Arthur Lubin
Arthur Lubin ( born July 25, 1898 in Los Angeles, † 12 May 1995 Glendale, California ) was an American film director.
Life and Films
After studying at the Carnegie Technical Schools in Pittsburgh Arthur Lubin came in the 1920s to the movie, where he first worked as a performer at various production companies. 1934/35 trusted him the Monogram Pictures Corporation for the first time some directing work on, including " A Successful Failure", a comedy by William Collier sen .. 1935 moved Lubin for Republic Pictures Corporation and 1936 to Universal Pictures, for whom he first crime and Action movies from 1940 and to an increasing extent also staged musical comedies. After the Universal had in 1940 staged the first movie musical with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, directed by A. Edward Sutherland, Lubin took over the comedy duo and turned with him films like " Buck Privates ," " In the Navy ", " Hold That Ghost", " Keep ' Em Flying " (all four in 1941 ) and "Heroes in the Saddle " ( 1941).
After Arthur Lubin in 1940 a trip to the eerie genre ( "Black Friday " ) had undertaken, was his next hit film, which is regarded as his most important artistic, another horror film, " Phantom of the Opera ". The star in this horror musical that won two Oscars for the best decoration and best cinematography, played Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster and Claude Rains. After the end of World War II Lubin staged for changing production companies such diverse films as the musical " New Orleans " (1947 ), the film noir " Impact" (1949 ), a fantasy series about a talking mule ( Francis, 1950-1955 ) and the Family comedy " Rhubarb " (1951). In the 1950s, Lubin continued his work for the film, but also began to work for television, for which it countless episodes in western series such as "Cheyenne ", " Maverick ", " Bronco ", "The Deputy " and " Bonanza " staged. In 1961 Lubin in the popular television series "Mr. Ed " Director, in which the motives of the " Francis "films were continued with a talking horse.
The historian William J. Mann, who wrote a monograph on gay film artists in Hollywood, believes that Arthur Lubin was gay.
Filmography
As an actor
As a director
Television productions
Director, unless otherwise indicated: