Maurice Ostrer
English financier and film producer

Maurice Ostrer

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English financier and film producer
Gender:
Male
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United KingdomGreat BritainEngland
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Film producerFinancier
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Film, TV, Stage & RadioFinance
Birth:
1896
Death:
1975
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Maurice Ostrer (1896-1975) was a British film executive. He was best known for overseeing the Gainsborough melodramas. He was head of production at Gainsborough Studios from 1943-46. He resigned from the studio in 1946 after a disagreement with J. Arthur Rank who had taken over the studio.

He left the film industry and went to work in textiles.

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As Head of Production

  • Ask a Policeman (1939)
  • Where's That Fire? (1939)
  • For Freedom (1940)
  • Gasbags (1940)
  • Night Train to Munich (1940)
  • [Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt]] (1940)
  • Band Waggon (1940)
  • Cottage to Let (1941)
  • Hi, Gang! (1941)
  • Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (1941)
  • The Ghost Train (1941)
  • The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
  • Uncensored (1942)
  • Back-Room Boy (1942)
  • Miss London Ltd (1943)
  • Millions Like Us (1943)
  • The Man in Grey (1943)
  • We Dive at Dawn (1943)
  • Madonna of the Seven Moons (1944)
  • Fanny By Gaslight (1944)
  • Two Thousand Women (1944)
  • Victory Wedding (1944)
  • Love Story (1944)
  • Give Us the Moon (1944)
  • Bees in Paradise (1944)

Executive Producer

  • They Were Sisters (1945)
  • The Wicked Lady (1945)
  • I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945)
  • The Magic Bow (1946)
  • Caravan (1946)
  • The Root of All Evil (1947)
  • Idol of Paris (1948)