- Albert Lewin
Infobox Actor
name = Albert Lewin
birthname = Albert Parsons Lewin
birthdate = birth date|1894|9|23
birthplace =Brooklyn, New York
deathdate = death date and age|1968|5|9|1894|9|23
deathplace =New York City, New York
spouse = Mildred Mindlin Jacobs (1918-1965)
yearsactive = 1923 - 1968
occupation = screenwriter, producer, director, production supervisor, script supervisorAlbert Lewin (1894–1968) was an American
film director , producer, andscreenwriter .He was born in
Brooklyn, New York onSeptember 23 1894 and raised inNewark, New Jersey . He earned a Master's degree atHarvard and taught English at the University of Missouri. DuringWorld War I , he served in the military and was afterwards appointed assistant national director of theAmerican Jewish Relief Committee . He later became a drama and film critic for theJewish Tribune until the early 1920s, when he went to Hollywood to become a reader forSamuel Goldwyn . Later he worked as a script clerk for directorsKing Vidor andVictor Sjöström before becoming a screenwriter atMGM in 1924.Lewin was appointed head of the studio's script department and by the late 20s was
Irving Thalberg 's personal assistant and closest associate. Nominally credited as an associate producer, he produced several of MGM's most important films of the 1930s. After Thalberg's death, he joined Paramount as a producer in 1937, where he remained until 1941. Notable producing credits during this period include "True Confession " (1937), "Spawn of the North " (1938), "Zaza " (1939) and "So Ends Our Night " (1941).In 1942, Lewin began directing. He made six films, writing all and producing several himself. As a director and writer, he showed literary and cultural aspirations in the selection and treatment of his themes. In 1966, Lewin published a novel, "The Unaltered Cat". He died of
pneumonia in New York onMay 9 1968 .Films
As director:
* "The Moon and Sixpence " (1942)
* "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1945)
* "The Private Affairs of Bel Ami " (1947)
* "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman " (1951)
* "Saadia" (1954)
* "The Living Idol " (1957)References
* "Botticelli in Hollywood: The Films of Albert Lewin" by Susan Felleman (1997), ISBN 0-8057-1625-4
External links
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* [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:99598 Albert Lewin] at the All Movie Guide.
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