John Sutro

For the American football player, see John Sutro (American football).

John Sutro (23 April 1903 – 18 June 1985) was a British film producer. He produced seven films between 1941 and 1951. He was a member of the jury at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.^[1]

John Sutro
Railway Club at Oxford. Left to right, back: Henry Yorke, Roy Harrod, Henry Weymouth, David Plunket Greene, Harry Stavordale, Brian Howard. Middle row: Michael Rosse, John Sutro, Hugh Lygon, Harold Acton, Bryan Guinness, Patrick Balfour, Mark Ogilvie-Grant, Johnny Drury-Lowe; front: porters.
Born	(1903-04-23)23 April 1903 London, England
Died	18 June 1985(1985-06-18) (aged 82) Monte Carlo, Monaco
Occupation	Film producer
Years active	1925–1967

Education

At Oxford Sutro conceived the Railway Club, which was dominated by Harold Acton. The other members included: Henry Yorke, Roy Harrod, Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath, David Plunket Greene, Edward Henry Charles James Fox-Strangways, 7th Earl of Ilchester, Brian Howard, Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse, Hugh Lygon, Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross, Mark Ogilvie-Grant, John Drury-Lowe and Evelyn Waugh.^[2]

Personal life

He was a close friend of the Mitford sisters and was a regular part of the group of artists and intellectuals with whom they regularly associated in the 1920s and 1930s.^[3] Sutro was Jewish.^[4]

Filmography

• 49th Parallel (1941)
• The Way Ahead (1944)
• Men of Two Worlds (1946)
• Carnival (1946)
• Children of Chance (1949)
• Her Favourite Husband (1950)
• Honeymoon Deferred (1951)
• Cheer the Brave (1951)