Hannah Weinstein
| Hannah Weinstein | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Hannah Dorner June 23, 1911 New York |
| Died | March 9, 1984 (aged 72) New York |
| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation | television producer journalist publicist political activist |
| Children |
Paula Weinstein Lisa Weinstein Brest Dina Weinstein |
Hannah Weinstein (née Dorner; born 23 June 1911 in New York; died 9 March 1984 in New York) was an American journalist, publicist and left-wing political activist who moved to Britain and became a television producer. She is best known for having produced The Adventures of Robin Hood television series in the 1950s.
Born to a Jewish family, Weinstein worked for the New York Herald Tribune from 1927. In 1937, she joined Fiorello H. La Guardia's New York mayoral campaign. She was also involved in the presidential campaigns of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry Wallace.
In 1952, she moved to London to avoid the anti-Communist persecution and McCarthyism affecting the US at the time. There she established her own television production company, Sapphire Films, which made series for the British commercial ITV network. Weinstein created and executive produced The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955–59), starring Richard Greene. The series was sold to both British and American television through ITC Entertainment.
Weinstein hired American writers who had been blacklisted by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee hearings (Waldo Salt, Ring Lardner Jr., Ian McLellan Hunter and others), using pseudonyms, and instituted elaborate security measures to ensure that the writers' true identities remained secret. The success of Robin Hood led Weinstein to create a further four television series, The Buccaneers (1956–57), The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956-57), Sword of Freedom (1958-60) and The Four Just Men (1959) (as Hannah Fisher). Weinstein returned to America in 1962, and resumed her involvement in politics.
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