Lewis Milestone ^People

He is known for directing Two Arabian Knights (1927) and Al Quiet on the Western Front (1930), both of which received Academy Awards for Best Director. He also directed The Front Page (1931 - nomination), The General Died at Dawn (1936), Of Mice and Men (1939), Ocean's 1 (1960), and received the directing credit for Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), though Marlon Brando largely appropriatedhis respon- sibilities during its production. He emigrated to the United States in 1912. During the First World War he enlisted in the U.S. Signal Corps and was employed as an assis- tant director on Army training films. After the war he went to Hollywood, where he first worked as a film cutter. The first film he directed was Seven Sinners (1925). This was followed by The Caveman (1926) and The New Klondike (1926). The producer, Howard Hughes, employed Milestone to direct Two Arabian Knights. The film, starring William Boyd, Mary Astor and Louis Wolheim, was a great success and Milestone won an Academy Award for Comedy Direction. This award made him a much sort after director and his films included The Garden ofEden (1928), The Racket (1928), Betrayal (1929) and New York Nights (1929). During this period he began to experiment. Other films by Milestone included The Front Page (1931), Rain (1932), Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp (1933), The Captain Hates the Sea (1934), Paris in Spring (1935), Anything Goes (1936), The General Died at Dawn (1936).