12 Facts About Oswald Stoll

Sir Oswald Stoll was an Australian-born British theatre manager and the co-founder of the Stoll Moss Group theatre company.

Oswald Stoll owned Cricklewood Studios and film production company Stoll Pictures, which was one of the leading British studios of the silent era.

At a young age, Oswald Stoll left school to help his mother, Adelaide, manage first the Parthenon music hall in Liverpool, and later a regional theatre company.

Oswald Stoll was a success, and Stoll began to buy or build city theatres.

Oswald Stoll continued to honour the roots of his business by installing his mother in each new box office, so she could take the first ticket sale.

Particularly associated with director Maurice Elvey, Oswald Stoll's company maintained a connection with the film industry until 1938 when the Cricklewood studio was closed.

Oswald Stoll worked with the theatre architect Frank Matcham on several theatres, including:.

An old soldiers' home named Sir Oswald Stoll mansions based in Fulham Broadway London still continues to house disabled ex-servicemen and women.

Oswald Stoll married his first wife, Harriet Lewis, in Cardiff in 1892, and they had one daughter.

Harriet died in 1902, and Oswald Stoll married Millicent Shaw the following year.

Lady Stoll became President of the Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation following her husband's death.

Oswald Stoll died on 9 January 1942 at his home in Putney, 33 Putney Hill.