George Clark (producer)

"Lucky Cat" redirects here. For the common Japanese figurine, see Lucky cat.

George Clark (1888–1946) was a British film actor and film producer during the silent era. For many years Clark worked with the British star Guy Newall, whom he had met during the First World War. Together they founded Lucky Cat Films and later George Clark Productions, securing a distribution arrangement with the larger Stoll Pictures.

George Clark
Photographic portrait of George Clark, published in The Picture Show, 6 March 1920.
Born	(1888-04-11)11 April 1888 Bromley, Kent United Kingdom
Died	21 December 1946(1946-12-21) (aged 58) London United Kingdom
Other names	George Clarke George Broome
Occupation(s)	Film actor Film producer
Years active	1919-1925 (producer)

After initially working out of a studio on Ebury Street in Central London, they raised finance to construct Beaconsfield Studios and work began in 1921. They opened the new studio the following year, but after being hit by the Slump of 1924 remained largely inactive for the rest of the decade. Clark later sold the studios to the British Lion Film Corporation in 1929.

Selected filmography

Producer

• Duke's Son (1920)
• Testimony (1920)
• The Bigamist (1921)
• The Persistent Lovers (1921)
• Boy Woodburn (1922)
• A Maid of the Silver Sea (1922)
• Fox Farm (1922)
• The Starlit Garden (1923)

Bibliography

• Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
• Warren, Patricia. British Film Studios: An Illustrated History. Batsford, 2001.

External links

• George Clark at IMDb