David Lewis
Producer, Schrijver
14 december 1903 — 13 maart 1987 (83 years)
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David Lewis (14 December 1903 in Trinidad, Colorado – 13 March 1987 in Los Angeles), born David Levy, was a prominent Hollywood film producer in the 1940s and 1950s, who produced such films as Dark Victory (1939), Arch of Triumph (1948), and Raintree County (1957). He worked for Warner Brothers, Paramount and M-G-M and was elected a vice president of Enterprise Productions, Inc. in 1946.
He was also the longtime companion of director James Whale from 1930 to 1952. Although they were separated at the time of Whale's death in 1957, Lewis later released the contents of Whale's suicide note. Whale was cremated per his request and his ashes were interred in the Columbarium of Memory at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. When David Lewis died in 1987, his executor and Whale biographer James Curtis had his ashes interred in a niche across from Whale's.
Lewis was portrayed in the 1998 film Gods and Monsters by David Dukes.
David Lewis (14 December 1903 in Trinidad, Colorado – 13 March 1987 in Los Angeles), born David Levy, was a prominent Hollywood film producer in the 1940s and 1950s, who produced such films as Dark Victory (1939), Arch of Triumph (1948), and Raintree County (1957). He worked for Warner Brothers, Paramount and M-G-M and was elected a vice president of Enterprise Productions, Inc. in 1946.
He was also the longtime companion of director James Whale from 1930 to 1952. Although they were separated at the time of Whale's death in 1957, Lewis later released the contents of Whale's suicide note. Whale was cremated per his request and his ashes were interred in the Columbarium of Memory at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. When David Lewis died in 1987, his executor and Whale biographer James Curtis had his ashes interred in a niche across from Whale's.
Lewis was portrayed in the 1998 film Gods and Monsters by David Dukes.
Known For
Cinematografie
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| 1971 | |
| 1969 | More · as Executive Producer |
| 1957 | Raintree CountyOp Plex |
| 1957 | |
| 1955 | |
| 1948 | Arch of TriumphOp Plex |
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| 1946 | |
| 1945 | |
| 1944 | Frenchman's Creek · as Associate Producer |
| 1944 | |
| 1942 | In This Our Life · as Associate Producer |
| 1942 | Kings Row · as Associate Producer |
| 1941 | Million Dollar Baby · as Associate Producer |
| 1940 | All This, and Heaven Too · as Associate Producer |
| 1940 | 'Til We Meet Again · as Associate Producer |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die · as Associate Producer |
| 1939 | Dark Victory · as Associate Producer |
| 1938 | The Sisters · as Associate Producer |
| 1938 | |
| 1938 | Four's a Crowd · as Associate Producer |
| 1938 | Men Are Such Fools · as Associate Producer |
| 1936 | Camille · as Associate Producer |
| 1935 | Riffraff · as Associate Producer |
| 1934 | Stingaree · as Associate Producer |
| 1934 | Where Sinners Meet · as Associate Producer |
| 1934 | Two Alone · as Associate Producer |
| 1933 | Blind Adventure · as Associate Producer |
| 1933 | Headline Shooter · as Associate Producer |
| 1933 | Flying Devils · as Associate Producer |
| 1933 | Cross Fire · as Associate Producer |
| 1933 | Son of the Border · as Associate Producer |
| 1933 | Scarlet River · as Associate Producer |
| 1933 | The Cheyenne Kid · as Associate Producer |
| 1932 |
| 1988 | Dangerous Curves · as Director Of PhotographyOp Plex |