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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Albert_Lewin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Albert_Lewin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lewin > Source revision: 1356885716 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American film producer (1894–1968)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Albert Lewin | birth_name = Albert Parsons Lewin | birth_date = {{birth date|1894|09|23}} | birth_place = [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), New York, US | death_date = {{death date and age|1968|05|09|1894|09|23}} | death_place = New York City, US | spouse = Mildred Mindlin Jacobs (m.1918–1965) | years_active = 1923–1968 | occupation = screenwriter, producer, director, production supervisor, script supervisor }} '''Albert Lewin''' (September 23, 1894 – May 9, 1968) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. ==Personal life== Lewin was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in [Newark, New Jersey](/source/Newark%2C_New_Jersey). He earned a master's degree at [Harvard](/source/Harvard_University) and taught English at the [University of Missouri](/source/University_of_Missouri). During [World War I](/source/World_War_I), he served in the military[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Albert-Lewin Albert Lewin; American producer, screenwriter, and director] ''[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica)''. Retrieved May 15, 2023. and was afterwards appointed assistant national director of the [American Jewish Relief Committee](/source/American_Jewish_Joint_Distribution_Committee). He later became a drama and film critic for the ''Jewish Tribune'' until the early 1920s, when he went to Hollywood to become a reader for [Samuel Goldwyn](/source/Samuel_Goldwyn). Later he worked as a script clerk for directors [King Vidor](/source/King_Vidor) and [Victor Sjöström](/source/Victor_Sj%C3%B6str%C3%B6m) before becoming a screenwriter at [MGM](/source/MGM) in 1924. Lewin was appointed head of the studio's script department and by the late 1920s was [Irving Thalberg](/source/Irving_Thalberg)'s personal assistant and closest associate. Nominally credited as an associate producer, he produced several of MGM's most important films of the 1930s. After Thalberg's death, he joined [Paramount](/source/Paramount_Pictures) as a producer in 1937, where he remained until 1941. Notable producing credits during this period include ''[True Confession](/source/True_Confession)'' (1937), ''[Spawn of the North](/source/Spawn_of_the_North)'' (1938), ''[Zaza](/source/Zaza_(1939_film))'' (1939) and ''[So Ends Our Night](/source/So_Ends_Our_Night)'' (1941). In 1942, Lewin began to direct. He made six films, writing all of them and producing several himself. As a director and writer, he showed literary and cultural aspirations in the selection and treatment of his themes.{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-film-moguls-john-and-james-woolf/|date=17 January 2026|access-date=17 January 2026|title=Forgotten British Film Moguls: John and James Woolf}} He was the best friend of actress [Devi Dja](/source/Devi_Dja) and cast her in three of his movies but failed to get her a leading role in [''The Moon and Sixpence''](/source/The_Moon_and_Sixpence_(1942_film)) (1942).{{Cite web |last=Pradityo |first=Sapto |title=Soetidjah Jadi Artis Hollywood |url=https://news.detik.com/x/detail/intermeso/20170721/Soetidjah-Jadi-Artis-Hollywood/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=detikx}} In 1966, Lewin published a novel, ''The Unaltered Cat''. ==Films== As director: *''[The Moon and Sixpence](/source/The_Moon_and_Sixpence_(1942_film))'' (1942) *''[The Picture of Dorian Gray](/source/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray_(1945_film))'' (1945) *''[The Private Affairs of Bel Ami](/source/The_Private_Affairs_of_Bel_Ami)'' (1947) *''[Pandora and the Flying Dutchman](/source/Pandora_and_the_Flying_Dutchman)'' (1951) *''[Saadia](/source/Saadia_(film))'' (1953) *''[The Living Idol](/source/The_Living_Idol)'' (1957) As screenwriter: *''[The Fate of a Flirt](/source/The_Fate_of_a_Flirt)'' (1925) *''[Spring Fever](/source/Spring_Fever_(1927_film))'' (1927) == References == {{Reflist}} *''Botticelli in Hollywood: The Films of Albert Lewin'' by Susan Felleman (1997), {{ISBN|0-8057-1625-4}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0506797|name=Albert Lewin}} *[http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:99598 Albert Lewin] at Allmovie. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewin, Albert}} Category:1894 births Category:1968 deaths Category:20th-century American Jews Category:20th-century American male writers Category:20th-century American screenwriters Category:American male screenwriters Category:Deaths from pneumonia in New York City Category:Film directors from New York City Category:Film producers from New Jersey Category:Film producers from New York (state) Category:Harvard University alumni Category:Hugo Award–winning writers Category:Jewish American military personnel Category:Jewish American screenwriters Category:Military personnel from New York City Category:Military personnel from New York (state) Category:Filmmakers from Brooklyn Category:Screenwriters from Missouri Category:Screenwriters from New Jersey Category:Screenwriters from New York (state) Category:United States Army personnel of World War I Category:University of Missouri faculty Category:Writers from Newark, New Jersey --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Albert Lewin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lewin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lewin?action=history)). 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