Louis F. Edelman

He produced 39 films between 1935 and 1952, including the Fred Astaire musical You Were Never Lovelier (1942) and the gangster classic White Heat (1949) starring James Cagney.He was also active in television, having produced such series as ABC's The Big Valley, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961) and NBC's sitcom set in Tin Pan Alley, Love and Marriage (1959–1960).He interrupted his education to enlist in the Navy and was sent to Annapolis Officers' Training School where he attained the rank of lieutenant JG.Thalberg asked that the theatre manager sit with him during the preview of a film that the studio was not pleased with—he wanted the opinion of a man who was used to audience reactions.Some of his credits include the definitive gangster film, White Heat, with Jimmy Cagney, for which Edelman received an Academy Award nomination in 1950, both as writer and producer.