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Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions was an American film production company based in Beverly Hills, California. The principals, Jules V. Levy, Arthur Gardner, and Arnold Laven, met while serving in the Air Force's First Motion Picture Unit during World War II. While serving, they decided to form their own production company after the war ...
Arnold Laven (February 3, 1922 – September 13, 2009) was an American film and television director and producer. He was one of the founders and principals of the American film and television production company Levy-Gardner-Laven. Laven was a producer of, among other things, the western television series The Rifleman and The Big Valley.
Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions, Inc. is the longest lasting partnership in the motion picture industry. Established in 1951, it is based in Beverly Hills, California.
Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions, the original producer, is again the sole copyright owner of The Rifleman series. In late 2013, Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions, Inc. announced it would be the only authorized outlet to offer for the first time all 168 episodes of The Rifleman, the
May 28, 2003 · Jules Levy, 80, producer of such popular television series as “The Rifleman” and “The Big Valley,” died Saturday in Los Angeles of unspecified causes.
Sep 19, 2009 · Arnold Laven, a film and television director and producer who was a partner in the production company that produced the TV series “The Rifleman” and “The Big Valley,” has died. He was 87. Laven...
Laven, Jules V. Levy and Arthur Gardner met in 1943 in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force. They were stationed at the Hal Roach Studio in Culver City, California (with other notables such as Capt. Ronald Reagan, Capt. Clark Gable and Lt. William Holden ), making training films.
