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Edward L. Cahn (February 12, 1899 – August 25, 1963) was an American film director and editor.
Edward L. Cahn. Director: Born to Speed. Edward L. Cahn was an American second-feature director of Polish ancestry. His brother Philip Cahn worked in the industry as editor. Edward worked in films from 1917 as a production assistant.
- Director, Editor, Producer
- February 12, 1899
- Edward L. Cahn
- August 25, 1963
May 20, 2016 · Among this heavily European stable of directors was the American-born novice Edward L. Cahn, represented by three shockingly grim and startlingly good films. They form a kind of unholy triptych, three variations on the bottomless theme of American corruption and violence.
Edward L. Cahn was a prolific director of B movies, some of them criminous. He was best known for his work on the Our Gang comedy shorts. He seems largely obscure in film history.
The American director, Edward L. Cahn, was best-known, indeed notorious for his prolific B-movie output in the 1950s and ‘60s.
He is best known for directing Our Gang comedies from 1939-1943, and a long line of other short subjects and B-movies afterward. He is also known for directing the 1958 film It! The Terror from Beyond Space, that inspired the 1979 film Alien. He made a number of films for American International Pictures. His brother was film editor Philip Cahn.
Laughter in Hell is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Pat O'Brien. The film's title was typical of the sensationalistic titles of many Pre-Code films.
