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Though Milestone is the film's sole credited director, Byron Haskin temporarily took over directorial duties during production while Milestone participated in a Hollywood set decorators' strike, and the film's producer, Hal B. Wallis, also directed reshoots with Milestone's approval.
Lewis Milestone (born Leib Milstein (Russian: Лейб Мильштейн); September 30, 1895 – September 25, 1980) was an American film director. Milestone directed Two Arabian Knights (1927) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), both of which received the Academy Award for Best Director.He also directed The Front Page (1931), The General Died at Dawn (1936), Of Mice and Men (1939 ...
7 de may. de 2024 · Early work. After immigrating to the United States in 1913, Milstein eventually changed his name to Lewis Milestone and became a U.S. citizen. During World War I he served as an assistant director on training films for the U.S. Army. He launched his Hollywood career in 1920, working for Henry King.In 1925 Milestone made his directorial debut with Seven Sinners; he also wrote the screenplay.
Trayectoria. Lev Milstein nació en la región de Besarabia, del antiguo Imperio Ruso (entre Ucrania y Moldavia), de una familia de religión judía, y muy joven se trasladó a los Estados Unidos, en 1912 donde cambió su nombre definitivamente a Lewis Milestone.Allí se ganó la vida con diferentes oficios hasta el comienzo de la Primera Guerra Mundial, cuando se alistó en el ejército y ...
LEWIS MILESTONE. (1895-1980) Director del Hollywood clásico, ganador de dos Premios Oscar, Lewis Milestone (de apellido real Milstein) nació en la localidad de Chisinau (Moldavia) el 30 de septiembre del año 1895. En su temprana adolescencia se trasladó a los Estados Unidos.
30 de jul. de 2020 · Milestone. Lewis Milestone helped legitimize the earlier talkies in the 1930’s- specifically with his big movie- All Quiet on the Western Front (for years held as one of the all-time great films). Milestone is an important figure to this time of transition in cinema’s history (when many, if not most, thought (and still do) that silent cinema was vastly superior). He’s important to the ...
Lewis Milestone. Director: All Quiet on the Western Front. Lewis Milestone, a clothing manufacturer's son, was born in Bessarabia (now Moldova), raised in Odessa (Ukraine) and educated in Belgium and Berlin (where he studied engineering). He was fluent in both German and Russian and an avid reader. Milestone had an affinity for the theatre from an early age, starting as a prop man and ...
