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William Forest Crouch

1904–1968

United States

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William Forest Crouch (January 16, 1904 – March 1968) was an American motion picture producer, director, writer, and film editor of the 1940s. He is best known for his Soundies musicals filmed for coin-operated movie jukeboxes, and for a few musical features with all-African-American casts, such as Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947). Crouch was born in Boone, Iowa, and as a young man he became interested in the motion picture industry.

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