Max E. Youngstein (March 21, 1913, New York City – July 8, 1997) was an American film producer who worked for

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, where he formed United Artists Music and

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. He later became an independent film producer.

Biography

Youngstein was educated at Fordham University in New York and

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. He became the assistant director of Advertising and Publicity for

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ...

in 1941. In 1945 he created a Publicity and Promotion Department for the

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. After the war he worked for Stanley Kramer Productions then joined

Eagle-Lion Films Eagle-Lion Films was a British-American film production company owned by J. Arthur Rank intended to distribute British productions in the United States. In 1947, it acquired Robert R. Young's PRC Pictures, a small American production company, ...

as a vice-president where he met

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. In 1949 he became a vice-president of Paramount Pictures. In 1951, Youngstein joined

, Robert Benjamin, Arnold Picker and Bill Heineman in purchasing the then financially troubled United Artists studio from

Charles Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consid ...

and

Mary Pickford Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the US film industry, she co-founde ...

. None of the individuals placed their name on the studio's product. Retiring from United Artists in 1962, Youngstein formed his own production company, producing films such as ''

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'' (1964), '' The Money Trap'' (1965) and '' Welcome to Hard Times'' (1967).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Youngstein, Max E American film producers Film producers from California 1913 births 1997 deaths Businesspeople from Los Angeles 20th-century American Jews United Artists Records 20th-century American businesspeople Brooklyn Law School alumni