Maurice Ostrer

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.^[1]

He left the film industry and went to work in textiles.^[2]

Select Credits

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)

References

1. MR. M. OSTRER RESIGNS: "Difference with the Rank Organisation" The Manchester Guardian (1901-1959) [Manchester (UK)] 30 Apr 1946: 6.
2. New chairmen on top, U.K. textile industry on bottom The Irish Times (1921-Current File) [Dublin, Ireland] 22 Dec 1975: 14.

External links

• Maurice Ostrer at IMDB
• Maurice Ostrer at British Film Institute
• Maurice Ostrer at BFI Screenonline
• Maurice Ostrer at Britmovie