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He started Sturt Stross Film Productions in 1937 becoming the second youngest director-producer in the country at the time. His company's firs production was a film called ''The Show's the Thing''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/school/files/abingdonian/1937_Easter_V007_N019.pdf#page=9|title=OA Notes Easter 1937|publisher=The Abingdonian}}</ref> He also directed the 1937 film ''[[The Reverse Be My Lot]]''. By 1951 he owned a chain of theatres as well as being a producer.<ref name=nyt-obituary/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/school/files/abingdonian/1951_January_V009_N010.pdf#page=39|title=OA Notes January 1951|publisher=The Abingdonian}}</ref> |
He started Sturt Stross Film Productions in 1937 becoming the second youngest director-producer in the country at the time. His company's firs production was a film called ''The Show's the Thing''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/school/files/abingdonian/1937_Easter_V007_N019.pdf#page=9|title=OA Notes Easter 1937|publisher=The Abingdonian}}</ref> He also directed the 1937 film ''[[The Reverse Be My Lot]]''. By 1951 he owned a chain of theatres as well as being a producer.<ref name=nyt-obituary/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abingdon.org.uk/uploads/school/files/abingdonian/1951_January_V009_N010.pdf#page=39|title=OA Notes January 1951|publisher=The Abingdonian}}</ref> Ray Stiles, bassist with Mud and The Hollies, called himself Stross in tribute. |
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==Personal life== |
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Revision as of 15:20, 19 June 2020
Raymond Stross | |
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| Born | 22 May 1916 |
| Died | 31 July 1988 (aged 72) Beverly Hills, California, United States |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | Mark Stross (b. 1963) |
Raymond Stross (1916–1988) was a British film producer.[1][2]
Early life and education
Stross was born on the 22 May 1916 in Leeds. He was educated at Abingdon School from 1929 until 1933 and was a member of the second XV rugby team.[3]
Film
He started Sturt Stross Film Productions in 1937 becoming the second youngest director-producer in the country at the time. His company's firs production was a film called The Show's the Thing[4] He also directed the 1937 film The Reverse Be My Lot. By 1951 he owned a chain of theatres as well as being a producer.[2][5] Ray Stiles, bassist with Mud and The Hollies, called himself Stross in tribute.
Personal life
He was married to Anne Heywood and had a son and daughter.[2] He died in 1988 at his home in Beverly Hills, California.[2]
Selected filmography
Producer
- The Tall Headlines (1952)
- As Long as They're Happy (1955)
- An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
- Jumping for Joy (1956)
- The Flesh Is Weak (1957)
- The Angry Hills (1959)
- The Brain (1962)
- The Very Edge (1963)
- The Leather Boys (1964)
- Ninety Degrees in the Shade (1965)
- The Fox (1967)
- Midas Run (1969)
- I Want What I Want (1972)
- Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
See also
References
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ a b c d "Raymond Stross, Producer, 72". New York Times.
- ^ "Salvete" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
- ^ "OA Notes Easter 1937" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
- ^ "OA Notes January 1951" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
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