Lewis Seiler
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Lewis Seiler was an American film director. He directed 88 films between 1923
and 1958
.
He was born in New York, New York, and died in Hollywood, California.
1923 in film
-Events:*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1923:U.S.A...
and 1958
1958 in film
The year 1958 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 16- "In the Money" by William Beaudine is released on this date. It would be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began back in 1946....
.
He was born in New York, New York, and died in Hollywood, California.
Selected filmography
- A Bankrupt HoneymoonA Bankrupt HoneymoonA Bankrupt Honeymoon is a 1926 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Harold Goodwin as Harold Pembroke* Shirley Palmer as Shirley Lee* Oliver Hardy as A taxi driver * Frank Beal as A drunk* Harry Dunkinson...
(1926) - The Great K & A Train RobberyThe Great K & A Train RobberyThe Great K & A Train Robbery is a 1926 American western film directed by Lewis Seiler. Starring Tom Mix and Dorothy Dwan. The story is based upon the actual foiling of a train robbery by Dick Gordon as related by Paul Leicester Ford in his book The Great K & A Train Robbery originally published as...
(1926) - The Ghost TalksThe Ghost Talks (1929 film)The Ghost Talks is a 1929 comedy genre film, directed by Lewis Seiler; based on a Max Marcin and Edward Hammond's Broadway play.-Cast:* Helen Twelvetrees* Charles Eaton* Carmel Myers* Stepin Fetchit* Earle Foxe* Henry Sedley* Joe Brown...
(1929) - Frontier MarshalFrontier Marshal (1934 film)Frontier Marshal is a 1934 western film directed by Lewis Seiler. Produced by Fox Film and Sol M. Wurtzel, the film is the first based on Stuart N. Lake's enormously popular but largely fictitious "biography" of Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal...
(1934) - Charlie Chan in ParisCharlie Chan in ParisCharlie Chan in Paris is the seventh film produced by Fox with Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.-Plot:Chan is on his way back from completing the London case -- they always mentioned the previous case -- to go on "vacation" to Paris, but this is just a way to make people think that heis innocently there...
(1935) - Crime SchoolCrime SchoolCrime School is a 1938 Warner Bros. film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring the Dead End Kids and Humphrey Bogart.-Plot:A junkman is attacked by the Dead End Kids Crime School is a 1938 Warner Bros. film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring the Dead End Kids and Humphrey Bogart.-Plot:A junkman...
(1938) - Hell's KitchenHell's Kitchen (1939 film)Hell's Kitchen is a 1939 Warner Bros. film starring Ronald Reagan and The Dead End Kids.-Plot:Buck Caesar is a paroled convict who makes a contribution to a reform school on the advice of his nephew, Jim Donahue , a lawyer...
(1939) - Tugboat Annie Sails AgainTugboat Annie Sails AgainTugboat Annie Sails Again was a 1940 sequel to the classic 1933 film Tugboat Annie. Marjorie Rambeau takes over the late Marie Dressler's role, and the supporting cast includes Alan Hale, Jane Wyman, and Ronald Reagan...
(1940) - Beyond the Line of DutyBeyond the Line of DutyBeyond the Line of Duty is a 1942 short drama film directed by Lewis Seiler. It won an Academy Award at the 15th Academy Awards in 1943 for Best Short Subject .-Cast:* Hewitt T. Wheless - Himself...
(1942) - PittsburghPittsburgh (1942 film)Pittsburgh is a 1942 feature film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, and John Wayne. Shemp Howard of Three Stooges fame co-stars in a rare dramatic role . Dietrich, Scott, and Wayne also made The Spoilers together that same year...
(1942) - Guadalcanal DiaryGuadalcanal Diary (film)Guadalcanal Diary is a 1943 World War II war film starring Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn and the film debut of Richard Jaeckel...
(1943) - The Winning TeamThe Winning TeamThe Winning Team is 1952 film directed by Lewis Seiler. It is fictionalized biography of the life of major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander starring Ronald Reagan as Alexander, Doris Day as his wife, Aimee and Frank Lovejoy as Rogers Hornsby...
(1952) - Over-ExposedOver-ExposedOver-Exposed was a 1956 film directed by Lewis Seiler. The movie starred Cleo Moore and Richard Crenna and featured Raymond Greenleaf, Jack Albertson, Isobel Elsom, and Jeanne Cooper in supporting roles. This film was released on DVD by Sony Pictures in 2010 as part of the Bad Girls of Film Noir...
(1956) - The True Story of Lynn StuartThe True Story of Lynn StuartThe True Story of Lynn Stuart is a 1958 Columbia Pictures feature film starring Betsy Palmer and Jack Lord. Marking the final directorial effort of Lewis Seiler, it dramatizes the true story of a young Santa Ana, California, housewife who became a volunteer undercover narcotics agent in the 1950's...
(1958)