Aubrey Schenck(1908-1999)

Aubrey Schenck practiced law for seven years (1932-39) in New York City, connected with the legal department of 20th Century-Fox; he was also an assistant to Fox president Spyros P. Skouras, who was based in New York. Schenck wrote a story and submitted it to the studio, asking to be given the chance to produce the picture as well. When the resultant movie (Shock (1946) with Vincent Price) turned out well, Schenck went on to work on other Fox films, then shifted to newly-formed Eagle-Lion Pictures. In the 1950s, Schenck paired with Howard W. Koch and they began their own indie production company (Bel-Air), releasing their features through United Artists. Schenck and Koch later went their separate ways (Koch went to work for Frank Sinatra Enterprises), but Schenck stayed true to his adventure- and horror-picture roots, adding to his filmography such titles as Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964), Superbeast (1972), Daughters of Satan (1972), Ambush Bay (1966) and others.