Henry Koster (1905–1988)

Director | Writer | Producer

Henry Koster was born Herman Kosterlitz in Berlin, Germany, on May 1, 1905. His maternal ...

Born: May 1, 1905
Died: September 21, 1988 (age 83)

Filmography

Known For

Harvey Director (1950)
The Robe Director (1953)
The Bishop's Wife Director (1947)
Known For

Three Smart Girls Director (1936)
Director

The Singing Nun (1966)
Dear Brigitte (1965)
Take Her, She's Mine (1963)
Marilyn (1963)
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
Flower Drum Song (1961)
The Story of Ruth (1960)
The Naked Maja (1958)
Fräulein (1958)
My Man Godfrey (1957)
The Power and the Prize (1956)
D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
The Virgin Queen (1955)
A Man Called Peter (1955)
Désirée (1954)
The Robe (1953)
My Cousin Rachel (1952)
Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Elopement (1951)
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)
No Highway in the Sky (1951)
Harvey (1950)
My Blue Heaven (1950)
Wabash Avenue (1950)
The Inspector General (1949)
Come to the Stable (1949)
The Luck of the Irish (1948)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
The Unfinished Dance (1947)
Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
Music for Millions (1944)
Between Us Girls (1942)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Spring Parade (1940)
First Love (1939)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
The Rage of Paris (1938)
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
Three Smart Girls (1936)
Catherine the Last (1936)
Affairs of Maupassant (1935)
Affairs of Maupassant (1935)
A csúnya lány (1935)
The Cross-Patch (1935)
Little Mother (1935)
Peter (1934)
The Private Secretary Gets Married (1933)
Director

Married by the Stork (1932)
Writer

Eine Handvoll Helden (1967)
Jane Eyre (1943)
Troopship (1937)
Affairs of Maupassant (1935)
Affairs of Maupassant (1935)
Ball im Savoy (1935)
L'or dans la rue (1934)
Moscow Nights (1934)
Polenblut (1934)
Der Fall Brenken (1934)
Hard Luck Mary (1934)
L'amour en cage (1934)
Die vertauschte Braut (1934)
Der Doppelgänger (1934)
The Tunnel (1933)
Weaker Sex (1933)
Toto (1933)
The Private Secretary Gets Married (1933)
Der Rebell (1932)
Coeurs joyeux (1932)
Zigeuner der Nacht (1932)
There Goes the Bride (1932)
Five from the Jazzband (1932)
El hombre que asesinó (1932)
Ich bleib bei Dir (1931)
Stamboul (1931)
Wer nimmt die Liebe ernst...? (1931)
Leichtsinnige Jugend (1931)
Seine Freundin Annette (1931)
La lettre (1931)
Le réquisitoire (1931)
Der Mann, der den Mord beging (1931)
L'homme qui assassina (1931)
Weib im Dschungel (1931)
Une femme a menti (1930)
The Last Company (1930)
Sündig und süß (1929)
Lost Illusions (1929)
Liebfraumilch (1929)
Hrích (1929)
The Last Fort (1929)
Eins + Eins = Drei (1927)
Kinderseelen klagen euch an (1927)
Prinz Louis Ferdinand (1927)
Wenn Menschen irren. Frauen auf Irrwegen (1926)
Orphan of Lowood (1926)
Die Dame aus Berlin (1925)
Writer

Die große Gelegenheit (1925)
Producer

Dear Brigitte (1965)
Take Her, She's Mine (1963)
Between Us Girls (1942)
First Love (1939)
Producer

The Rage of Paris (1938)
Archive footage

Oskar Pilzer - Die bewegte Geschichte der Wiener Filmateliers (2013)
Archive footage

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009)
Unwanted Cinema (2005)

Awards

Did You Know

In 1959, he was announced as director of a very large-scale project, the film version of Mary Renault's famous novel of Ancient Greece, "The King Must Die". The film was due to cost around $5,000,000, a huge amount then, and was to be filmed in ...

Quotes

I always was very much interested in religion, and I still am. I'm the only Jew, I think, who goes regularly to church. I've never been to temples, but then I wasn't brought up that way. My parents were not very good Jews. I never realized I was ...