Henry Blanke

Personal Info

Known For Producer

Gender Male

Birthday 1901-12-30

Deathday 1981-05-28 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Steglitz, Berlin, Germany

Also Known As Heinz Blanke

Henry Blanke

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Blanke (December 30, 1901 – May 28, 1981) was a German-born film producer who also worked as an assistant director, supervisor, writer, and production manager. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for The Nun's Story (1959). He was born Heinz Blanke in Steglitz, Berlin, Germany, the son of painter Wilhelm Blanke. He began his career as a film cutter in 1920. Blanke became an assistant to Ernst Lubitsch and was the production manager of Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis. He produced nine films in his native Germany before emigrating to Hollywood. He became a power at Warner Bros., working there for decades. Among his Hollywood producing credits are: Of Human Bondage (1946), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and The Fountainhead (1949). When the announced production of The Life of Emile Zola (1937) came under fire from Georg Gyssling, the Nazi German consul to the United States (due to its portrayal of Alfred Dreyfus, who was of Jewish descent), Blanke lied to him, telling him the Dreyfus affair was only a small part of the film. The Online Archive of California has a transcript of his oral recollections.

Known For

Producer

1962
Hell Is for Heroes

as Producer

1961
1960
Cash McCall

as Producer

1960
Ice Palace

as Producer

1959
Westbound

as Producer

1959
The Miracle

as Producer

1959
The Nun's Story

as Producer

1958
Too Much, Too Soon

as Producer

1956
Serenade

as Producer

1955
Sincerely Yours

as Producer

1954
Lucky Me

as Producer

1954
Young at Heart

as Producer

1953
So Big

as Producer

1952
Operation Secret

as Producer

1952
Room for One More

as Producer

1952
The Iron Mistress

as Producer

1951
1951
1951
Come Fill the Cup

as Producer

1951
Goodbye, My Fancy

as Producer

1950
Bright Leaf

as Producer

1949
The Fountainhead

as Producer

1949
Beyond the Forest

as Producer

1948
The Woman in White

as Producer

1948
Winter Meeting

as Producer

1948
June Bride

as Producer

1947
Cry Wolf

as Producer

1947
Deep Valley

as Producer

1947
Escape Me Never

as Producer

1946
Deception

as Producer

1946
Of Human Bondage

as Producer

1946
My Reputation

as Producer

1945
Roughly Speaking

as Producer

1944
1943
Old Acquaintance

as Producer

1943
The Constant Nymph

as Producer

1943
Edge of Darkness

as Producer

1942
The Gay Sisters

as Producer

1941
Blues in the Night

as Producer

1941
The Sea Wolf

as Producer

1941
Out of the Fog

as Associate Producer

1941
The Great Lie

as Associate Producer

1941
The Maltese Falcon

as Associate Producer

1941
Honeymoon for Three

as Associate Producer

1941
Four Mothers

as Associate Producer

1940
The Sea Hawk

as Associate Producer

1939
Four Wives

as Associate Producer

1939
Juarez

as Associate Producer

1939
The Old Maid

as Associate Producer

1939
We Are Not Alone

as Associate Producer

1939
Daughters Courageous

as Associate Producer

1938
Jezebel

as Associate Producer

1937
1937
Green Light

as Producer

1936
The Green Pastures

as Supervising Producer

1934
Fashions of 1934

as Producer

1934
Fog Over Frisco

as Supervising Producer

1934
The Secret Bride

as Associate Producer

1934
Easy to Love

as Producer

1933
Convention City

as Producer

1933
The Silk Express

as Producer

1933
Goodbye Again

as Producer

1931
The Holy Flames

as Producer

1931
Demon of the Sea

as Producer

1930
1930
Those Who Dance

as Producer

Director

1932
The bluffer

as Director

1927
The Desired Woman

as Assistant Director

1927
Brass Knuckles

as Assistant Director

1926
The Third Degree

as Assistant Director

Camera

1934
British Agent

as Camera Operator