Maxwell Setton
Maxwell Setton (born 24 October 1909, date of death unknown) was a British film producer, notably active in the 1950s.[1] He was born in Cairo[2] to British parents and studied law, becoming a barrister.
In 1937, he became legal adviser to Mayflower Productions, the production company of Charles Laughton and Erich Pommer. After serving in the war, he became an assistant to Lord Archibald, who was managing Independent Producers Ltd.
After a few years, he set up as a producer with Aubrey Baring and they made movies for a newly organised Mayflower Productions, releasing through Rank.[3] They produced seven films together, predominantly adventure films set outside Britain written by Robert Westerby. Setton then set up his own company, Marksman Films, whose first film was Twist of Fate (1954).
In 1956 it was announced Setton would run the production company of Donna Reed and Tony Owen, Todon, to make six films, starting with The Nylon Web by Westerby.[4] It ended up becoming Town on Trial.[5] However no films resulted. Neither did a proposed biopic of Joseph Conrad.[6]
He made a number of films for Mike Frankovitch's company, Frankovitch Productions, who released through Columbia Pictures. He worked with Ken Hughes and John Guillermin a number of times.[7]
He helped establish Bryanston Films.[8]
In 1964 he was appointed head of European production for Columbia. The following year he became a vice-president of Columbia as well.[9] In 1969 he resigned and announced he was returning to film production with three properties for Columbia: Caravan to Vaccarès by Alistair MacLean, Those Who Walk Away by Patricia Highsmith and Rosy is My Relative by Gerald Durrell.[10][11] In January 1970 he became Paramount's vice president in charge of foreign production.[12][13]
Selected filmography
[edit | edit source]Mayflower Films, with Aubrey Baring
[edit | edit source]- The Spider and the Fly (1949)
- Cairo Road (1950)
- The Adventurers (1951) aka Fortune in Diamonds, The Great Adventure
- So Little Time (1952)
- Raiders in the Sky aka Appointment in London (1953)
- The Golden Mask aka South of Algiers (1953)
- They Who Dare (1954)
Marksman
[edit | edit source]- Twist of Fate (1954 film) (1954) (U.S. Beautiful Stranger)
- Keep It Clean (1956)
- Town on Trial (1957)
- The Long Haul (1957)
- I Was Monty's Double (1958) aka Hell, Heaven or Hoboken
Frankovich Productions
[edit | edit source]- Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
- Thunderstorm (1956)
- Wicked as They Come (1956)
Other
[edit | edit source]- The Man Who Never Was (1956) - for 20th Century Fox
- Web of Evidence (1958) aka Beyond this Place
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ McFarlane, Brian (28 February 2014). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. pp. 688-689; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ "Maxwell Setton: Interview notes". The History Project. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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- ^ Schallert, E. (1956, May 26). "Drama" Los Angeles Times
- ^ A.H. WEILER. (1957, Dec 22). "BY WAY OF REPORT" New York Times. Accessed 4 October 2022.
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- ^ "Columbia pictures elects" (1965, Nov 08). New York Times
- ^ By, A. H. W. (1969, July 15). [ "Roth's 'letting go' heads for filming"] New York Times
- ^ Martin, B. (1969, Oct 31). "Stars announced for roles in 'El condor'" Los Angeles Times
- ^ "Italian honor presented to bluhdor" (1971, Jul 10). Los Angeles Times
- ^ By A.H. WEILER. (1970, Jan 02). "'69 a bad year for good films, Catholic movie office finds" New York Times
External links
[edit | edit source]- Maxwell Setton at IMDb
- Maxwell Setton at the BFI
- Maxwell Setton interview at British Entertainment History Project.
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