Dakota Incident
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Screenwriter, director, producer, television composerLewis 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.
- Screenwriter, director, producer, television composer
- Lewis Ransom Foster, August 5, 1898, Brookfield, Missouri, United States
- L R Foster, L.R. Foster, Lewis Foster, Lew Foster
- June 10, 1974 (aged 75), Tehachapi, California, United States
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
Lewis Ransom Foster (August 5, 1898 – June 10, 1974) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer.
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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- Western
- Lewis R. Foster
- 1949-08-05
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.
- William H. Pine, William C. Thomas
- Darrell Calker
- July 21, 1949
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.
Checklist of Lewis R. Foster's themes and techniques, plus in-depth criticism. Lewis R. Foster | Subjects | Visual Style | Rankings Feature films: The Lucky Stiff
