Английская Википедия:Albert Lewis (producer)

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Шаблон:Infobox person Albert E. Lewis (15 March 1884 – 5 April 1978) was a Polish-born Broadway and film producer. His family emigrated to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York when he was a boy. He became a vaudeville comedian, then started a partnership producing one-act plays for vaudeville. Around 1930 he moved to Hollywood and worked as a film producer with Paramount, RKO, and MGM until after World War II.

Early years

Albert E. Lewis was born on 15 March 1884 in Kolno, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn His parents were Nathan and Ida Lewis.Шаблон:Sfn The family was Jewish. They settled in Manhattan's Lower East Side.Шаблон:Sfn Albert E. Lewis attended public high school in New York City. He was an actor from 1909 to 1913.Шаблон:Sfn He would perform "Dutch" comedy skits in vaudeville shows.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1913 he became a member of the firm "Lewis & Gordon".Шаблон:Sfn His partner, Max Gordon, was also from a Lower East Side family of Polish Jewish immigrants and had also performed a "Dutch" act in vaudeville. Their booking and production agency became known for creating high-quality single-act plays for inclusion in vaudeville programs, such as Eugene O'Neill's In the Zone.Шаблон:Sfn This partnership produced the plays Welcome Stranger, Six Cylinder Love, The Nervous Wreck, Rain, Easy Come, Easy Go, Secrets and The Spider.Шаблон:Sfn In 1925 Lewis produced and directed the original Broadway production of The Jazz Singer, starring George Jessel.Шаблон:Sfn The Jazz Singer opened at the Fulton Theatre on 14 September 1925 and ran for 315 performances. It was the basis for the breakthrough talking picture The Jazz Singer (1927) starring Al Jolson.Шаблон:Sfn

Film producer

Lewis was New York representative of Fox Film Corporation from 1922 to 1929.Шаблон:Sfn By the late 1920s, vaudeville was dying, and the Lewis & Gordon partnership was dissolved. Lewis moved to Hollywood to work for William Fox, who had once partnered with Max's brother Cliff Gordon in vaudeville acts.Шаблон:Sfn From 1930 to 1931, he was head of the story department at the Fox studio. In September 1932, he joined the production staff of Paramount in Hollywood. He was made an associate producer. He produced Torch Singer in 1933.Шаблон:Sfn]

In 1934 Lewis produced Ready for Love (1934) for Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Marion Gering and starred Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino, Marjorie Rambeau and Trent Durkin.Шаблон:Sfn He produced Come on Marines the same year, directed by Henry Hathaway, also starring Arlen and Lupino.Шаблон:Sfn In 1937 Lewis produced Fight for Your Lady for RKO. The comedy was directed by Ben Stoloff, and starred John Boles, Jack Oakie, and Ida Lupino. Frank Nugent of The New York Times called the film "a fumbling, unoriginal and infantile farce [which] comes unpleasantly close to being the composite year's worst picture.Шаблон:Sfn In 1942 Lewis and George Balanchine co-produced and co-directed Cabin in the Sky, a Broadway musical with an all-black cast.Шаблон:Sfn Lewis was an associate producer of the film version directed by Vincente Minnelli that was released in 1943.Шаблон:Sfn He was assigned to give Minnelli technical advice since this was the first film he was directing.Шаблон:Sfn Lewis also helped with casting for the film, which was seen as a prestigious opportunity for black actors.Шаблон:Sfn

Later career

Lewis' eldest son Arthur Lewis (1916–2006), collaborated with his father on the screenplay for Oh You Beautiful Doll (1949) and on the story for Golden Girl (1951). George Jessel, who had starred in The Jazz Singer, produced these two films. In 1952 Albert and Arthur Lewis produced the Broadway musical Three Wishes for Jamie. Arthur Lewis went on to a distinguished career producing film, TV, and stage shows.Шаблон:Sfn Albert Lewis died on 5 April 1978 in Beverly Hills, California.Шаблон:Sfn He was aged 93.

Filmography

Lewis produced the following films:

References

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