Maurice Silverstein

Maurice 'Red' Silverstein was an American film executive who mostly worked at MGM.

Biography

Silverstein began as a salesman for MGM in 1927. He worked for various studios, including 20th Century Fox and Universal before returning to MGM. Before World War II he was the 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 liaison with independent producers, and then from 1960-1970 was head of MGM international. 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.
He produced the film The Swiss Conspiracy.

Personal life

In August 1941, he married Betty Bryant, star of the Australian film Forty Thousand Horsemen.
He helped set up the international nongovernmental organization Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific, now called Counterpart International, a foundation for people in the South Pacific.
Silverstein died on 6 September, 1999 after having been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.