David Lewis (born David Levy; December 14, 1903 – March 13, 1987) was a prominent Hollywood film producer in the 1940s and 1950s, who produced such films as ''

Dark Victory ''Dark Victory'' is a 1939 American melodrama film directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Bette Davis, and featuring George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, and Cora Witherspoon. The screenplay by Ca ...

'' (1939), '' Arch of Triumph'' (1948), and '' Raintree County'' (1957). He worked for

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and

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and was elected a vice president of Enterprise Productions, Inc. in 1946. He was also the longtime romantic partner of director

James Whale James Whale (22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957) was an English film director, theatre director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood. He is best remembered for several horror films: ''Fran ...

from 1930 to 1952. Although they were separated at the time of Whale's death in 1957, Lewis later released the contents of Whale's suicide note. Whale was cremated per his request and his ashes were interred in the

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of Memory at

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. When David Lewis died in 1987, his executor and Whale biographer James Curtis had his ashes interred in a niche across from Whale's.Curtis, James (1998). ''James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters''. Boston, Faber and Faber. , p. 389 Lewis was portrayed in the 1998 film '' Gods and Monsters'' by

David Dukes David Coleman Dukes (June 6, 1945 – October 9, 2000) was an American character actor. He had a long career in films, appearing in 35. Dukes starred in the miniseries ''The Winds of War'' and ''War and Remembrance'', and he was a frequent telev ...

Filmography

Producer

Associate producer

Writer

* '' Come on Danger!'', 1932 (screenplay) * ''

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'', 1928 (story)

Bibliography

* James Curtis
James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters
Faber & Faber, 1998 *

Boze Hadleigh Boze Hadleigh (born May 15, 1954), sometimes writing as George Hadley-Garcia, is an author. Several of his books cover LGBT culture, popular culture, and show business. His 22 books have been translated into 14 languages. Writings Several of his ...

''Hollywood Gays''
, Barricade Books,1996 * James Curtis
''The creative producer''
Scarecrow Press, 1993

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