Lewis R. Foster
Lewis Ransom Foster (August 5, 1898 – June 10, 1974) was an American screenwriter, film/television director, and film/television producer. He directed and wrote over one hundred films and television series between 1926 and 1960.
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Lewis R. Foster
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- Born
- 1898 · Brookfield.
- Died
- 1974 · Tehachapi.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- screenwriter · composer · film producer · television producer · director
- Fields
- film
- Honours
- Academy Award for Best Story
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Lewis Ransom Foster (August 5, 1898 – June 10, 1974) was an American screenwriter, film/television director, and film/television producer. He directed and wrote over one hundred films and television series between 1926 and 1960.
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Double Whoopee (1929) Berth Marks (1929) Angora Love (1929) Dizzy Dates (1930) Blondes Prefer Bonds (1931) Love Letters of a Star (1936) The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937) El Paso (1949) The Lucky Stiff (1949) Manhandled (1949) Captain China (1950) Passage West (1951) Hong Kong (1952) Tropic Zone (1953) Those Redheads From Seattle (1953) filmed in 3-D Four Star Playhouse (1 episode, 1954) Crashout (1955) The Bold and the Brave (1956) Cavalcade of America (2 episodes, 1955–1956) The Adventures of Jim Bowie (21 episodes, 1956–1957) Tonka (1958) The Sign of Zorro (1958) The Wonderful World of Disney (10 episodes, 1957–1961)
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1974
Lewis R. Foster died at Tehachapi.
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The Merry Widower (1926) Wrong Again (Story, 1929) Broken Wedding Bells (1930) The Great Pie Mystery (1931) Air Eagles (1931) The Girl in the Tonneau (1932) Cheating Blondes (1933) Stolen Harmony (1935) Two in a Crowd (1936) The Magnificent Brute (1936) She's Dangerous (1937) Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Story, 1939) Million Dollar Legs (1939) Golden Gloves (1940) The Farmer's Daughter (1940) Adventure in Washington (1941) I Live on Danger (1942) Alaska Highway (1943) The More The Merrier (1943) Can't Help Singing (1944) It's in the Bag! (1945) I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947) The Lucky Stiff (1949) The Eagle and the Hawk (1950) Crosswinds (1951) The Blazing Forest (1952) Crashout (1955) The Adventures of Jim Bowie (5 episodes, 1956) Tales of Wells Fargo (2 episodes, 1957–1961) The Wonderful World of Disney (3 episodes, 1959–1960)
Dorothy Wilson and fiance Lewis R. Foster stand smiling side by side as they are poised at the counter with their license and a pen. On February 29, 1936, the pair applied for a marriage license, but claimed that they had been engaged since last Christmas and that Miss Wilson had not proposed marriage the previous day, as is a common tradition for women to perform on the rare date.
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