E.B. Derr

E.B. Derr
Born	Edward Bennett Derr (1891-05-20)20 May 1891 West Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Producer
Years active	1930–1943

E.B. Derr, whose full name was Edward Bennett Derr, 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	The Painted Desert	Producer
1932	Scarface	Producer
1932	Sky Devils	Producer	Produced underlying film which was recut into Sky Devils
1936	Rebellion	Producer
1936	The Glory Trail	Producer
1937	Drums of Destiny	Producer
1937	Old Louisiana	Producer
1937	County Fair	Producer
1937	The Law Commands	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
1943	Deerslayer	Producer, screenplay

External links

• E.B. Derr at the Internet Movie Database
• E.B. Derr at the TCM Movie Database