E.B. Derr


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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1930Big MoneyProducer
1930Her ManProducer
1930HolidayProducer
1930Night WorkProducer
1930Pardon [My Gun (1930 film)|Pardon My Gun]Producer
1930Sin Takes a HolidayProducer
1930Swing HighProducer
1931Beyond VictoryProducer
1931Lonely WivesProducer
1931'Producer
1932ScarfaceProducer
1932Sky DevilsProducerProduced underlying film which was recut into Sky Devils
1936RebellionProducer
1936'Producer
1937Drums of DestinyProducer
1937Old LouisianaProducer
1937County FairProducer
1937Producer
1937Raw TimberProducer
1937Battle of GreedProducer
1937Under Strange FlagsProducer
1938Female [Fugitive (1938 film)|Female Fugitive]Producer
1938Gang BulletsProducer
1938My [Old Kentucky Home (1938 film)|My Old Kentucky Home]Producer
1938Barefoot [Boy (film)|Barefoot Boy]Producer
1938Numbered WomanProducer
1938I Am a CriminalProducer
1939Girl from RioProducer
1939Star ReporterProducer
1939Should a Girl Marry?Producer
1939Undercover AgentProducer
1939Convict's CodeProducer
1941Criminals WithinProducer
1941Battle of GreedProducer
1941Secret EvidenceProducer
1943DeerslayerProducer, screenplay