E.B. Derr

Edward Bennett Derr (May 20, 1891 – August 13, 1974) was an American film producer during the genesis of the sound era. Born in West Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1891, he would produce almost forty films in the 1930s and early 1940s. Derr retired from the film industry in 1943, after co-producing The Deerslayer, for which he also wrote the screenplay adaptation from the James Fenimore Cooper's novel, The Deerslayer: Or, the First War-Path, A Tale.

Filmography (as per AFI's database) Year Title Role Notes 1930 Big Money Producer 1930 Her Man Producer 1930 Holiday Producer 1930 Night Work Producer 1930 Pardon My Gun Producer 1930 Sin Takes a Holiday Producer 1930 Swing High Producer 1931 Beyond Victory Producer 1931 Lonely Wives Producer 1931 Producer 1932 Scarface Producer 1932 Sky Devils Producer Produced underlying film which was recut into Sky Devils 1936 Rebellion Producer 1936 Producer 1937 Drums of Destiny Producer 1937 Old Louisiana Producer 1937 County Fair Producer 1937 Producer 1937 Raw Timber Producer 1937 Battle of Greed Producer 1937 Under Strange Flags Producer 1938 Female Fugitive Producer 1938 Gang Bullets Producer 1938 My Old Kentucky Home Producer 1938 Barefoot Boy Producer 1938 Numbered Woman Producer 1938 I Am a Criminal Producer 1939 Girl from Rio Producer 1939 Star Reporter Producer 1939 Should a Girl Marry? Producer 1939 Undercover Agent Producer 1939 Convict's Code Producer 1941 Criminals Within Producer 1941 Battle of Greed Producer 1941 Secret Evidence Producer 1943 Deerslayer Producer, screenplay