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Lewis Ransom Foster (August 5, 1898 – June 10, 1974) [citation needed] was an American screenwriter, film/television director, and film/television producer. He directed and wrote over one hundred films and television series between 1926 and 1960.
Lewis R. Foster was born on 5 August 1898 in Brookfield, Missouri, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Captain China (1950) and Tropic Zone (1953). He was married to Dorothy Wilson and Helen Mae. He died on 10 June 1974 in Tehachapi, California, USA.
- Lewis R. Foster
- June 10, 1974
- August 5, 1898
El Paso: Directed by Lewis R. Foster. With John Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes. In El Paso, lawyer and ex-Confederate captain Clay Fletcher forms a vigilante group to bring law and order to a town where the judge is a drunk, the sheriff is corrupt and the town is run by a crooked landowner.
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- Lewis R. Foster
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Lewis Ransom Foster (August 5, 1898 – June 10, 1974) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer.
Lewis R. Foster. Credits (text only) Hide Director (64 credits) 1957-1961 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) (9 episodes) - The Dowry (1961) - Gunman's Revenge (1961) - Moment of Glory (1961) - Stage from Yuma (1961) - The Diamond Dude (1961) - The Barefoot Bandit (1961) - John Wesley Hardin (1957) ... (as Lewis Foster)
Manhandled is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis R. Foster and starring Dorothy Lamour, Sterling Hayden and Dan Duryea. It is based on the 1945 novel The Man Who Stole a Dream by L. S. Goldsmith.
Though he kept his hand in directing until his retirement in 1959, Foster's most lasting movie achievements were in the field of screenwriting. In 1939, he won an Academy Award for writing the original story of Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
