Henry Koster

AKA:
Hermann Kosterlitz
Nationality:
German
Birthdate:
05/01/1905
Birthplace:
Berlin, Germany
Death Date:
09/21/1988
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biography
Flexible studio talent who began his career as a critic, becoming a scenarist in 1926 and a director in 1932. Leaving Germany the year Hitler took power, Koster made several films in Europe before going to Hollywood. His US debut with "Three Smart Girls" (1937), the first in a series of Deanna Durbin vehicles, was a resounding success and helped bolster the straitened Universal studios.

Koster is perhaps best known for the charming "Harvey" (1950), in which James Stewart played opposite an invisible six-foot rabbit; he also directed the rather stodgy but well-remembered "The Robe" (1953), Continued

milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Immigrated to USA via France
1924 
Screenwriting debut
1932 
Directing debut with "Das Abenteuer der Thea Roland"
1933 
Moved to France
1937 
US directing debut "Three Smart Girls"
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