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He entered film production in 1945, co-producing with Maxwell Finn the nostalgic feature film Gaslight Follies, a four-part compilation of silent film clips with such stars as Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks; a roundup of newsreel highlights; a condensed version of the 1935 feature The Drunkard; and the 1915 Alan Hale romance East Lynne.
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.
- January 1, 1
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- January 1, 1
- Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Embassy was founded in 1942 by Joseph E. Levine as a foreign film distributor, before branching out into film production in 1945. In 1967, Embassy was acquired by Avco. The company struggled in the 1970s before focusing on lower-budget genre films at the end of the decade.
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
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.
Aug 1, 1987 · Joseph E. Levine, the one-time Boston shoeshine boy who became a multimillionaire movie mogul with saturation screening and intense publicity campaigns, died Friday in Greenwich, Conn., where...
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.
