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Jun 23, 2024 · 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.
Jun 27, 2024 · In 1930 the novel was adapted as a film, directed by Lewis Milestone, which won Academy Awards for best picture and best director. When it was shown in Germany, Nazi Party members used the movie as an excuse to violently attack moviegoers, particularly those believed to be of Jewish descent.
Jul 9, 2024 · The North Star (1943) The North Star (also known as Armored Attack in the US) is a 1943 pro-resistance war film starring Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan and Erich von Stroheim It was produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. It was directed by Lewis Milestone, written by Lillian ...
Jun 22, 2024 · Milestone / Notes 1927/1928: Lewis Milestone: Two Arabian Knights: Won Comedy Picture Category 1928/1929: Ernst Lubitsch: The Patriot: Nominated 1929/1930: Lewis Milestone All Quiet on the Western Front: Won Ernst Lubitsch The Love Parade: Nominated 1930/1931: Norman Taurog: Skippy: Won Lewis Milestone The Front Page: Nominated Josef von ...
Jun 11, 2024 · Forgotten War: Pork Chop Hill (1959) – review. Before the equally appetising title, Hamburger Hill, there was Pork Chop Hill; a major studio feature that strayed from the tradition of glorifying America’s heroism in World War II in favour of a brief chapter on the Korean War.
Jun 19, 2024 · Steven Soderbergh revived Lewis Milestone’s casino heist Ocean’s 11 with a stellar cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon, among others. The film has since become a beloved classic along with the highest-grossing film of his career, so far.
4 days ago · In the following year Lewis Milestone’s All Quiet on the Western Front and G.W. Pabst’s Westfront 1918 both used postsynchronization for their battle scenes. Ernst Lubitsch used dubbing in his first American sound films, the dynamic musicals The Love Parade (1929) and Monte Carlo (1930), as did the French director René Clair in ...
