Walter Wanger

Producer

About

Also Known As

Walter Feuchtwanger

Birth Place

San Francisco, California, USA

Born

July 11, 1894

Died

November 18, 1968

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

Produced a Broadway play before serving as an officer with Army Intelligence in WWI and a staffer with President Wilson's negotiating team at the Paris Peace Conference. Wanger went on to become a producer with Paramount, finally attaining the position of production chief. He served in similar posts with Columbia and MGM before establishing himself as an independent producer, shepherding...

Filmography

Cleopatra (1963)

Producer

I Want to Live! (1958)

Producer

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Producer

Navy Wife (1956)

Producer

Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

Producer

Fort Vengeance (1953)

Producer

Photos & Videos

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Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Uncle Ira Was Uncle Ira

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Where's Your Girlfriend's Double?

Family & Companions

Joan Bennett

Wife

Actor. Second wife; married 1940, divorced 1962.

Bibliography

"Walter Wanger: Hollywood Independent"

Matthew Bernstein, University of Minnesota Press (2000)

Biography

Produced a Broadway play before serving as an officer with Army Intelligence in WWI and a staffer with President Wilson's negotiating team at the Paris Peace Conference.

Wanger went on to become a producer with Paramount, finally attaining the position of production chief. He served in similar posts with Columbia and MGM before establishing himself as an independent producer, shepherding such excellent films as the Garbo vehicle, "Queen Christina" (1933), John Ford's classic western, "Stagecoach" (1939), Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" (1940), Fritz Lang's "Scarlet Street" (1945) and the sci-fi melodrama, "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1955).

Wanger was married to second wife Joan Bennett from 1940, a union not without scandal. In 1951, a jealous Wanger shot Bennett's agent, Jennings Lang, in the groin; Wanger was convicted and served a short jail sentence. He and Bennett were reconciled in 1953 and he widowed her in 1968.

Filmography

Life Events

Photo Collections

Sundown - Behind-the-Scenes Stills

Here are a few photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of Walter Wanger's Sundown (1941), directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gene Tierney and Bruce Cabot.

Sundown - Movie Posters

Here are a few movie posters from Walter Wanger's Sundown (1941), starring Gene Tierney and Bruce Cabot. Posters on view include a few from the original release as well as from later reissues.

Sundown - Pressbook

Here is the campaign book (pressbook) for the 1948 reissue of Walter Wanger's Sundown (1941). Pressbooks were sent to exhibitors and theater owners to aid them in publicizing the film's run in their theater.

The House Across the Bay - Lobby Cards

Here are a few Lobby Cards from The House Across the Bay (1940), starring George Raft and Joan Bennett. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

The House Across the Bay - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Walter Wanger's The House Across the Bay (1940), starring George Raft and Joan Bennett. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.