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Joseph Edward Levine (September 9, 1905 – July 31, 1987) was an American film distributor, financier, and producer. At the time of his death, it was said he was involved in one or another capacity with 497 films.
Joseph E. Levine. Producer: The Lion in Winter. Boston-born Joseph E. Levine parlayed an early career as a film exhibitor and distributor of Italian-made muscle-man pictures into a highly successful stint as America's most successful independent producer at the time of his death.
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- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Joseph E. Levine. Producer: The Lion in Winter. Boston-born Joseph E. Levine parlayed an early career as a film exhibitor and distributor of Italian-made muscle-man pictures into a highly successful stint as America's most successful independent producer at the time of his death.
- September 9, 1905
- July 31, 1987
The company was founded in 1942 by Joseph E. Levine, initially to distribute foreign films in the United States. The company entered film production in 1945, co-producing with Maxwell Finn the documentary Gaslight Follies , a compilation of silent film clips narrated by Ben Grauer .
LEVINE, Joseph E. Producer. Nationality: American. Born: Joseph Edward Levine in Boston, Massachusetts, 9 September 1905. Career: 1940s—exhibitor of foreign films; 1960s—moved into production. Died: In Greenwich, Connecticut, 21 July 1987.
Film Reference. Writers and Production Artists Kr-Lo. Joseph E. Levine - Writer. Producer. Nationality: American. Born: Joseph Edward Levine in Boston, Massachusetts, 9 September 1905. Career: 1940s—exhibitor of foreign films; 1960s—moved into production. Died: In Greenwich, Connecticut, 21 July 1987. Joseph E. Levine.
Topic. Art & Literature. Joseph Levine. Joseph Levine grew up in a Russian Jewish immigrant family in the West End, and became one of the most successful movie producers and distributors in the United States during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Joseph Levine was born in the West End, on September 9, 1905, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents.
