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Arch Oboler was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, producer, and director who was active in radio, films, theater, and television. He is best known for his horror series Lights Out, his anti-fascist messages, and his innovative sound effects.
Arch Oboler (1909-1987) was a prolific and versatile American writer, director and producer of radio, TV and film. He created and wrote for the classic horror series Lights Out and Bwana Devil, the first 3-D movie.
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- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Westlake Village, California, USA
- 's Plays 1939-04-01 (2) Mirage - 29:44.
- 's Plays 1939-04-15 (4) The Ways of Men; Past, Present and Future - 30:07.
- 's Plays 1939-04-29 (6) The Cliff - 29:17.
- 's Plays 1939-05-06 (7) Engulfed Cathedral - 30:43.
Oboler commissioned a residence, near Malibu, California, from his friend Frank Lloyd Wright, named Eaglefeather—never completed and now called The Arch Oboler Complex. Arch and Eleanor had four sons while living there, and the home went through fits and starts of construction, in tandem with Oboler’s financial fluctuations.
Mar 21, 1987 · Arch Oboler, one of early radio's leading writers who stirred imaginations and set millions of listeners on edge with such suspense shows as "Lights Out," has died, it was learned Friday.
Arch Oboler was a writer and director of radio and film, known for his horror and science fiction stories. He wrote and directed the first 3-D movie, Bwana Devil (1952), and hosted the popular radio show "Lights Out".
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Apr 17, 2020 · Arch Oboler, 1943. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Prints and Photography Division, Library of Congress “Arch Oboler, a restlessly intelligent man…utilized two of radio’s great strengths: the first in the mind’s innate obedience, its willingness to try to see whatever someone suggests it see, no matter how absurd: the second is the fact that fear and horror are blinding emotions that knock our adult pins from beneath us and leave us groping in the ...
