David Leonard Loew (October 5, 1897 – March 25, 1973) was an American film producer.
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Biography
He and his twin brother
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, Arthur Loew were born on October 5, 1897, to MGM
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founder Marcus Loew
Marcus Loew (May 7, 1870 - September 5, 1927) was an American business magnate and a pioneer of the motion picture industry who formed Loew's Theatres and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio (MGM).
Life and career
Loew was born in New York City, ...
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After being elected to the board of directors of Loew's, Inc., in 1922, he resigned from the studio in 1935 to launch an independent production career. In the early 1940s, he formed an independent production company with Albert Lewin
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Personal life
Lewin was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He earned a master's degree at Harvard and taugh ...
and Stanley Kramer
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. At the end of World War II
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, he formed Enterprise Productions with actor John Garfield
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and former Warner Bros.
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publicity chief Charles Einfeld.
He died on March 25, 1973, at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
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in Los Angeles, California
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. He was survived by his wife, Hilda.
Filmography
*''When's Your Birthday?
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'' (1937)
*'' Riding on Air'' (1937)
*''Fit for a King
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Plot summary
Newspaper reporter " Scoops" (Brown) is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Julio ( ...
'' (1937)
*''Wide Open Faces
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'' (1938)
*''The Gladiator
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'' (1938)
*'' Flirting with Fate'' (1938)
*''So Ends Our Night
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'' (1941)
*''The Moon and Sixpence
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'' (1942)
*'' The Southerner'' (1945)
*''A Night in Casablanca
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'' (1946)
*''Toccata and Fugue''; short film (1946)
*''The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
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'' (1947)
*''Enchanted Lake
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'' (1947)
*'' Arch of Triumph'' (1948)
References
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1897 births
1973 deaths
American film producers
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