30.12.1901, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany  †  1981

A painter's son, he joined the German production company UFA in 1920, and the following year became personal assistant to Ernst Lubitsch. He accompanied Lubitsch to the US, assisting on the production of his films between 1922 and 1926. Blanke then briefly returned to Germany to act as production manager of Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS.

He worked for Warner Bros. in Hollywood (1927-28), headed their production in Germany (1928-30), their foreign production in Hollywood (1930-31), and finally supervised their American output (1931-32). He became  in 1933, turning out a great many important films on the Warners lot, often with the title of production supervisor under Hal B. Wallis.

Filmografie

1933   BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS      

1933   FEMALE        

1933   LADY KILLER 

1933   MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM   

1934   FASHIONS/FASHIONS OF 1934      

1934   MADAME DU BARRY  

1935   THE CASE OF THE LUCKY LEGS     

1935   THE GIRL FROM 10TH AVENUE      

1935   A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM     

1935   THE SECRET BRIDE  

1936   ANTHONY ADVERSE 

1936   THE GREEN PASTURES       

1936   THE PETRIFIED FOREST

1936   THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR    

1937   CONFESSION 

1937   THE GREEN LIGHT    

1937   THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA   

1938   THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD

1938   FOUR DAUGHTERS   

1938   JEZEBEL       

1939   DAUGHTERS COURAGEOUS  

1939   FOUR WIVES 

1939   JUAREZ        

1939   THE OLD MAID        

1939   WE ARE NOT ALONE 

1940   A DISPATCH FROM REUTERS         

1940   SATURDAY'S CHILDREN      

1940   THE SEA HAWK       

1941   BLUES IN THE NIGHT

1941   THE GREAT LIE       

1941   HONEYMOON FOR THREE    

1941   THE MALTESE FALCON 

1941   THE SEA WOLF       

1942   THE GAY SISTERS   

1943   THE CONSTANT NYMPH      

1943   EDGE OF DARKNESS 

1943   OLD ACQUAINTANCE

1944   THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS   

1945   ROUGHLY SPEAKING 

1946   DECEPTION   

1946   MY REPUTATION     

1946   OF HUMAN BONDAGE

1947   CRY WOLF    

1947   DEEP VALLEY

1948   JUNE BRIDE   

1948   THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE    

1948   WINTER MEETING    

1948   THE WOMAN IN WHITE      

1949   BEYOND THE FOREST        

1949   THE FOUNTAINHEAD

1950   BRIGHT LEAF 

1951   COME FILL THE CUP 

1951   LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE

1951   TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY       

1952   THE IRON MISTRESS

1952   ROOM FOR ONE MORE/THE EASY WAY     

1953   SHE'S BACK ON BROADWAY

1953   SO BIG         

1954   KING RICHARD AND THE CRUSADERS        

1954   PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE    

1954   YOUNG AT HEART    

1955   THE MCCONNELL STORY     

1956   GOOD-BYE, MY LADY

1956   SERENADE    

1958   TOO MUCH, TOO SOON      

1959   CASH MCCALL         

1959   THE MIRACLE

1959   THE NUN'S STORY   

1959   WESTBOUND 

1960   ICE PALACE  

1961   THE SINS OF RACHEL CADE