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Leon Fromkess

1901 – 1977

(1901-1977) producer, production manager, miscellaneous

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About Leon Fromkess

Lived 1901 – 1977 (aged 75–76). Leon Fromkess was a film producer.

Leon Fromkess was a film and television producer in the United States. He was an executive at Producers Releasing Corporation, producing several Edgar G. Ulmer films.

Biography He graduated from Columbia University in 1926. He helped Columbia Pictures refinance debt and went on to help organize Producers Releasing Corporation and produced more than 200 films with it.

Filmography

Gallant Lady(1942) Baby Face Morgan (1942) Jive Junction (1943) Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943) The Ghost and the Guest (1943), production supervisor When the Lights Go On Again (1944) The Great Mike (1944) Bkuebeard (1944) Fog Island (1945) Club Havana (1945) Strange Illusion (1945) Crime, Inc. (1945) Dangerous Intruder (1945) Hollywood and Vine (1945) The Missing Corpse (1945) Danny Boy (1946) A Song is Born (1948) The Wife of Monte Cristo (1948) Shock Corridor (1963) executive producer (uncredited) The Naked Kiss (1964) executive producer (uncredited) Blood on the Arrow (1964) The Great Sioux Massacre (1965) Flareup (1969)

Television

The Halls of Ivy (1950-1952) Gruen Playhouse The Adventures of Kit Carson Lassie (1954 TV series) New York Confidential (TV series) Fury (American TV series) Ramar of the Jungle The Adventures of Tugboat Annie (1957) The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957-1958)

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1901
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Died
1977
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(1901-1977) producer, production manager, miscellaneous

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Leon Fromkess was a film producer.

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· Wikipedia: Leon Fromkess

· Wikidata: Q110968712

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