Leo C. Popkin
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Leo C. Popkin (1914 - 2011) was a film director and producer in the United States. His brother Harry M. Popkin was the executive producer of Million Dollar Productions, a partnership that inckuded Ralph Cooper.[1][2]
He managed African American movie theaters in Los Angeles.[3] He is known for his gangster films.[4]
He and his brother Harry M. Popkin (1906 - October 7, 1991)[5] worked on movies together.
Filmography
- The Flaming Crisis (1924), co-director
- The Duke Is Tops (1938), producer[6]
- Four Shall Die (1940), co-director
- My Dear Secretary (1948), producer[7]
- D.O.A. (1949),[8] producer
- Impact (1949 film), producer
- Champagne for Caesar (1950), co-producer
- The Well (1951), co-director and co-producer
References
- ^ "SCVHistory.com CP3908 | Val Verde | History of Million Dollar Productions; Written for Cornerstone Time Capsule, 4-16-1939". scvhistory.com.
- ^ Reid, Mark A. (March 25, 2005). "Black Lenses, Black Voices: African American Film Now". Rowman & Littlefield Publishers – via Google Books.
- ^ Dibbern, Doug (December 17, 2015). "Hollywood Riots: Violent Crowds and Progressive Politics in American Film". Bloomsbury Publishing – via Google Books.
- ^ Boyd, Todd (October 30, 2008). "African Americans and Popular Culture [3 volumes]". ABC-CLIO – via Google Books.
- ^ "Harry M. Popkin". BFI.
- ^ "Request Rejected". nmaahc.si.edu.
- ^ Distributors, Alpha Video; Day, Laraine; Douglas, Kirk; Martin, Charles; Popkin, Harry M.; Walker, Helen; Wynn, Keenan. "My dear secretary - Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York". link.livebrary.com.
- ^ Shadoian, Jack (January 16, 2003). "Dreams and Dead Ends: The American Gangster Film". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.