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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 .
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).
Lewis Milestone was a Russian-born American film director who was especially known for his realistic dramas, many of which were literary adaptations. His most-notable films include All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), A Walk in the Sun (1945), and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).
On the biggest night of his life, Lewis Milestone skipped the party. While a glamorous crowd of Hollywood celebrities gathered for the hotly anticipated premiere of his film All Quiet on the Western Front at the Carthay Circle Theater on April 21, 1930, the young director sped eastward on a train bound for New York.
All Quiet on the Western Front: Directed by Lewis Milestone. With Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy. A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
Jul 27, 2010 · Lewis Milestone (1895–1980) was born Lev Milstein near Odessa, Ukraine. He immigrated to America in 1913 and served in the photographic unit of the Army Signal Corps during World War I. He began working in Hollywood in 1919, and directed his first film in 1925. Even before his Oscar for All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), he had won a ...
Dec 10, 2019 · A biography of the Oscar-winning director and a study of his acclaimed films, like All Quiet on the Western Front, The Front Page, and Of Mice and Men. This comprehensive biography is the first to present Lewis Milestone’s remarkable life—a classic rags-to-riches American narrative—in full and explores his many acclaimed films from the silent to the sound era.
