Louis Brock

Louis "Lou" Brock (* 21st August 1892 in Kalamazoo , Michigan ; † 19th April 1971 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film producer , director and screenwriter , who at the Oscar ceremony in 1934 the Oscar for Best Short Film in won the comedy subcategory and was nominated again in this category.

Life

Brock began his career as a producer in the film industry in Hollywood in 1930 at the Comedy - Short General Ginsberg and produced throughout his career until 1953, nearly 90 short films for RKO Pictures and other film production companies . As a producer, he was instrumental in bringing together the Hollywood dream couple Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and was also head of the short film department at RKO Pictures. He has also worked as a director and screenwriter himself for a few films.

At the 1934 Oscars, he received the Oscar for Best Short Film in the Comedy subcategory for So This Is Harris! (1933) and was also nominated for this Oscar one more time, for A Preferred List (1933).

Brock, who was married to actress Helen Christian , among others , fell into poverty after finishing his career as a film producer and most recently worked as a night porter in a hotel in Hollywood until his death .

Filmography (selection)

• 1930: General Ginsberg
• 1931: Scratch-As-Catch-Can
• 1932: Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure
• 1933: So This Is Harris!
• 1933: A Preferred List
• 1933: A Merchant of Menace
• 1933: Snug in the Jug
• 1934: Love on a Ladder
• 1934: Contented Calves
• 1940: Corralling a Schoolmarm
• 1941: When Wifie's Away
• 1946: The Shadow Returns
• 1953: Merry Mirthquakes

Web links

• Louis Brock in the Internet Movie Database (English)