Irving Asher
American film producer (1903-1985)
Irving Asher was an American film producer. Born in San Francisco in September 1903, he began his film production career in Hollywood in 1919. After joining the staff of Warner Brothers he was sent over to England as the managing director of their subsidiary Teddington Studios in Middlesex in the mid-1930s. Flynn played his first significant part as the lead in the now-lost Murder at Monte Carlo (1935), which was produced by Asher. Asher went on to join Alexander Korda's London Film Productions where he worked on the epic The Four Feathers (1939). Subsequently, he returned to Hollywood to work as a producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he earned his only Academy Award nomination for the 1941 Greer Garson film Blossoms in the Dust.
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 5 films (1932–1953) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 7 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Don't be a dummy | Frank Richardson | B&W | |||
| 1932 | Out of the past. | Vitaphone Corp. | 1 reel | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1942 | Mr. And Mrs. North. | John W. Loveton. | 30 min. | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1950s | THE TURNING POINT | MONARCH MACHINE TOOL COMPANY | 85 min | Color & B&W | ||
| 1953 | The Stars Are Singing. | Paramount Pictures Corp. | 99 min. | 35mm | B&W | sound |