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Sidney Henry Cole (31 October 1908 – 25 January 1998) was a British film and television producer and editor. Cole was educated at the LSE, and entered the film industry as a scenario reader for Stoll Picture Productions,〔Brian McFarlane (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'', London: BFI/Methuen, 2003, p.129〕 a company founded by Sir Oswald Stoll.〔Brian McFarlane (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'', London: BFI/Methuen, 2003, p.641〕 A longstanding friend of director Thorold Dickinson, he edited Dickinson's ''The High Command'' (1936) and ''Gaslight'' (1940) and Alberto Cavalcanti's ''Went the Day Well?'' (1942). Cavalcanti was "a joy" to work with and later in his life Cole remained pleased with his work on the film, stating that it was "very tightly edited by me".〔(BECTU interview of Cole conducted by Alan Lawson (1987) ) as reproduced on the BFI screenonline website〕 The longest portion of Cole's career though was as a producer, initially credited as an associate producer, for Ealing Studios (where he was employed for eleven years)〔 and the television production company ITC. For ITC he produced ''Danger Man'' (1964–67) and ''Man in a Suitcase'' (1967–68). Later he supervised ''The Adventures of Black Beauty'' (1972–74) and ''Dick Turpin'' (1979–82) for London Weekend Television, the latter via the Gatetarn company he founded with Richard Carpenter and Paul Knight.〔Alistair McGown ("Carpenter, Richard (1933-2012)" ), BFI screenonline website〕 Sidney Cole was politically engaged through much of his career. He was involved in making documentaries on the Spanish Civil War with Dickinson〔Ann Ogidi (Cole, Sidney (1908-1998) ), BFI scereenonline page〕 and employed blacklisted American writers on ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', a series whose executive producer Hannah Weinstein had herself chosen exile in London because of McCarthyism. With Peter Proud, Cole founded the ACTT union.〔 ==Selected filmography== * ''Midshipman Easy'' (editor, 1935) * ''Secret People'' (producer, 1952) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sidney Cole」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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