of the Golden Goose (1968) was a thriller, a remake of T-Men.

In 1970, Small announced he had two television series and four films ready for production but only one was made, The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970), which was Small's final movie.[60]

In 1973, director Phil Karlson, who made eight films for Small, called him "probably, in his field – and he made some very good films – the most successful producer in our entire industry. Financially, no doubt about it.The man is a multi-millionaire."[61]

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his television work located at 1501 Vine Street.[62] His mausoleum is at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Select filmography Edit

  • ASR = Asher Small Rogers
  • C = Columbia
  • CP = Caralan Productions
  • ES = Edward Small Productions
  • FN = First National
  • HF = Harvard Film Corporation
  • R = Reliance
  • UA = United Artists
  • Z = Zenith Pictures

Unmade films Edit

Films developed by Small made by others Edit

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  69. ^ "Duffy to Return in Mystery: Cat and Canary" Listed at President; Dale Winter Costars in Play"". Los Angeles Times. Dec 25, 1929. p. A11.
  70. ^ "Noted Director Also Sculptor". Los Angeles Times. Sep 10, 1932. p. A7.
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  76. ^ "Timeliness Declared Vital in Selecting Story Plots". Los Angeles Times. Aug 7, 1935. p. 12.
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  78. ^ "Announces New Films: Reliance Studios Executive Tells of Year's Plans". New York Times. Aug 22, 1935. p. 20.
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  81. ^ Scheuer, Philip K. (Aug 20, 1935). "First American Cinema Version of Beggar's Opera Planned by Reliance: Houston Mentioned as Chief Character Joan Bennett Will Emote Opposite Ronald Colman in "Man Who Broke the Bank;" William Powell Film Announced". Los Angeles Times. p. 19.
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  83. ^ "Successful Revivals – Return of Valentino – Old Films and New Productions". The Manchester Guardian. July 7, 1938. p. 12.
  84. ^ "RKO and United Artists Seek Anna Neagle – Metro Plans Remake of 'Desert Song' New Role for Miss Faye – Slated for 'Life of William Tell'–Goldwyn Prepares to Film 'Beach Boy' Plans for Alice Faye Coast Scripts Of Local Origin". New York Times. Nov 22, 1938. p. 26.
  85. ^ "Edward Small Plans to Make 'The Maginot Line'–Louis Hayward Will Be Star – If I Were King' to Open – Premiere at Paramount Today to Feature Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone Jack London Story for Screen Of Local Origin". New York Times. Sep 28, 1938. p. 29.
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  87. ^ a b Schallert, Edwin (Mar 28, 1939). "Marshall Will Play in 'My Son, My Son': Europe Lures Notables Students Belittle Stars Tommy Kelly Assigned Ann Sheridan's New Role". Los Angeles Times. p. 15.
  88. ^ "Showdown Sought in Ticket Code Row: Theatre League Refuses New Talks With Brokers and Demands Action – Issue of Pay Will Wait – Equity Delays Its Decision on the Higher Scale–Reginald Denny May Return Ainley May Succeed Downing Baltimore Booking Canceled Golden Gets Script Friday". New York Times. Dec 13, 1939. p. 35.
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  91. ^ "'Attack' Purchased by Fox – George Murphy Assigned to 'Little Nellie Kelly' – Four Films This Week – Tom Brown's School Days' at Music Hall and 'Fugitive' at Rialto on Thursday Of Local Origin. Douglas W. Churchill". New York Times. June 24, 1940. p. 19.
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  93. ^ "Cary Grant Withdrawing From Leading Role in 'The Man Who Came to Dinner': 2 New Film Here Today – 'Road to Zanzibar' and 'The Penalty' Arrive – Chaplin Festival Sets Records. Douglas W. Churchill". New York Times. April 9, 1941. p. 33.
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  95. ^ "Biltmore to Get 'Ask My Friend, Sandy' – 'Junior Miss' Moves to Forty-sixth Street Dec. 25". New York Times. Dec 17, 1942. p. 46.
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  97. ^ "Charles Laughton to Appear in 'The History of Mr. Polly' – Role for James Craig: Roxy Film in Third Week – 'Remember the Day' Held Over – 'Girl From Leningrad' Remains at Stanley". New York Times. Jan 9, 1942. p. 25.
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  102. ^ Fred Standley. (June 25, 1944). "Hollywood Awakens to the Shorts: One and Two Reel Films Regaining Popularity – Love Wins as Usual". New York Times. p. X3.
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  106. ^ "Filmland Briefs". Los Angeles Times. May 23, 1946. p. A3.
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  108. ^ Thomas F. Brady (June 15, 1948). "Small Plans Film on 'Monte Cristo': Seeks Louis Hayward for Lead in Movie on Dumas Hero – Beloin Doing Hope Script". New York Times. p. 33.
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  121. ^ Richard Mason (Oct 7, 1959). "'Ben Hur' to Race for 213 Minutes: Film Will Be Third Longest Shown – Small and Saville Planning 'Dear Spy'". New York Times. p. 47.
  122. ^ Hopper, Hedda (Dec 21, 1960). "Hedda Sees Bob Hope Off on Holiday Tour". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. a2.
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Sources Edit

  • Balio, Tino, United Artists: The Company Built By the Stars Volume 1 1919–1950, University of Wisconsin Press, 2009

External links Edit

  • Edward Small at IMDb

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For the Gambian politician see Edward Francis Small This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is formatting is very messy Please help improve this article if you can August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Edward Small born Edward Schmalheiser February 1 1891 January 25 1977 was an American film producer from the late 1920s through 1970 who was enormously prolific over a 50 year career He is best known for the movies The Count of Monte Cristo 1934 The Man in the Iron Mask 1939 The Corsican Brothers 1941 Brewster s Millions 1945 Raw Deal 1948 Black Magic 1949 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 and Solomon and Sheba 1959 Edward SmallBornEdward SchmalheiserFebruary 1 1891New York City USDiedJanuary 25 1977 age 85 Los Angeles California USOccupationFilm producerSpouseElsie Wilson SmallChildren2 Contents 1 Early life and career 1 1 Asher Small Rogers 2 Reliance Pictures and United Artists 2 1 RKO 3 Edward Small Productions 3 1 Allan Dwan Farces 3 2 Columbia and Eagle Lion 3 3 Columbia Pictures 3 4 Return to United Artists 3 4 1 Larger budgeted films 3 5 Television 3 6 Later career 3 7 British productions 3 8 Other films 4 Select filmography 4 1 Unmade films 4 2 Films developed by Small made by others 5 References 5 1 Sources 6 External linksEarly life and career EditSmall was born on February 1 1891 to a Jewish family in Brooklyn the son of Rose nee Lewin and Philip Schmalheiser 1 His mother was born in Prussia and his father was born in Austria he had three sisters and two brothers 2 He began his career as a talent agent in New York City In 1917 he moved his agency to Los Angeles where his acting clients included a young Hedda Hopper 3 His first production appears to have been the wartime propaganda film Who s Your Neighbor 1917 In the 1920s the Edward Small Company produced stage sketches 4 He helped William Goetz begin his career in the industry by recommending him for a job at Corinne Griffith 5 Asher Small Rogers Edit Small began producing films in the 1920s when it became his full time occupation He formed the firm Asher Small and Rogers as a partner with Charles Rogers and E M Asher 6 7 The partnerships early films were all based on plays The Sporting Lover 1926 The Cohens and Kellys 1926 which led to a lawsuit with the author of Abie s Irish Rose The Gorilla 1927 McFadden s Flats 1927 and Ladies Night in a Turkish Bath 1928 Of these Cohens and Kellys was particularly popular leading to a number of sequels starting with The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris 1928 Small also produced My Man 1928 with Fanny Brice and Companionate Marriage 1929 Except for The Gorilla all these early films were comedies In 1926 Small said Making a comedy requires far more care than is necessary for any other form of screen production because audiences are more exacting than in any other form of entertainment 8 Picture making is a youngster s game he added the same year When a man gets older he doesn t want to take a chance to try something new And this business moves so fast that if you don t change your methods with every picture you re out of luck In a few years I won t have a thing to do with the creative Afraid I ll hire young men with plenty of nerve to handle that for me 9 In early 1928 the original Asher Small Rogers partnership dissolved However they then re teamed and started producing films 10 towards the end of the year they invested in a studio complex in Sherman Oaks 11 Small then worked for a time at Columbia Pictures making Song of Love 1929 with Belle Baker For his own company he made Clancy in Wall Street 1930 starring Cohens and Kellys star Charles Murray Small sent an expedition to the Arctic and they made the documentary Igloo 1932 Reliance Pictures and United Artists EditIn 1932 Small formed Reliance Pictures together with partner Harry M Goetz The new company was to be made with finance from Art Cinema a subsidiary company of United Artists in a deal brokered by Joseph Schenck On the basis of this verbal commitment Small and Goetz started pre production on three films However when Schenck presented the deal to Art Cinema s board it was turned down An embarrassed Schenck decided personally put up half the cost of the three films with the other half met by Small and Goetz The films were I Cover the Waterfront 1933 a crime drama based on a book with Claudette Colbert Palooka 1934 a comedy based on the comic Joe Palooka with Jimmy Durante and The Count of Monte Cristo 1934 a swashbuckler based on the Dumas novel starring Robert Donat and the first screen credit for Philip Dunne Of the three Monte Cristo was an especially big hit and Small would go on to produce a number of swashbucklers 12 William Phipps then stepped in to provide financing in Schenck s place and Reliance made five more movies for United Artists over two years Transatlantic Merry Go Round 1934 a musical comedy Let Em Have It 1935 a gangster movie Red Salute 1935 a screwball comedy with an anti Communist slant starring Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Young The Melody Lingers On 1935 a melodrama and Last of the Mohicans 1936 based on the classic novel starring Randolph Scott and co written by Dunne The latter was a big hit In 1935 Small announced plans to make a series of 4 000 foot films i e short features based on short stories and novelettes as an alternative to the double bill 13 but this did not seem to come to fruition RKO Edit After making The Last of the Mohicans Small left United Artists and established himself as an associate producer at RKO in January 1936 14 the studio bought out Reliance 15 16 Small said he was motivated to do this move in order to make larger budgeted movies including Robber Barons which became The Toast of New York Son of Monte Cristo Gunga Din and a series of Jack Oakie comedies Small I intend to produce a different type of historical productions There will be less of the awesomeness and less of the blind respect that has often marked the modern s approach to a historical character Diamond Jim and The Story of Louis Pasteur are only the beginning Napoleon Marie Antoinette and Mary of Scotland contemplated will be great steps in the direction of honesty We have on our schedules the filming of the stories of Beau Brummell and Jim Fisk and we are contemplating a minimum of punch pulling Newsreels are telling the truth about people showing them as they are Feature pictures are going to do the same thing they will make men and women out of celebrities 17 Small s time at RKO resulted in six pictures The Bride Walks Out 1936 a romantic comedy with Stanwyck and Young from Red Channels We Who Are About to Die 1937 based on a true story about a man unjustly sent to prison Sea Devils 1937 a military drama with Victor McLaglen New Faces of 1937 1937 a musical revue designed to introduce new talent such as Milton Berle Super Sleuth 1937 with Jack Oakie and The Toast of New York 1937 a biopic of James Fisk starring Edward Arnold Cary Grant and Frances Farmer Some of these performed well notably The Bride Walks Out but others were less successful particularly New Faces of 1937 and the expensive The Toast of New York which was RKO s biggest money losing picture of 1937 18 However Small did sell the studio his rights to Gunga Din which he had purchased from the Rudyard Kipling estate in 1936 and became a big hit later on He made Son of Cristo later at United Artists and never produced a Beau Brummel film Small departed from RKO in 1938 19 Edward Small Productions EditIn January 1938 Small returned to United Artists with his own unit Edward Small Productions under a three year deal to make six films a year 20 21 At that time Small lived in Palm Springs California 22 The following year he announced plans to make seven films worth 5 million over the next 12 months 23 Plans for some of these were delayed due to the war in Europe 24 but he made most of them starting with The Duke of West Point 1938 which starred Louis Hayward who Small put under a long term contract This was followed by King of the Turf 1939 a horse racing film with Adolphe Menjou Small returned to swashbucklers with another adaptation of a Dumas novel The Man in the Iron Mask 1939 starring Hayward this was one of Small s most popular films Small bought the Howard Spring novel My Son My Son to turn into a film with Hayward He also put Heyward into another swashbuckler The Son of Monte Cristo 1940 a sequel to his 1934 hit co starring Joan Bennett Small borrowed Jon Hall to star in two films South of Pago Pago 1940 a South Sea island movie with Victor McLaglen and Frances Farmer and Kit Carson 1940 a Western In 1940 Small stopped making movies for six months as he renegotiated his deal with United Artists He spoke out against rising costs and the impact of the double bill on filmmakers 25 He recommenced production in early 1941 with another popular swashbuckler an adaptation of The Corsican Brothers starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr 26 He made five more movies for United Artists International Lady 1941 a war time spy movie with George Brent A Gentleman After Dark 1942 a crime drama with Brian Donlevy Twin Beds 1942 a comedy based on an often filmed stage play with Brent and Bennett Friendly Enemies 1942 a wartime drama and Miss Annie Rooney 1942 a film notable for featuring the first screen kiss of Shirley Temple but a big flop In March 1942 Small threatened to strike again due to unhappiness with his deal 27 Allan Dwan Farces Edit Small and United Artists managed to come to terms and he produced a fresh series including a series of farces directed by Allan Dwan and starring Dennis O Keefe Up in Mabel s Room 1944 based on a stage farce Abroad with Two Yanks 1944 a wartime story set in Australia with William Bendix Brewster s Millions 1945 based on the often filmed novel and Getting Gertie s Garter 1945 based on the stage play In June 1945 he announced a plan to make ten films worth 10 million but he could not come to terms with United Artists and ended up leaving the studio that year 28 In 1942 Small invested in the play Sweet Charity 29 In 1944 Binnie Barnes sued Edward Small Productions claiming they had breached a promise to build her up into a star 30 Columbia and Eagle Lion Edit Edward Small made his next film for Universal International Temptation 1946 starring Merle Oberon and George Brent He also produced The Return of Monte Cristo for Columbia with Hayward then in mid 1946 signed another deal with United Artists 31 32 For them he made Black Magic 1949 a film with Orson Welles which was shot in Rome In the late 1940s Small moved over to Eagle Lion where he made the popular film noirs T Men 1947 and Raw Deal 1948 both starring Dennis O Keefe and directed by Anthony Mann For a time there was talk Small would take over Eagle Lion However Small fell out with the studio over billing on T Men and withdrew from his planned participation in the film Twelve Against the Underworld 33 34 He later argued that the company could not guarantee funding for a three year schedule 35 In 1948 Small said he had personally made 2 million in profit from ten films over the past 18 months 36 He was making 16 films worth 8 5 million 37 However he was not optimistic about the future of independent film production saying that filmmakers needed to look internationally 38 He made a series of films for Columbia The Black Arrow 1948 a swashbuckler based on a classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel with Hayward The Fuller Brush Man 1948 a comedy with Red Skelton who Small borrowed from MGM Walk a Crooked Mile 1948 a crime noir with O Keefe and Hayward Columbia Pictures Edit In 1949 Small signed a two year contract with Columbia Pictures which specifically excluded Small s long gestating film about Rudolph Valentino Valentino 39 He ended up making eleven films for the studio over seven years where Columbia allowed him profit sharing after Columbia made up their investment in the film 40 In 1947 Reliance Pictures headed by Small s son Bernard and Ben Pivar signed an agreement with 20th Century Fox to release six films starting with Strange Penalty based on the story Lady from Shanghai starring Alan Curtis and directed by Jean Yarbrough 41 They later made The Creeper 1948 42 two Bulldog Drummonds and The Indian Scout 43 They also developed a series of action films based on Leatherstocking Tales 44 plus the films The Challenge 13 Lead Soldiers Santa Fe Uprising Killers of the Sea and The Cat Man 45 46 Small returned to United Artists to make two Westerns with actor George Montgomery Davy Crockett Indian Scout 1950 using footage from Kit Carson and The Iroquois Trail 1950 based on the novel Last of the Mohicans Valentino 1951 which Small had developed since 1938 was released through Columbia Starring Anthony Dexter it was a box office flop His other Columbia films included Lorna Doone 1951 another swashbuckler based on a classic novel directed by Phil Karlson and starring Richard Greene He made some Westerns with George Montgomery The Texas Rangers 1951 Indian Uprising 1951 and Cripple Creek 1952 Small also produced two films directed by Karlson Scandal Sheet 1952 from a novel by Sam Fuller and The Brigand 1952 a swashbuckler starring Valentinos Anthony Dexter Return to United Artists Edit In 1951 Small helped fund Arthur Krim and Bob Benjamin acquire 50 of UA He then signed a contract to make thirteen more movies for that company ten within the first year starting with Kansas City Confidential 47 This deal ultimately resulted in over seventy films over the next ten years During this time he would occasionally make movies for other studios as well but United Artists were his main distributor 48 David Picker head of the production for UA later wrote that I counted 76 films that Eddie made for the company simply because he was there to start it all Now that s loyalty 49 Most of Small s UA movies were budgeted between 100 000 and 300 000 and were not expected to make large profits on theatrical release but stood to earn considerable money being sold to television They were usually shot within seven to nine days and went for around seventy minutes starring lesser ranked names who were paid around 25 000 The majority were Westerns and crime melodramas in contrast with his Columbia Films which were mostly swashbucklers towards the end of the 1950s he also increasingly made films aimed at the teenage market The rise in television saw the market for these films die out in the early 1960s 50 In order to supply his product Small operated a number of companies during this period Fame Productions Theme Pictures Motion Picture Investors Associated Players amp Producers Superior Pictures Inc Eclipse Productions Imperial Pictures Global Productions and World Films He would assign his films to other producers such as Aubrey Wisberg in 1953 he had a six picture deal with the team of Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse 51 which later became a 12 picture deal 52 His most prolific producer was Robert E Kent for such companies as Peerless and Vogue 53 His UA films included Kansas City Confidential 1952 a noir starring John Payne and directed by Karlson which proved popular and led to a series of films with Confidential in the title 54 Small remade The Corsican Brothers as The Bandits of Corsica 1952 with Richard Greene and helped finance two swashbucklers with Dexter Captain John Smith and Pocahontas 1953 and Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl 1954 He also helped make Dragon s Gold 1953 and The Neanderthal Man 1953 Small made Westerns with Montgomery Gun Belt 1953 with Tab Hunter The Lone Gun 1954 Gun Duel in Durango 1956 and Toughest Gun in Tombstone 1958 He also did Westerns with Jock Mahoney Overland Pacific 1954 Rod Cameron Southwest Passage 1954 Sterling Hayden Top Gun 1955 The Iron Sheriff 1957 and Buster Crabbe Gun Brothers 1956 Gunfighters of Abilene 1960 Jim Davis Noose for a Gunman 1960 Frontier Uprising 1961 The Gambler Wore a Gun 1961 Bill Williams Oklahoma Territory 1960 and James Brown Five Guns to Tombstone 1960 Gun Fight 1961 Gun Street 1962 He made a children s Western A Dog s Best Friend 1960 Small was reunited with Karlson and Payne for 99 River Street 1953 and he put Payne in a swashbuckler Raiders of the Seven Seas 1953 Small helped finance some war films Sabre Jet 1954 and The Steel Lady 1954 with Hunter and the noir Wicked Woman 1953 He did Khyber Patrol 1954 with Richard Egan and Return to Treasure Island 1954 with Hunter He made some noirs with Broderick Crawford Down Three Dark Streets 1954 and New York Confidential 1955 and did a noir with Farley Granger The Naked Street 1955 His other crime films included Chicago Confidential 1957 5 Steps to Danger 1957 Hong Kong Confidential 1958 Guns Girls and Gangsters 1959 Inside the Mafia 1959 Pier 5 Havana 1959 Riot in Juvenile Prison 1960 Vice Raid 1960 Cage of Evil 1960 The Music Box Kid 1960 Three Came to Kill 1960 The Walking Target 1960 Boy Who Caught a Crook 1961 and The Cat Burglar 1961 The Police Dog Story 1961 Secret of Deep Harbor 1961 a remake of I Cover the Waterfront When the Clock Strikes 1961 You Have to Run Fast 1961 Deadly Duo 1962 Incident in an Alley 1962 Small also financed some science fiction and horror films UFO 1956 Curse of the Faceless Man 1957 It The Terror from Beyond Space 1958 The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake 1959 Invisible Invaders 1959 The Flight That Disappeared 1960 He made some war films Timbuktu 1959 a tale of the Foreign Legion that he took his name off and Operation Bottleneck 1961 Small also made some movies for younger children Beauty and the Beast 1962 The Clown and the Kid 1961 and Jack the Giant Killer 1962 and a drama Saintly Sinners 1962 In 1964 Small provided funding for and was a silent partner in Grant Whytock s Admiral Pictures that produced Audie Murphy westerns for Columbia 55 Whytock had a long career editing many of Small s films and being credited as a producer or associate producer on several of them Larger budgeted films Edit Small occasionally made large budgeted films usually in partnership with other producers These included Monkey on My Back 1957 a biopic about Barney Ross that ran into censorship trouble There was also Witness for the Prosecution 1957 directed by Billy Wilder 56 Solomon and Sheba 1959 originally with Tyrone Power who died during filming Television Edit In 1950 Small sold a package of 26 films he produced to show on American television through his Peerless Television Productions 57 In 1953 he bought 50 of Arrow Productions 58 Small later served as chairman of the board of the TV distribution company Television Programs of America whose shows include Private Secretary Fury Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans Halls of Ivyand Ramar of the Jungle In 1957 he sold his interest in the company for 1 5 million 59 Later career Edit British productions Edit In the late 1950s and early 1960s Small made a number of films in the UK He made several low budget comedies and horror films including several directed by Sidney J Furie Doctor Blood s Coffin 1961 The Snake Woman 1961 and Three on a Spree 1961 a remake of Brewster s Millions He also produced a comedy Mary Had a Little 1961 More prestigious was The Greengage Summer 1962 directed by Lewis Gilbert Small did three horror films with Vincent Price Tower of London 1962 with Roger Corman Diary of a Madman 1963 and Twice Told Tales 1963 Other films Edit In the mid to late 1960s Small cut back on his output and concentrated on making comedies with Bob Hope such as I ll Take Sweden 1965 and Boy Did I Get a Wrong Number 1966 He made Frankie and Johnny 1966 with Elvis Presley and the comedy The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz 1968 with Elke Sommer The File of the Golden Goose 1968 was a thriller a remake of T Men In 1970 Small announced he had two television series and four films ready for production but only one was made The Christine Jorgensen Story 1970 which was Small s final movie 60 In 1973 director Phil Karlson who made eight films for Small called him probably in his field and he made some very good films the most successful producer in our entire industry Financially no doubt about it The man is a multi millionaire 61 He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his television work located at 1501 Vine Street 62 His mausoleum is at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles Select filmography EditWho s Your Neighbor 1917 The Sporting Lover 1926 ASR FN The Cohens and Kellys 1926 Universal The Gorilla 1927 ASR FN McFadden s Flats 1927 ASR FN Ladies Night in a Turkish Bath 1928 ASR FN The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris 1928 Universal My Man 1928 Warner Bros Companionate Marriage 1928 ASR FN Song of Love 1929 Columbia Clancy in Wall Street 1930 ES Igloo 1932 ES Universal I Cover the Waterfront 1933 R UA Palooka 1933 R UA The Count of Monte Cristo 1934 R UA Transatlantic Merry Go Round 1934 R UA The Legion of Valour 1935 R UA Red Salute 1935 R UA The Melody Lingers On 1935 R UA The Last of the Mohicans 1936 R UA The Bride Walks Out 1936 RKO We Who Are About to Die 1937 RKO Sea Devils 1937 RKO New Faces of 1937 1937 RKO Super Sleuth 1937 RKO The Toast of New York 1937 RKO The Duke of West Point 1938 ES UA King of the Turf 1939 ES UA The Man in the Iron Mask 1939 ES UA My Son My Son 1940 ES UA The Son of Monte Cristo 1940 ES UA South of Pago Pago 1940 ES UA Kit Carson 1940 ES UA International Lady 1941 ES UA Pimpernel Smith 1941 UA US distributor The Corsican Brothers 1941 ES UA A Gentleman After Dark 1942 ES UA Twin Beds 1942 ES UA Miss Annie Rooney 1942 ES UA Friendly Enemies 1942 ES UA The Foreman Went to France 1943 US distributor 63 Up in Mabel s Room 1944 ES UA Abroad with Two Yanks 1944 ES UA Brewster s Millions 1945 ES UA Getting Gertie s Garter 1945 ES UA Temptation 1946 Universal The Return of Monte Cristo 1946 ES C T Men 1947 ES EL The Black Arrow 1948 ES C The Fuller Brush Man 1948 ES C Raw Deal 1948 ES EL Walk a Crooked Mile 1948 ES C Black Magic 1949 ES UA Davy Crockett Indian Scout 1950 ES UA The Iroquois Trail 1950 ES UA Valentino 1951 ES C Lorna Doone 1951 ES C The Texas Rangers 1951 ES C Indian Uprising 1952 Scandal Sheet 1952 C The Brigand 1952 Motion Picture Investors C Cripple Creek 1952 Kansas City Confidential 1952 Assoc Players UA Bandits of Corsica 1953 Global UA Captain John Smith and Pocahontas 1953 R UA Dragon s Gold 1953 WSP UA Gun Belt 1953 G UA The Neanderthal Man 1953 G UA 99 River Street 1953 ES UA Raiders of the Seven Seas 1953 G UA Sabre Jet 1953 UA The Steel Lady 1953 W UA Wicked Woman 1953 ES UA Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl 1954 W UA Khyber Patrol 1954 W UA The Lone Gun 1954 W UA Overland Pacific 1954 R UA Return to Treasure Island 1954 R UA Southwest Passage 1954 ES UA Down Three Dark Streets ES 1954 New York Confidential 1955 Warners The Naked Street 1955 W UA Top Gun 1955 Fame UA Comanche 1955 Carl Krueger UA Gun Brothers 1956 Grand UA UFO 1956 Ivar UA Chicago Confidential 1957 Peerless UA Five Steps to Danger 1957 Grand UA Gun Duel in Durango 1957 Peerless UA The Iron Sheriff 1957 Grand UA Monkey on My Back 1957 Imperial UA Curse of the Faceless Man 1958 RKP UA Hong Kong Confidential 1958 V UA It The Terror from Beyond Space 1958 V UA Toughest Gun in Tombstone 1958 Peerless UA Witness for the Prosecution 1958 ES UA The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake 1959 Premium UA Guns Girls and Gangsters 1959 Imperial UA Inside the Mafia 1959 Preimum UA Invisible Invaders 1959 PremiumUA Pier 5 Havana 1959 REK UA Riot in Juvenile Prison 1959 V UA Solomon and Sheba 1959 ES UA Timbuktu 1959 had name removed from credits I UA Vice Raid 1959 I UA Cage of Evil 1960 Z UA Dog s Best Friend 1960 UA Gunfighters of Abilene 1960 Z UA The Music Box Kid 1960 Premium UA Noose for a Gunman 1960 Premium UA Oklahoma Territory 1960 Premium UA Three Came to Kill 1960 Premium UA The Walking Target 1960 Z UA Boy Who Caught a Crook 1961 HF UA The Cat Burglar 1961 HF UA Doctor Blood s Coffin 1961 CP UA Frontier Uprising 1961 Z UA Five Guns to Tombstone 1961 Z UA The Flight that Disappeared 1961 HF UA The Gambler Wore a Gun 1961 Z UA Gun Fight 1961 Z UA Mary Had a Little 1961 CP UA Operation Bottleneck 1961 Z UA Police Dog Story 1961 Z UA Secret of Deep Harbor 1961 HF UA The Snake Woman 1961 CP UA Three on a Spree 1961 CP UA When the Clock Strikes 1961 HF UA You Have to Run Fast 1961 HF UA The Greengage Summer 1961 PKL Columbia Beauty and the Beast 1962 HF UA The Clown and the Kid 1962 HF UA Deadly Duo 1962 HF UA Gun Street 1962 HF UA Incident in an Alley 1962 HF UA Jack the Giant Killer 1962 Z UA Saintly Sinners 1962 HF UA Tower of London 1962 Admiral UA Diary of a Madman 1963 Admiral UA Twice Told Tales 1963 Admiral UA I ll Take Sweden 1965 ES UA Boy Did I Get a Wrong Number 1966 ES UA Frankie and Johnny 1966 UA The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz 1968 ES UA The File of the Golden Goose 1969 CP UA The Christine Jorgensen Story 1970 Eprod UA ASR Asher Small Rogers C Columbia CP Caralan Productions ES Edward Small Productions FN First National HF Harvard Film Corporation R Reliance UA United Artists Z Zenith PicturesUnmade films Edit The Painted Face by Bayard Veiller 1928 10 The Broadway Melody 1929 64 first talking movie for Nazimova 1929 65 Sojourn 1930 66 The Cradle of Jazz 1929 directed by Ted Wilde 67 stopped by Wilde s death from an old war wound in 1929 while directing a play for Small 68 sequel to McFadden s Flats 1929 69 Mayor Harding of New York 1932 abandoned after protests 70 Style 1932 from a story by Adela Harland set in the fashion industry to star Lilyan Tashman 71 72 If Christ Came to Chicago 1933 72 Mr Helen Green 1933 72 untitled film with Lawrence Tibbett 73 cancelled because Tibbett insisted on story and cast approval 74 Beau Brummell 1934 with Robert Donat 75 Lusitania 1935 76 Amateur Girl 1935 with Constance Cummings and Robert Young 77 David Garrick 1935 78 The Mark of Zorro 1935 13 later 1953 with Anthony Dexter 79 Yosesmite 1935 Western from script by Philip Dunne 80 Robin Hood 1935 with Robert Donat 77 adaptation of The Beggar s Opera 1935 81 Clementina 1936 82 The Lost World Two Orphans and College Carnival 1938 for United Artists 21 Beach Boy 1938 with Jon Hall 83 84 The Maginot Line 1938 with Louis Hayward 85 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1939 86 adaptation of Food of the Gods 1939 87 Quantrill the Radier 1939 87 By Any Other Name 1939 play by Warren Musell about Edward de Vere the Earl of Oxford 88 Christopher Columbus 1940 46 89 90 Attack 1940 from a script by George Bruce about war maneuvers 91 Le Grande Homme 1940 starring Jack Oakie by David Dousseau 92 Heels to the Sky 1941 a story of an American in the RAF 93 My Official Wife by Ernest Vajda Sabotage She Was a Working Girl 1941 26 The Docks of New York 1941 94 Winter Soldiers 1942 95 Clementina by A E W Mason 1942 96 When Knighthood Was in Flower 1942 But Is It Love 1942 with Carole Lombard 97 The Raft 1943 with William Bendix 98 The Guy from Mike s Place 1943 99 The Notorious Nancy Gray 1943 100 Big Time 1943 with Ed Wynn 98 remake of Two Arabian Knights 1944 with Dennis O Keefe and William Bendix 101 remake of Are You a Mason 1944 102 When the Cat s Away 1944 103 Two Yanks in Paris 1945 sequel to Abroad with Two Yanks 104 A Time to be Born 1945 from book by Dawn Powell 28 Lucretia Borgia 1945 28 D Artagnan 1945 28 adaptation of The Scarlet Letter 1946 105 Kate Fennigate 1946 from novel by Booth Tarkington 106 The O Flynn 1946 107 The Treasure of Monte Cristo 1948 108 Twelve Against the Underworld 1948 for Eagle Lion 33 Crime on the Waterfront 1948 based on a series of newspaper articles 35 The Los Angeles Story 1948 based on a script by Philip Yordan 35 remake of The Sheik 1950 109 Far West 1953 with producer Arthur Hornblow written by Sonya Levien 110 Cannibal Island 1953 a historical adventure tale with Lex Barker 111 The Mad Magician 1953 112 Hercules 1953 with Lex Barker 113 The Unseen Hand 1953 114 The Last Notch 1954 based on script by John Gilroy 52 The Brass Ring 1954 115 Dateline Indo China 1954 with Denise Darcel 116 film about a female Pinkerton detective 117 If I Can t Have You 1955 with Andrew Stone 118 Women Confidential 1957 by Lee Mortimer 119 adaptation of Agatha Christie s The Mousetrap 1958 with Victor Saville 120 Dear Spy adaptation of novel Legacy of a Spy 1959 with script by Norman Krasna 121 Sgt Pike 1960 a Western with about a Southerner fighting for the North mentioned at times for John Wayne Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston 122 36 26 36 1965 an original script by John Helmer 123 The Shameless Virgin 1968 with Elke Sommer from a script by Nat Perrin 124 Films developed by Small made by others Edit Gunga Din 1939 14 The Shanghai Gesture 1941 125 Two Years Before the Mast 1946 References Edit Levin Mitchell A February 1 2017 This Day February 1 In Jewish History Cleveland Jewish News Mother of Small Film Producer Dies Los Angeles Times Feb 12 1940 p 8 Hopper Hedda Jan 6 1961 Sea Movie Will Mark Pidgeon Film Return Chicago Daily Tribune p b12 Los Angeles to be Production Center Los Angeles Times Jan 27 1924 p B17 Thomas Kevin May 7 1966 Goetz Looks to Future Past Los Angeles Times p 22 Nils Worked Days Nights and Was Ill Los Angeles Times Apr 29 1928 p C13 Loew s Inaugurate Change Los Angeles Times Nov 5 1926 p A11 American Audiences Revise Idea of Virtue and Comedy Los Angeles Times Nov 14 1926 p C23 Miller Barbara Dec 5 1926 Small Picks the Winners Discoverer of Many Favorites Plans Quickies With Unknown Casts to Unearth New Talent Los Angeles Times p C18 a b Kingsley Grace Mar 23 1928 Flashes Producers Reunited Asher Small and Rogers Announce Plans Los Angeles Times p A8 Sound Studios Announced Plant to Cost 750 000 Will be Constructed in Studio City Sherman Oaks District Los Angeles Times Dec 16 1928 p E2 Balio 2009 p 117 a b Douglas W Churchill Nov 24 1935 New York Times p X5 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a Missing or empty title help a b Schallert Edwin Jan 27 1936 Robert Donat Jack Oakie and Other Stars to Glisten on R K O Program Small Closes Deal for Reliance Films Kiepura s Next European Feature in Charge of Casta Diva Director Jean Arthur and Melvyn Douglas to Join Talents Los Angeles Times p A15 Schallert Edwin Mar 31 1936 Agreement Reached With Robert Donat Now Abroad to Come Here for Film Old Contract May Complicate Matters Fans Mob Bette Davis in East Studio Puts Her in Mountain Justice John Boles Most Likely Choice for Alessandro Los Angeles Times p 9 A Film Combination R K O Radio Studios to Release All Reliance Pictures New York Times Jan 27 1936 p 20 Scott John Feb 2 1936 Switching Around of Movie Executives Goes On and On Transfer Companies Do Booming Business as Film Bosses Move From One Lot to Another With All Assistants Los Angeles Times p C1 Richard Jewel RKO Film Grosses 1931 1951 Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television Vol 14 No 1 1994 p 57 Richard B Jewell RKO Radio Pictures A Titan is Born Uni of California Press 2012 p 155 News of the Screen Edward Small Returns to Produce at United Artists Mannequin Opens Here at Capitol Today Coast Scripts Of Local Origin Elektra Is Repeated New York Times Jan 20 1938 p 19 a b Schallert Edwin May 23 1938 Christmas Carol Will Ring Out Ere Yuletide Beau Brummell Slated Wanger Dieterle Deal Donat Signs for Term Hope Hampton Records Los Angeles Times p A14 Meeks Eric G 2014 2012 The Best Guide Ever to Palm Springs Celebrity Homes Horatio Limburger Oglethorpe p 35 ISBN 978 1479328598 Early Day Film Producer Dies John F Miller Also Served as Reporter Led Veteran Activities Los Angeles Times May 25 1939 p A22 Douglas W Churchill Sep 10 1939 Producers Gird for War The Cinema Capital Contemplates Its Probable Effects Upon the Industry New York Times p X3 Louella O Parsons July 6 1940 Close Ups and Long Shots Of the Motion Picture Scene The Washington Post p 10 a b Columbia Signs Ida Lupino to Play Role of Ellen Creed in Ladies in Retirement Historical Film is Due De Mille s Land of Liberty to Open at Criterion Play Girl Listed at Palace New York Times Jan 29 1941 p 21 Thomas F Brady Mar 22 1942 Some News Highlights From the West Coast Fox Has Its First War Experience With Navy Censors Mr Small Shuts Down New York Times p X3 a b c d Bromfield s Colorado to Have Johnson as Star Of Local Origin New York Times Jan 8 1945 p 14 Sweet Charity Opens Tonight Film Commitment May Interfere With Run of Miss Hepburn s Play New York Times Dec 28 1942 p 23 Temperance Group Seeks Writ of Mandate Los Angeles Times May 2 1944 p 2 Michael Todd Set to Film Great Son Ferber Novel Will Be His First Universal Picture Hellinger Acquires Criss Cross Variety Girl Planned New York Times June 4 1946 p 33 https archive org stream variety161 1946 03 page n138 mode 1up dead link a b Thomas F Brady Mar 27 1948 Small Eagle Lion Break Relations Producer Holds Distributors Minimized His Contribution to Recent Film T Men New York Times p 10 https archive org stream variety169 1948 03 page n261 mode 1up dead link a b c Thomas Brady Aug 14 1949 Hollywood Dossier Long Hunt for Actor to Play Valentino Finally Ends Other Studio Items New York Times p X3 https archive org stream variety171 1948 07 page n104 mode 1up dead link https archive org stream variety170 1948 06 page n115 mode 1up dead link https archive org stream variety171 1948 07 page n111 mode 1up dead link Thomas F Brady Dec 21 1949 Metro Will Film Story of Israel The Road Listed by Studio as Telling of Birth of Nation Marcus to Do Script New York Times p 41 Dick Bernard F The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures University Press of Kentucky pp 135 136 Thomas F Brady Oct 10 1947 Van Helfin to Star in Film for Metro Gets Lead in Upward to Stars Story by Charles Martin Ava Gardner in Cast New York Times p 32 Two Meetings Slated for AIME Groups Los Angeles Times Mar 8 1948 p 14 Schallert Edwin Oct 10 1947 French Import Touted Scott Liked for Sarah Los Angeles Times p A9 Thomas F Brady Jan 23 1948 Rowland Ansell Plan New Movie Film Classics Producers List Medal of Honor as Next To Be Done in Mexico New York Times p 27 Thomas F Brady Dec 1 1947 Windust to Direct Bette Davis Next Featured for June Is Listed by Warners for Film Star After Winter Meeting New York Times p 27 Bernard Small at IMDb Of Local Origin New York Times May 16 1952 p 18 Schallert Edwin Jan 11 1955 Aldo Ray and Dick York Team Up Anything Goes Likely for Phil Harris Los Angeles Times p B7 David Picker Musts Maybes and Nevers A Book About The Movies CreateSpace Independent 2013 p 31 Tino Balio United Artists The Company That Changed the Film Industry Wisconsin Press 1987 pp 120 124 Thomas M Pryor Sep 9 1953 Small Plans Film About Crime Here Hopes to Team Muni and Raft in New York Confidential Contract Parley Today New York Times p 38 a b Greene and Rouse to Make 12 Films They Form Team to Produce Write and Direct With the Backing of Edward Small Thomas M Pryor New York Times Aug 31 1954 p 26 Scheuer Philip K Nov 21 1957 Kristin Seen as Challenge Kaufman Phones Terry Moore Diamonds Polished for Laage Los Angeles Times p C11 Of Local Origin New York Times May 16 1952 p 18 p 192 Larkins Bob amp Magers Boyd The Films of Audie Murphy McFarland 1 May 2016 Phil Carey Cast in Disney Movie Actor to Star With Mineo in Tonka Negulesco to Direct The Blessing Thomas M Pryor New York Times June 20 1958 p 27 Billboard 1952 10 25 Thomas M Pryor May 14 1953 Warwick Acquires Bevan Spy Novel Irving Allen Plans Production of Zarak Khan Seeking Errol Flynn for Title Role New York Times p 33 Val Adams Aug 7 1957 Small Disposes of TV Interests Sells Share of T P A Film Concern to Milton Gordon Robinson Bout on Air New York Times p 39 Martin Betty May 22 1970 Cloris Leachman Signs Pact Los Angeles Times p g18 Todd McCarthy and Richard Thompson Phil Karlson Interview November 19 1973 Kings of the Bs Working Within the Hollywood System eds Todd McCarthy and Charles Flynn New York E P Dutton 1975 pp 327 345 Rpt Cine Resort Oct 7 2014 Allmovie Of Local Origin New York Times July 10 1943 p 8 Paramount Makes Silent Film Alice Day to Play Lead in First National s Drag Fox Follies Not Mere Revue Will Have Story E H Griffith Signing With Columbia Kingsley Grace Los Angeles Times Mar 15 1929 p A10 She ll Set Vogue in Voice Films Los Angeles Times Apr 22 1929 p A1 Schallert Edwin May 16 1930 Shearer Film Ultra in Plot Divorce Draws Crowds to Criterion Star s Effort Surpassing One on Talk Screen Excellent Supporting Cast Seen in Feature Los Angeles Times p A9 New Drama Arrives at Mayan Soon Helen Menken Has Leading Role in New Play Top O The Hill Los Angeles Times 17 June 1929 p A7 Apoplexy Fatal to Film Director Rites for Ted Wilde Tomorrow Masons to be in Charge of Services for Director Who Died Unexpectedly Los Angeles Times Dec 18 1929 p A7 Duffy to Return in Mystery Cat and Canary Listed at President Dale Winter Costars in Play Los Angeles Times Dec 25 1929 p A11 Noted Director Also Sculptor Los Angeles Times Sep 10 1932 p A7 Herbert Mundin Enjoys His Job in Cavalcade Grows Red Whiskers to Play the Butler Shaffer George Chicago Daily Tribune Sep 30 1932 p 19 a b c United Artists a Little Ahead for The Time of Year The Washington Post Feb 12 1933 p S5 Schallert Edwin Sep 25 1934 Success of Song Features Results in Five Picture Offer for Lawrence Tibbett Big Plans Ahead for Famous Opera Singer Walter Wanger Out to Sign Formidable Group of Movie Names The Great Ziegfeld Not to Start Until November Los Angeles Times p 19 Broadway Men and Maids by Ed Sullivan The Washington Post May 5 1936 p 16 Scheuer Philip K Oct 8 1934 Eight Music Publishers in International Tie up for Expected Opera Cycle Meyer Appointed to Negotiate All Sales Fay Wray Wins Star Role in Mills of the Gods Selznick Signs Clemence Dane Joe Morrison in Win or Lose Los Angeles Times p 15 Timeliness Declared Vital in Selecting Story Plots Los Angeles Times Aug 7 1935 p 12 a b United Artists Despite the Loss of Twentieth Century Sees Big Season Ahead Many Pictures Scheduled for Early Release British Studios Help Out At Circus Coincidence Amusement Jottings Reprinted from Yesterday s Last Edition by Nelson B Bell The Washington Post June 14 1935 p 20 Announces New Films Reliance Studios Executive Tells of Year s Plans New York Times Aug 22 1935 p 20 Hopper Hedda Mar 30 1953 Looking at Hollywood Glenn Ford Is Scheduled to Make Picture The Americano in Brazil Chicago Daily Tribune p b6 Schallert Edwin Sep 28 1935 Walter Connoolly Summoned East to Play Lead in Soak the Rich Picture Player to Work for Hecht MacArthur Edward Small Will Star George Houston in Saga of California Indians Rudy Vallee to Stay in East for Next Production Los Angeles Times p 5 Scheuer Philip K Aug 20 1935 First American Cinema Version of Beggar s Opera Planned by Reliance Houston Mentioned as Chief Character Joan Bennett Will Emote Opposite Ronald Colman in Man Who Broke the Bank William Powell Film Announced Los Angeles Times p 19 James Flood and Edward Small Split Over Coast Patrol Cantor for Winchell Bernie Film New York Times Oct 14 1936 p 31 Successful Revivals Return of Valentino Old Films and New Productions The Manchester Guardian July 7 1938 p 12 RKO and United Artists Seek Anna Neagle Metro Plans Remake of Desert Song New Role for Miss Faye Slated for Life of William Tell Goldwyn Prepares to Film Beach Boy Plans for Alice Faye Coast Scripts Of Local Origin New York Times Nov 22 1938 p 26 Edward Small Plans to Make The Maginot Line Louis Hayward Will Be Star If I Were King to Open Premiere at Paramount Today to Feature Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone Jack London Story for Screen Of Local Origin New York Times Sep 28 1938 p 29 Schallert Edwin Oct 14 1939 Drama Sleepy Hollow Tale to Promote Classics Los Angeles Times p A7 a b Schallert Edwin Mar 28 1939 Marshall Will Play in My Son My Son Europe Lures Notables Students Belittle Stars Tommy Kelly Assigned Ann Sheridan s New Role Los Angeles Times p 15 Showdown Sought in Ticket Code Row Theatre League Refuses New Talks With Brokers and Demands Action Issue of Pay Will Wait Equity Delays Its Decision on the Higher Scale Reginald Denny May Return Ainley May Succeed Downing Baltimore Booking Canceled Golden Gets Script Friday New York Times Dec 13 1939 p 35 Hollywood s Promises for 1940 Coming of Age of United Artists The Scotsman Edinburgh Scotland Jan 9 1940 p 9 Schallert Edwin Aug 12 1946 Columbus Enterprise Builds Up Momentum Los Angeles Times p A2 Attack Purchased by Fox George Murphy Assigned to Little Nellie Kelly Four Films This Week Tom Brown s School Days at Music Hall and Fugitive at Rialto on Thursday Of Local Origin Douglas W Churchill New York Times June 24 1940 p 19 Schallert Edwin Sep 28 1940 John Carroll Build up to Stardom Assured Los Angeles Times p A9 Cary Grant Withdrawing From Leading Role in The Man Who Came to Dinner 2 New Film Here Today Road to Zanzibar and The Penalty Arrive Chaplin Festival Sets Records Douglas W Churchill New York Times April 9 1941 p 33 Schallert Edwin Mar 12 1941 Newlyweds Ball Arnaz Will Costar for R K O Small Ticketing Donlevy Jinx Falkenberg in Lead Judy Canova Re signed Movie Vamp Trio Named Nils Asther Assigned Los Angeles Times p 12 Biltmore to Get Ask My Friend Sandy Junior Miss Moves to Forty sixth Street Dec 25 New York Times Dec 17 1942 p 46 Schallert Edwin Jan 11 1942 While the Films Reel Los Angeles Times p C3 Charles Laughton to Appear in The History of Mr Polly Role for James Craig Roxy Film in Third Week Remember the Day Held Over Girl From Leningrad Remains at Stanley New York Times Jan 9 1942 p 25 a b New Monte Cristo Feature Announced John Garfield John Ridgely Will Join Cary Grant in Destination Tokyo Schallert Edwin Los Angeles Times June 18 1943 p 15 Hopper Hedda July 27 1943 Looking at Hollywood Chicago Daily Tribune p 15 Schallert Edwin Dec 28 1943 Sanders Wins Key Role in Dorian Gray Film Producer Small Seeks Stellar Songstress for Musical Notorious Nancy Grazy Los Angeles Times p 7 Schallert Edwin Feb 1 1944 O Keefe Pressuring Small to Do Knights Pressburger Will Route The Blivens First to Stage Then to Picture Medium Los Angeles Times p 9 Fred Standley June 25 1944 Hollywood Awakens to the Shorts One and Two Reel Films Regaining Popularity Love Wins as Usual New York Times p X3 News of the Screen The Christian Science Monitor July 21 1944 p 4 Schallert Edwin Aug 28 1944 Comedy Yanks Plan Entry Into Paris Too Topical First Man in Tokyo Scheduled Marsha Hunt Joins Garson Entourage Los Angeles Times p 8 Schallert Edwin Mar 29 1946 Small Plans Classic Quints Deal Hovers Los Angeles Times p A7 Filmland Briefs Los Angeles Times May 23 1946 p A3 Schallert Edwin June 28 1946 Stage s Vye Will Vie With Academy Winner Los Angeles Times p A3 Thomas F Brady June 15 1948 Small Plans Film on Monte Cristo Seeks Louis Hayward for Lead in Movie on Dumas Hero Beloin Doing Hope Script New York Times p 33 Schallert Edwin Aug 22 1950 Mitchell Likely Cap n Andy Preston to Star as Heavy With Rooney Los Angeles Times p A11 Schallert Edwin Mar 6 1953 Sobbin Women Shaping for Betta St John Far West Set for Hornblow Los Angeles Times p B7 Hopper Hedda Apr 2 1953 Looking at Hollywood Olivia de Havilland Off This Week for Europe Chicago Daily Tribune p c5 Hopper Hedda May 19 1953 Looking at Hollywood Fernando Lamas Next Film in Busy Season Is Honeymoon Chicago Daily Tribune p a2 Hopper Hedda Aug 1 1953 Zanuck to Produce GI s Murder Story Los Angeles Times p 10 Movieland Briefs Los Angeles Times June 23 1953 p A7 Hopper Hedda Dec 21 1954 Farley Granger to Play Head of Crime Syndicate in Movie Chicago Daily Tribune p a4 Hedda Hopper June 4 1954 Olivia Will Marry Between Pictures Los Angeles Times p 22 Schallert Edwin June 21 1955 Pinkerton Production on Hot Slate Hired Guns Speeds Project Los Angeles Times p 19 Hopper Hedda Oct 29 1955 Looking at Hollywood Film on Brainwashing to Have Trio of Stars Chicago Daily Tribune p 15 Schallert Edwin Jan 9 1957 Women Confidential Set Robinson Likely Loeb Traubel Role Big Los Angeles Times p C9 Scott John L Sep 24 1958 Hollywood Will Go Traveling in 1959 Foreign Locations Intrigue Fregonese Power and Others Los Angeles Times p 27 Richard Mason Oct 7 1959 Ben Hur to Race for 213 Minutes Film Will Be Third Longest Shown Small and Saville Planning Dear Spy New York Times p 47 Hopper Hedda Dec 21 1960 Hedda Sees Bob Hope Off on Holiday Tour Chicago Daily Tribune p a2 Martin Betty Aug 10 1965 Movie Call Sheet Miss York in Doctor Role Los Angeles Times p c11 Martin Betty Sep 27 1967 Harris Signs CBS Deal Los Angeles Times p d13 Prize Ring Comedy Goes Into Work at Early Date at U A The Washington Post May 28 1933 p S5 Sources Edit Balio Tino United Artists The Company Built By the Stars Volume 1 1919 1950 University of Wisconsin Press 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