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Boris Morros(1891-1963)

  • Music Department
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Boris Morros
Boris Morros was born on 1 January 1891 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was a producer and writer, known for Stagecoach (1939), Souls at Sea (1937) and The General Died at Dawn (1936). He died on 8 January 1963 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornJanuary 1, 1891
DiedJanuary 8, 1963(72)
BornJanuary 1, 1891
DiedJanuary 8, 1963(72)
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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars
    • 3 nominations total

Known for

Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach
7.8
  • Music Department
  • 1939
Gary Cooper, Olympe Bradna, Frances Dee, George Raft, and Henry Wilcoxon in Souls at Sea (1937)
Souls at Sea
6.8
  • Music Department
  • 1937
Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll in The General Died at Dawn (1936)
The General Died at Dawn
6.5
  • Music Department
  • 1936
Ray Milland, Bob Burns, Dorothy Lamour, and Martha Raye in Tropic Holiday (1938)
Tropic Holiday
5.4
  • Music Department
  • 1938

Credits

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Music Department

  • John Howard in Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
    Texas Rangers Ride Again
    6.0
    • musical director
    • 1940
  • Anthony Quinn, Louise Campbell, Richard Denning, William Henry, John Marston, and Robert Paige in Emergency Squad (1940)
    Emergency Squad
    5.9
    • musical director
    • 1940
  • Judith Barrett and William Henry in Television Spy (1939)
    Television Spy
    5.9
    • musical director (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • J. Carrol Naish and Anna May Wong in Island of Lost Men (1939)
    Island of Lost Men
    5.9
    • musical director (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • William Boyd, Sonny Bupp, Russell Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hopton, and Charlotte Wynters in Renegade Trail (1939)
    Renegade Trail
    6.6
    • musical director
    • 1939
  • Helen Twelvetrees in Unmarried (1939)
    Unmarried
    6.5
    • musical director
    • 1939
  • Ellen Drew and George Raft in The Lady's from Kentucky (1939)
    The Lady's from Kentucky
    6.1
    • musical director (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • William Boyd, Russell Hayden, and George 'Gabby' Hayes in Silver on the Sage (1939)
    Silver on the Sage
    6.9
    • musical director
    • 1939
  • Marjorie Rambeau and Charles Ruggles in Sudden Money (1939)
    Sudden Money
    5.8
    • musical director
    • 1939
  • Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)
    Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
    6.1
    • musical director
    • 1939
  • Ray Milland and Isa Miranda in Hotel Imperial (1939)
    Hotel Imperial
    6.8
    • musical director
    • 1939
  • J. Carrol Naish, Akim Tamiroff, and Anna May Wong in King of Chinatown (1939)
    King of Chinatown
    6.3
    • musical director
    • 1939
  • Bob Hope, Andy Devine, and Martha Raye in Never Say Die (1939)
    Never Say Die
    6.8
    • musical director
    • 1939
  • Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray in Cafe Society (1939)
    Cafe Society
    6.3
    • musical director
    • 1939
  • Patricia Morison and J. Carrol Naish in Persons in Hiding (1939)
    Persons in Hiding
    6.4
    • musical director
    • 1939

Producer

  • A Tale of Five Women (1951)
    A Tale of Five Women
    5.3
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Le trésor de Cantenac (1950)
    Le trésor de Cantenac
    6.2
    • executive producer
    • 1950
  • Carnegie Hall (1947)
    Carnegie Hall
    6.4
    • producer
    • 1947
  • Tales of Manhattan (1942)
    Tales of Manhattan
    7.3
    • producer
    • 1942
  • Fred Astaire in Second Chorus (1940)
    Second Chorus
    5.7
    • producer
    • 1940
  • The Flying Deuces (1939)
    The Flying Deuces
    6.7
    • producer
    • 1939

Writer

  • Ernest Borgnine, Colleen Dewhurst, and Kerwin Mathews in Man on a String (1960)
    Man on a String
    6.2
    • book "Ten Years a Counterspy"
    • 1960

Personal details

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  • Born
    • January 1, 1891
    • St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Died
    • January 8, 1963
    • New York City, New York, USA(undisclosed)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography

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  • Trivia
    Short, pudgy Russian-born independent producer, composer and musical director, in the U.S. from 1922. He worked for a number of years in Hollywood for Paramount. Morros was revealed as a Soviet spy (recruited in 1934 and code-named "Frost") and FBI double agent (from 1947), courtesy of his 1957 published memoirs, entitled "Ten Years a Counterspy". This was filmed in 1960 as "Man on a String" with Ernest Borgnine in the role of Morros.

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