Mini-Biography:
Lewis Milestone was born on September 30, 1895 in Chisinau/Odessa, Russland. He was an American Regisseur, known for All quiet on the western front (1930), No minor vices (1948), Ocean's eleven (1960), Lewis Milestone's first movie on record is from 1925. Lewis Milestone died on September 25, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA. His last motion picture on file dates from 1962.
Biographical Notes
Studium an der Universität Gand (Belgien), in USA seit 1913, Film seit 1915 als Aufnahmeleiter, Regieassistent und Editor (bei Thomas Ince, Mack Sennett und Henry King 1922/25), Regie seit 1925, von 1937-39 auch Theaterregie am Broadway.
Sein Meisterwerk bleibt der Antikriegsfilm "All quiet on the western front (1930).
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1962: Mutiny on the Bounty (Die Meuterei auf der Bounty) (Regisseur), Directed by Carol Reed, with Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris,
1960: Ocean's eleven (Frankie und seine Spiessgesellen) (Regisseur), with Richard Benedict, Joey Bishop, Ilka Chase,
1959: Pork chop Hill (Mit Blut geschrieben) (Regisseur), with Charles Aidman, John Alderman, Viraj Amonsin,
1953: They who dare (Regisseur), with Dirk Bogarde, Peter Burton, Kay Callard,
1953: Melba (La Valse de Monte-Carlo) (Regisseur), with Alec Clunes, Martita Hunt, John Justin,
1952: Les Misérables (La Vie de Jean Valjean) (Regisseur), with Merry Anders, Florence Bates, Edmund Gwenn,
1951: Kangaroo (Känguruh) (Regisseur), with Richard Boone, Reginald Collins, Clyde Combo,
1950: Halls of Montezuma (Die Hölle von Okinawa) (Regisseur), with Philip Ahn, Richard Boone, Neville Brand,
1949: The Red Pony (Gabilan, mein bester Freund) (Regisseur), with Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern,
1948: No minor vices (Eine Frau zuviel) (Regisseur), Directed by Jane Wyatt, with Dana Andrews, Bernard Gorcey, Louis Jourdan,
1948: Arch of Triumph (Regisseur), with Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton,
1946: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (Die seltsame Liebe der Martha Ivers) (Regisseur), with Judith Anderson, Roman Bohnen, Charles D. Brown,
1945: A walk in the sun (Landung in Salerno) (Regisseur), with Dana Andrews, Richard Benedict, Lloyd Bridges,
1944: The Purple Heart (Prisonniers du Satan) (Regisseur), with Dana Andrews, Donald 'Red' Barry, Tala Birell,
1943: Edge of Darkness (Aufstand in Trollness) (Regisseur), with Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston,
1942: The North Star (Regisseur), with Dana Andrews, Anne Baxter, Walter Brennan,
1941: Lucky Partners (Regisseur), with Leon Belasco, Spring Byington, Jack Carson,
1941: My Life with Caroline (Regisseur), with Ronald Colman, Reginald Gardiner, Anna Lee,
1940: The Nights of Nights (Regisseur), with Murray Alper, Olympe Bradna, Reginald Gardiner,
1939: Of mice and Men (Regisseur), with Granville Bates, Noah Berry jr., Charles Bickford,
1938: Castle in Spain (Regisseur),
1937: The General died at dawn (Le Général est mort à l'aube) (Regisseur), with Philip Ahn, Madeleine Carroll, Spencer Chan,
1936: Anything Goes (Regisseur), with Philip Ahn, Grace Bradley, Richard Carle,
1935: Paris in Spring (Regisseur), with Sam Ashe, James Blakely, Tullio Carminati,
1934: The Captain hates the Sea (Regisseur), with Luis Alberni, Tala Birell, Walter Catlett,
1933: Hallelujah I'm a Bum (Regisseur), with Tyler Brooke, Louise Calvert, Chester Conklin,
1932: Rain (Regisseur), with Beulah Bondi, Walter Catlett, Joan Crawford,
1931: Front Page (Regisseur), with Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian,
1930: All quiet on the western front (Im Westen nichts Neues) (Regisseur), with Ben Alexander, Richard Alexander, Poupée Andriot,
1929: The Betrayal (Regisseur), with Ann Brody, Gary Cooper, Paul Guertmann,
1929: New-York Nights (Regisseur), with Mary Doran, Jean Harlow, Roscoe Karns,
1928: The Racket (Regisseur), with Pat Collins, John Darrow, Sam de Grasse,
1928: The Garden of Eden (Der Garten Eden) (Regisseur), with Corinne Griffith, Louise Dresser, Lowell Sherman,
1928: Tempest (Wetterleuchten, Der Rote Sturm, Sturm) (Regisseur: (/xx/) ), Directed by Sam Taylor, Victor Tourjansky, with John Barrymore, Camilla Horn, Louis Wolheim,
1927: Two Arabian Knights (Regisseur), with William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim,
1927: The Betrayel (Regisseur), with Gary Cooper, Emil Jannings, Esther Ralston,
1926: The Cave Man (Regisseur), with Clive Brook, Phyllis Haver, Hedda Hopper,
1926: The New Klondike (Regisseur), with Louis Wolheim, Lila Lee, Thomas Meighan,
1925: Seven Sinners (Regisseur),
1925: Bobbed Hair (Drehbuch), Directed by Alan Crosland, with Dolores Costello, Helene Costello, Louise Fazenda,
Bibliography
Jean Mitry, Filmographie Universelle, Tome XIV, pg 3ff; John Willis, 1981 Film Annual, Screen World, Band 32