A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
G. C. Reid
George Clifford Reid
Birthplace:
Delaware, Ohio, USA
Born:
September 7, 1891
Died:
August 22, 1959
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cliff Reid (September 7, 1891 – August 22, 1959), also known as George Clifford Reid, was an American film producer and film production studio founder during the 1930s and 1940s. In addition he also directed film shorts, and was the assistant director on several feature films. Reid was born and raised in Delaware, Ohio, and graduated from high school there. He entered the film industry in the 1910s and worked as a film distributor, before beginning to produce silent films in 1921. Reid began in the film industry at the very beginning of the sound era, producing and directing film shorts. His first film was The Suppressed Crime, a 1930 mystery short, which was produced by Reid's own company, George Clifford Reid Productions. During 1930 and 1931 Reid's company would produce 19 film shorts, which Reid produced and directed. He even wrote one of the shorts, 1931's The Bank Swindle. Reid began working for RKO in 1933. Reid's first involvement in a feature film being as the associate producer on John Ford's war film, The Lost Patrol. He would work mostly as an associate producer for RKO over the next few years, before being given the producing helm in 1937 on the drama, The Man Who Found Himself, directed by Lew Landers. Reid remained at RKO through 1942 as a producer, his last film for them being an installment of the Mexican Spitfire series, Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost. Other notable films on which Reid worked include: the 1935 version of The Three Musketeers; the western The Arizonian, starring Richard Dix; on John Ford's Oscar-winning war film, The Informer, starring Victor McLaglen; and Howard Hawks' 1938 screwball comedy, Bringing Up Baby, starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. Reid left RKO after the Mexican Spitfire film, and by 1944 he was part of the stable of producers at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He only worked on a few films at MGM, but they included the John Ford war classic, They Were Expendable, starring John Wayne and Robert Montgomery. His final producing credit would also be at MGM the following year, producing the Norman Taurog drama The Hoodlum Saint, starring William Powell and Esther Williams. He retired after The Hoodlum Saint. He was married to Mary Reid, and they had at least two children, Clifford Jr. and Marguerite. Clifford Jr. would follow his father into the film industry, beginning at his father's old studio, RKO, where he was an assistant director to Edward Dmytryk on his classic 1947 Academy Award nominated film, Crossfire. In 1957, Reid suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was hospitalized at the Motion Picture House and Hospital. He remained in the hospital for the remainder of his life. Two years later he suffered a heart attack, from which he did not recover. He died at the Motion Picture Hospital in Woodland Hills, California on August 22, 1959, at the age of 67. He was buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery.
Associate Producer:
1934 Red Morning
1934 The Lost Patrol
1934 Their Big Moment
1935 Annie Oakley
1935 Chasing Yesterday
1935 His Family Tree
1935 The Arizonian
1935 The Three Musketeers
1936 The Plough and the Stars
1936 Wanted: Jane Turner
1936 Yellow Dust
1937 China Passage
1937 Criminal Lawyer
1938 Bringing Up Baby
Director:
1931 The Black Widow
1934 Red Morning
1934 The Lost Patrol
1934 Their Big Moment
1935 Annie Oakley
1935 Chasing Yesterday
1935 His Family Tree
1935 The Arizonian
1935 The Three Musketeers
1936 The Plough and the Stars
1936 Wanted: Jane Turner
1936 Yellow Dust
1937 China Passage
1937 Criminal Lawyer
1938 Bringing Up Baby
Executive Producer:
1931 The Black Widow
1934 Red Morning
1934 The Lost Patrol
1934 Their Big Moment
1935 Annie Oakley
1935 Chasing Yesterday
1935 His Family Tree
1935 The Arizonian
1935 The Three Musketeers
1936 The Plough and the Stars
1936 Wanted: Jane Turner
1936 Yellow Dust
1937 China Passage
1937 Criminal Lawyer
1938 Bringing Up Baby
2023 Fear
Producer:
1931 The Black Widow
1934 Red Morning
1934 The Lost Patrol
1934 Their Big Moment
1934 West of the Pecos
1935 Annie Oakley
1935 Chasing Yesterday
1935 His Family Tree
1935 The Arizonian
1935 The Informer
1935 The Three Musketeers
1936 The Plough and the Stars
1936 Wanted: Jane Turner
1936 Yellow Dust
1937 China Passage
1937 Criminal Lawyer
1938 Blind Alibi
1938 Bringing Up Baby
1938 Crashing Hollywood
1938 Crime Ring
1938 Next Time I Marry
1938 The Law West of Tombstone
1938 This Marriage Business
1939 Almost a Gentleman
1939 Conspiracy
1939 Panama Lady
1939 Sued for Libel
1939 The Girl and the Gambler
1939 The Spellbinder
1940 Cross-Country Romance
1940 Mexican Spitfire
1940 Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940 One Crowded Night
1940 The Saint's Double Trouble
1940 Wildcat Bus
1940 You Can't Fool Your Wife
1941 Lady Scarface
1941 Play Girl
1941 Repent at Leisure
1941 The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1942 Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
1942 Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1942 Powder Town
1942 Sing Your Worries Away
1942 The Mayor of 44th Street
1946 The Hoodlum Saint
2023 Fear
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