Edward L. Cahn


















Edward L. Cahn
Born
(1899-02-12)February 12, 1899
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died August 25, 1963(1963-08-25) (aged 64)
Hollywood, California, USA

Occupation Film director

Edward L. Cahn (February 12, 1899 – August 25, 1963) was an American film director.




Contents






  • 1 Career


  • 2 Personal life


  • 3 Selected filmography


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Career


He is best known for directing Our Gang comedies from 1939-43, and a long line of other short subjects and B-movies afterward. He is also known for directing the 1958 film It! The Terror from Beyond Space, the film that inspired the 1979 film Alien. He made a number of films for American International Pictures.[1]



Personal life


His brother was film editor Philip Cahn, who was the father of film editor Dann Cahn, who, in turn, was the father of film editor Daniel T. Cahn.



Selected filmography




  • The Homicide Squad (1931)


  • Radio Patrol (1932)


  • Law and Order (1932)


  • Laughter in Hell (1933)


  • Main Street After Dark (1945)


  • Dangerous Partners (1945)


  • Gas House Kids in Hollywood (1947)


  • Experiment Alcatraz (1950)


  • The Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)


  • Girls in Prison (1956)


  • Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)


  • Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)


  • It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)


  • Pier 5, Havana (1958)


  • The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)


  • Invisible Invaders (1959)



References





  1. ^ Mark McGee, Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures, McFarland, 1996 p52




External links



  • Edward L. Cahn on IMDb










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