Edward Cahn
Encyclopedia
Edward L. Cahn was an American
film director
. He is best known for directing Our Gang
comedies from 1939 to 1943, and a long line of other short subject
s and b-movie
s afterwards.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died on August 25, 1963 in Hollywood, California at the age of 63.
United States
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film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. He is best known for directing Our Gang
Our Gang
Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively...
comedies from 1939 to 1943, and a long line of other short subject
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
s and b-movie
B-movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
s afterwards.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died on August 25, 1963 in Hollywood, California at the age of 63.