Maurice Silverstein
Maurice 'Red' Silverstein (1910–1999) was an American film executive who mostly worked at MGM.[1]
Biogrraphy
[edit]Silverstein began as a salesman for MGM in 1927. He worked for various studios, including 20th Centurt Fox and Universal before returning to MGM. Before World War Two he was head of MGM's operations in Southwest Asia. During the war he was chief of film distribution in Europe for OWI. In 1947 Silverstein was appointed head of MGM's South American markets. He later became the studio's liasion with indepedent producers, and then from 1960-70 was head of MGM international.[2] He left them to be head of production at Commonwealth United.
In the 1970s he went to work in sales raising money for The Stranger and the Gunfighter (1975).[3]
He produced the film The Swiss Conspiracy (1976).
Personal life
[edit]In August 1941 he married Betty Bryant, star of the Australian film Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940).[4]
He helped set up the international nongovernmental organization Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific (FSP), now called Counterpart International, a foundation for people in the South Pacific.[1]
Silverstein died on 6 September, 1999 after having been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. [5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Vallance, Tom (14 October 2005). "Betty Bryant". The Independent.
- ^ Feiwell, Jill (6 October 1999). "Maurice 'Red' Silverstein". Variety. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ "Eastern Western filmed". The Jersey Journal. 30 July 1974. p. 15.
- ^ "Australian Star Weds Film Executive". Daily Mirror. Vol. 1, no. 78. New South Wales, Australia. 9 August 1941. p. 2 (War News Edition). Retrieved 19 June 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Deaths Silverstein, Maurice". New York Times. 8 September 1999.