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- Henry Ginsberg was born on May 8, 1897 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Giant (1956), Before Midnight (1925) and Flying Fists (1924). He died on June 10, 1979 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
- Was Vice President in charge of production at Paramount Pictures (1944-1950) before he produced Giant (1956) for Warner Bros.
- Owned film distribution company Henry Ginsberg Distributing Corp., of New York City, formed in 1925.
- As general manager of Hal Roach Studios from 1931 to 1936, Ginsberg acquired an unsavory reputation as a hatchet man. His ruthless cost-cutting, penchant for intrigue, and insistence that the Roach comedies could always be produced faster and cheaper, made him a feared and hated figure in the otherwise genial atmosphere of Roach's "Lot of Fun". Ginsberg particularly did not get along with comedian Stan Laurel, who nicknamed him "The Expediter".
- General manager of Selznick International Pictures from 1936 to 1944.
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