Simon Louvish (born 6 April 1947,
Glasgow
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, Scotland) is a
Scots-born Israeli author, writer and filmmaker. He has written many books about ''Avram Blok'', a fictional Israeli caught up between wars, espionage, prophets, revolutions, loves, and a few near apocalypses.
Louvish is a
visiting lecturer
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in Screen Studies at the
London Film School. He has written books on
W. C. Fields, The
Marx Brothers
The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949. Five of the Marx Brothers' thirteen feature films were selected by the American Film Institute (AFI) ...
,
Groucho Marx,
Laurel and Hardy,
Mae West
Mae West (born Mary Jane West; August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American stage and film actress, playwright, screenwriter, singer, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned over seven decades. She was known for her breezy ...
,
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American film director, producer and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cine ...
,
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'.
Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the ...
and
Charlie Chaplin.
Publications
; The Avram Blok Saga
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**Also published (2008) as ''Cecil B. DeMille: A Life in Art''
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References
External links
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His homepage
a review of ''Cecil B. DeMille: A Life in Art''
Macmillan Publishers
a photograph of Louvish
1947 births
Living people
Israeli film producers
Israeli novelists
Israeli biographers
Writers from Glasgow
Scottish Jews
British emigrants to Israel
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