Henry Koster
Henry Koster (May 1, 1905 – September 21, 1988), born Hermann Kosterlitz, was a German-born film director, who worked in Europe as well as in Hollywood. Although he never won an Oscar, Koster directed six different actors in Oscar-nominated performances.
In 1932, Koster directed his first film in Berlin, the comedy Thea Roland. In the midst of directing his second film Das häßliche Mädchen, Jewish Koster had been the subject of antisemitism, and knew he had to leave the country. He left Germany for France, where he was rehired by director Curtis Bernhardt, who had also fled. Eventually Koster went to Budapest, where he met and married Kató Király in 1934. There he also met Joe Pasternak, who represented Universal in Europe, and directed three films for him. Through his friend Gabriel Levy he ended up directing Dutch sound film De Kribbebijter, released internationally as The Cross-Patch, which proved a success both in the Netherlands - where it played in cinemas for no less than seven years - and in the UK. Soon after, Koster signed a deal with Universal Pictures in Hollywood and moved to the United States.
Although Koster did not speak English, he convinced the studio to let him make Three Smart Girls, for which he personally coached to-be star Deanna Durbin. This picture, a big success, pulled Universal out of bankruptcy. Koster's second Universal film, One Hundred Men and a Girl, also was successful. After this, Koster discovered Abbott and Costello at a nightclub in New York. He returned to Hollywood and convinced Universal to hire them. Their first picture was One Night in the Tropics; the female lead, Peggy Moran, became Koster's second wife in 1942.
Ironically, despite Koster's escape from Nazi Germany, when the United States entered World War II Koster was considered an enemy alien and had to stay in his house in the evening. Actor Charles Laughton would visit Koster and play chess with him. Nonetheless, Koster's postwar career proved equally successful. He was nominated for an Academy Award for The Bishop's Wife (1947). In 1950, he directed his biggest success: the James Stewart comedy Harvey. He directed Richard Burton's first U.S. film, My Cousin Rachel, and then in 1953, he was given The Robe, the first CinemaScope film. His last picture was The Singing Nun in 1965. Koster retired to Leisure Village in Camarillo, California, where he painted a series of portraits of the movie stars with whom he worked.
Fotos
Películas (82)
Unwanted Cinema
2005
Eine Handvoll Helden
1967 · Writer
The Singing Nun
1966 · Director
Dear Brigitte
1965 · Director, Producer
Take Her, She's Mine
1963 · Director, Producer
Marilyn
1963 · Director
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962 · Director
Flower Drum Song
1961 · Director
The Story of Ruth
1960 · Director
The Naked Maja
1958 · Director
Fraulein
1958 · Director
My Man Godfrey
1957 · Director
The Power and the Prize
1956 · Director
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956 · Director
Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955 · Director
The Virgin Queen
1955 · Director
A Man Called Peter
1955 · Director
Désirée
1954 · Director
The Robe
1953 · Director
My Cousin Rachel
1952 · Director
Stars and Stripes Forever
1952 · Director
O. Henry's Full House
1952 · Director
Elopement
1951 · Director
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951 · Director
No Highway in the Sky
1951 · Director
Harvey
1950 · Director
My Blue Heaven
1950 · Director
Wabash Avenue
1950 · Director
The Inspector General
1949 · Director
Come to the Stable
1949 · Director
The Luck of the Irish
1948 · Director
The Bishop's Wife
1947 · Director
The Unfinished Dance
1947 · Director
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 · Director
Music for Millions
1944 · Director
Between Us Girls
1942 · Director, Producer
It Started with Eve
1941 · Director
Spring Parade
1940 · Director
First Love
1939 · Director, Producer
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939 · Director
The Rage of Paris
1938 · Director, Producer
One Hundred Men and a Girl
1937 · Director
Farewell Again
1937 · Writer
Three Smart Girls
1936 · Director
Catherine the Last
1936 · Director
Affairs of Maupassant
1935 · Director, Writer
The Ugly Girl
1935 · Director
The Crosspatch
1935 · Director
Little Mother
1935 · Director
Ball at the Savoy
1935 · Writer
Peter
1934 · Director
The Switched Bride
1934 · Writer
The Double
1934 · Screenplay
Der Tunnel
1933 · Screenplay
Toto
1933 · Screenplay
The Private Secretary Gets Married
1933 · Director, Writer
Weaker Sex
1933 · Writer
The Rebel
1932 · Writer
Married by the Stork
1932 · Director
Happy Hearts
1932 · Screenplay
There Goes the Bride
1932 · Story
Five from the Jazzband
1932 · Writer
El hombre que asesinó
1932 · Writer
Stamboul
1931 · Screenplay
Who Takes Love Seriously?
1931 · Writer
Frivolous youth
1931 · Writer
His girlfriend Annette
1931 · Writer
The Indictment
1931 · Writer
The Man Who Committed the Murder
1931 · Screenplay
The Man Who Killed
1931 · Screenplay
Woman in the Jungle
1931 · Dialogue
Une femme a menti
1930 · Adaptation
The Last Company
1930 · Writer
Das letzte Fort
1929 · Screenplay
Sündig und süß
1929 · Writer
Liebfraumilch
1929 · Writer
Sündenfall
1929 · Screenplay
Eins + Eins = Drei
1927 · Writer
Children's Souls Accuse You
1927 · Writer, Screenplay
Prince Louis Ferdinand
1927 · Writer
Orphan of Lowood
1926 · Writer
Il diario di una donna amata
· Director
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