LoginLewis Milestone
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Birth Name: Leib Milstein
Born: 30 September 1895 Died: 25 September 1980
Country of origin: 
Moldova, Republic of
Height: 5' 7"
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Kendall Lee
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A Movie for every Director (part 2)
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My favorite film of my favorite directors
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Published 9 years, 3 months ago
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Hollywood Walk of Fame - M
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Lewis Milestone was an accomplished, and award-winning motion picture director. He was born in Chisinau, Moldova, although at the time it was the Russian city of Kishinev, and came to the United States just prior to World War I. Milestone held a number of odd jobs before enlisting in the U.S. Signal Corps, where he worked as an assistant director on Army training films during the war.
After the war he went to Hollywood, where he first worked as a film cutter, and later as an assistant director. Howard Hughes promoted Milestone to director, and one of his early efforts, the 1928 film Two Arabian Knights, won him an Oscar in th
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1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
| Rating: | 471 Watched |
2. Ocean's 11 (1960)
| Rating: | 212 Watched |
3. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
| Rating: | 118 Watched |
4. The Kid Brother (1927)
| Rating: | 96 Watched |
5. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
| Rating: | 88 Watched |
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1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
| Rating: | 471 Watched |
2. Arch of Triumph (1948)
| Rating: | 17 Watched |
3. Lucky Partners (1940)
| Rating: | 14 Watched |
4. Tempest (1928)
| Rating: | 8 Watched |
5. Bobbed Hair (1925)
| Rating: | 2 want to see |
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1. The Front Page (1931)
| Rating: | 22 Watched |
2. The Racket (1928)
| Rating: | 19 want to see |
3. The General Died at Dawn (1936)
| Rating: | 13 Watched |
4. Cock of the Air (1932)
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1. Have Gun - Will Travel (1957)
| Rating: | 16 Watched |
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5. Suspicion
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Every Best Director Winner (71 person items)"1927 (Best Comedic Picture)-Two Arabian Knights\ 1929-All Quiet on the Western Front"
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Oscars 1929 Winners (My Version) (10 movies items)"Best Director, Comedy Picture! Winner: Lewis Milestone, Two Arabian Knights! Nominees: Ted Wilde - Speedy"
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Oscars 1931 Winners (My Version) (8 movies items)"Best Director! Winner: Lewis Milestone, All Quiet on the Western Front! Nominees: Clarence Brown - Anna Christie Robert Z. Leonard - The Divorcee King Vidor - Hallelujah! Ernst Lubitsch - The Love Parade"