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Hannah Weinstein ( née Dorner; June 23, 1911 – March 9, 1984) was an American-British journalist, publicist and left-wing political activist who moved to Britain and became a television producer.
Mar 11, 1984 · Hannah Weinstein, a Hollywood film producer and a political activist, died of a heart attack Friday at her home on Park Avenue. She was 72 years old. Among the many feature and television films...
Weinstein, Hannah (1911–1984) American film producer and political activist. Born Hannah Dorner on June 23, 1911, in New York City; died of a heart attack on March 9, 1984, in New York; daughter of Israel Dorner and Celia (Kaufman) Dorner; New York University, B.A., 1927; married Peter Weinstein (a journalist), in 1938 (divorced 1955 ...
Hannah Weinstein was a producer who worked on Stir Crazy, Claudine and The Adventures of Robin Hood. She was also a leftist activist and a co-founder of Third World Cinema Corporation.
- June 23, 1911
- March 9, 1984
Hannah Weinstein was a blacklisted writer who left the US in 1950 with her three young daughters and founded Sapphire Films in England, a company that went on to inaugurate the costume drama craze of the fifties before returning to the US in the 1960s and, with Ossie Davis, James Earl Jones, and Rita Moreno, founding Third World Cinema Corporation.
Hannah Weinstein (1911-1984) was a producer of TV series and movies, such as The Adventures of Robin Hood, Claudine and Stir Crazy. She was born and died in New York City, and was the mother of producer Paula Weinstein.
Finally--a book about Hannah Weinstein, who hired and supported blacklisted writers like Joan LaCour Scott, Adrian Scott, and Ring Lardner, and introduced the costume drama craze to England that influenced a generation of filmmakers (and comedians, like Monty Python).
