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Book. Harlow Robinson. 2019. Published by: The University Press of Kentucky. Series: Screen Classics. View. summary. This comprehensive biography is the first to present Lewis Milestone's remarkable life—a classic rags-to-riches American narrative—in full and explores his many acclaimed films from the silent to the sound era. Creator of All ...
Lewis Milestone's passionately anti-war document of 1930, based on Erich Maria Remarque's novel, is an ambitious epic of tremendous sweep and scope, with trench-warfare battle scenes comparable to ...
Lewis Milestone (1895-1980) was born Lewis Milstein in Chisinau, Moldova. He enrolled in engineering college in Mitweide, Germany, but left to emigrate to the United States in 1913. Milestone settled in New York and worked as a laborer before joining the Signal Corps in 1917.
Added: May 22, 2000. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 9468. Source citation. Motion Picture Director. Born Lev Milstein in Kishinev, Russia (now Chisinau, Moldova), he was the son of a wealthy clothing manufacturer and cousin of famed violinist Nathan Milstein. As a youth, he wanted to become an actor, but his disapproving family sent him to Germany ...
Feb 20, 2022 · The film is based on the 1929 Erich Maria Remarque novel of the same name.The astonishingly beautiful, tender - and famous ending of the film...What do you t...
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Jan 10, 2023 · While “All Quiet on the Western Front” is jam-packed with talented people behind and in front of the camera, its shining star is its director Lewis Milestone, whose choice of visuals turn this compelling story into a remarkable cinematic event, providing a glowing example of just what a director can add to a film. He manages to color the ...
"Lewis Milestone is undoubtedly best remembered for his classic statement against the horrors of war, All Quiet on the Western Front, for which he won an Academy Award.The film, coming so early in his career, raised high hopes that subsequent efforts would expand upon the brilliant potential exhibited in his first effort.
