Deutsch, Oscar (1893–1941), cinema owner and film exhibitor, was born on 12 August 1893 at Balsall Heath, Birmingham, the son of Leopold Deutsch (d. 1904), a scrap metal merchant, and his wife, Leah Cohen. His parents were both Jewish, and immigrants: his mother from ...
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Ostrer, Isidore (1889–1975), financier and film producer, was born in the East End of London on 17 June 1889, the third surviving son of Nathan Ostrer (d. 1932), a jeweller's salesman, and his wife, Francesca (Fanny; d. 1932). His father had left ...
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Woolf, Charles Moss (1879–1942), film producer and distributor, was born at 54 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London, on 10 July 1879, the son of Jonas Woolf, a Jewish furrier, and his wife, Rosetta (Rose) Hyman. He had two brothers and seven sisters. After leaving school he began work in the family firm, ...
