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 La Chevauchée fantastique (1939), Âmes à la mer (1937) and Le général est mort à l'aube (1936). He died on 8 January 1963 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 3 nominations total

Known for

John Wayne and Claire Trevor in La Chevauchée fantastique (1939)

La Chevauchée fantastique

7.8

Music Department

1939

Gary Cooper and George Raft in Âmes à la mer (1937)

Âmes à la mer

6.8

Music Department

1937

Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, and Akim Tamiroff in Le général est mort à l'aube (1936)

Le général est mort à l'aube

6.4

Music Department

1936

Ray Milland, Bob Burns, Dorothy Lamour, and Martha Raye in La belle de Mexico (1938)

La belle de Mexico

5.4

Music Department

1938

Credits

Music Department

Le Retour des Texas Rangers
6.0
- musical director
- 1940
Emergency Squad
5.9
- musical director
- 1940
Television Spy
5.9
- musical director (uncredited)
- 1939
Island of Lost Men
5.9
- musical director (uncredited)
- 1939
Renegade Trail
6.6
- musical director
- 1939
Le retour du gangster
6.5
- musical director
- 1939
The Lady's from Kentucky
6.1
- musical director (uncredited)
- 1939
Le cavalier de l'Arizona
6.9
- musical director
- 1939
Sudden Money
5.8
- musical director
- 1939
La Police privée de Bulldog Drummond
6.1
- musical director
- 1939
Hotel Imperial
6.7
- musical director
- 1939
King of Chinatown
6.3
- musical director
- 1939
Never Say Die
6.8
- musical director
- 1939
Café Society
6.3
- musical director
- 1939
Le parfum de la dame traquée
6.4
- musical director
- 1939

Producer

Writer

Personal details

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

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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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