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Lewis Milestone

Lewis Milestone, Moldovan-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1980)

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Born
September 30, 1895
Died
September 25, 1980
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1895

About Lewis Milestone

Lewis Milestone was a Russian-American filmmaker. Milestone directed Two Arabian Knights (1927) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), both of which received the Academy Award for Best Director. He also directed The Front Page (1931), The General Died at Dawn (1936), Of Mice and Men (1939), Ocean's 11 (1960), and received the directing credit for Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), though Marlon Brando largely appropriated his responsibilities during its production. Milestone's first credited work was as assistant on King's film Dice of Destiny (1920). During production, Milestone broke his contract with the studio over his exploitation as a "film doctor": Warners sued for damages and won, forcing Milestone to file for bankruptcy. It was the first film in a four-year contract with Howard Hughes' The Caddo Company and is Milestone's only film of 1927. Milestone's first sound production New York Nights proved inauspicious.

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Lewis Milestone timeline

  1. Milestone's first credited work was as assistant on King's film Dice of Destiny (1920).
  2. It was the first film in a four-year contract with Howard Hughes' The Caddo Company and is Milestone's only film of 1927.
  3. Milestone directed Two Arabian Knights (1927) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), both of which received the Academy Award for Best Director.

The world when Lewis Milestone was born

Lewis Milestone was born in 1895. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1895

  • Top movieWorkers Leaving the Lumière Factory (first public film)

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCuban War of Independence begins
  • Technology milestoneLumière brothers hold first public film screening
  • World population~1.55B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population68.0M

1895 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Lewis Milestone's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18952026
Population68.0M341 million

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