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Joseph H. Lewis

Joseph H. Lewis
  • Name: Joseph H. Lewis
  • Birthday: 1907-04-06
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Popularity: 0.07
Biography: ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph H. Lewis  (April 6, 1907–August 30, 2000), was an American B-movie film director. Although he worked with both Béla Lugosi (The Invisible Ghost) and Lionel Atwill in early 1940s horror, he is best known for his work in film noir from the late 40s and the 1950s. His most acclaimed feature, Gun Crazy (1949), is a dark romance about gun-obsession, and notable for its use of location photography. At the dawn of his career (1937–1940), when Lewis was directing inexpensive westerns, he earned the derogatory nickname "Wagon-Wheel Joe" from the studio editors, because of his tendency to use wagon-wheels for constructing interesting visual... Read More

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Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula   as  Self 1997-06-15