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Henry Koster

Highest Rated: 91% The Inspector General (1949)

Lowest Rated: 20% Desiree (1954)

Birthday: May 1, 1905

Birthplace: Berlin, Germany

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.

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Highest-Rated Movies

91% 79% The Inspector General
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88% 54% 100 Men and a Girl
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88% 93% Harvey
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86% 51% Three Smart Girls
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85% 81% The Bishop's Wife
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80% 69% Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
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79% 72% Flower Drum Song
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67% 29% The Unfinished Dance
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60% 85% A Man Called Peter
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60% 74% My Cousin Rachel
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Henry Koster

Henry Koster MY MAN GODFREY, from left, Matha Hyer, director Henry Koster, 1957 IT STARTED WITH EVE, producer Joe Pasternak, director Henry Koster on set, 1941 MUSIC FOR MILLIONS, Margaret O'Brien is helped with her doll house furniture by director Henry Koster on set, 1944 MY MAN GODFREY, from left, director Henry Koster, June Allyson, producer Ross Hunter, 1957 THE VIRGIN QUEEN, director Henry Koster, Lisa Daniels, Bette Davis, Joan Collins on set, 1955, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. MY MAN GODFREY, from left, director Henry Koster, watching David Niven get an adjustment from makeup man Jack Kevan, 1957 MY MAN GODFREY, from left, director Henry Koster, David Niven, Jay Robinson, June Allyson, 1957 MY MAN GODFREY, from left, June Allyson, director Henry Koster, 1957 MY MAN GODFREY, from left, director Henry Koster, David Niven, producer Ross Hunter, 1957 View more photos

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Unwanted Cinema 2005 Self The Singing Nun 59% 1966 Director Dear Brigitte 53% 1965 Director, Producer Take Her, She's Mine 67% 1963 Director, Producer Marilyn 1963 Director Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation 80% 69% 1962 Director Flower Drum Song 79% 72% 1961 Director The Story of Ruth 72% 1960 Director The Naked Maja 14% 1959 Director Fraulein 1958 Director My Man Godfrey 52% 1957 Director The Power and the Prize 50% 1956 Director D-Day, the Sixth of June 36% 1956 Director Good Morning, Miss Dove 59% 1955 Director The Virgin Queen 65% 1955 Director A Man Called Peter 60% 85% 1955 Director Desiree 20% 68% 1954 Director The Robe 38% 69% 1953 Director O. Henry's Full House 68% 1952 Director My Cousin Rachel 60% 74% 1952 Director Stars and Stripes Forever 78% 1952 Director Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell 1951 Director Elopement 1951 Director No Highway in the Sky 68% 1951 Director Wabash Avenue 1950 Director
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