David Lewis (producer)
American film producer
David Lewis
Born David Levy
December 14, 1903Died March 13, 1987(1987-03-13) (aged 83) Burial place Forest Lawn Glendale Occupation Film producer Partner James Whale
David Lewis (born David Levy ; December 14, 1903 – March 13, 1987[ 1] ) was a prominent American Hollywood film producer in the 1940s and 1950s,[ 2] who produced such films as Dark Victory (1939), Arch of Triumph (1948), and Raintree County (1957). He worked for Warner Brothers , Paramount and M-G-M and was elected a vice president of Enterprise Productions, Inc. in 1946.
He was also the longtime romantic partner of director James Whale from 1930 to 1952. Although they were separated at the time of Whale's death in 1957, Lewis later released the contents of Whale's suicide note. Whale was cremated per his request and his ashes were interred in the Columbarium of Memory at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale . When David Lewis died in 1987, his executor and Whale biographer James Curtis had his ashes interred in a niche across from Whale's.[ 3]
Lewis was portrayed in the 1998 film Gods and Monsters by David Dukes .
Filmography
Producer
More , 1969, executive producer (as David L. Lewis)
Raintree County , 1957
The Seventh Sin , 1957
The End of the Affair , 1955
Arch of Triumph , 1948
The Other Love , 1947
Tomorrow Is Forever , 1946
It's a Pleasure , 1945
Blind Adventure , 1933
Associate producer
Frenchman's Creek , 1944
Till We Meet Again , 1944
In This Our Life , 1942
Kings Row , 1942
Million Dollar Baby , 1941
All This, and Heaven Too , 1940
'Til We Meet Again , 1940
Each Dawn I Die , 1939
Dark Victory , 1939
The Sisters , 1938 (uncredited)
Secrets of an Actress , 1938 (uncredited)
Four's a Crowd , 1938 (uncredited)
Men Are Such Fools , 1938 (uncredited)
Camille , 1936
Riffraff , 1936
Stingaree , 1934
Where Sinners Meet , 1934
Two Alone , 1934
Headline Shooter , 1933
Flying Devils , 1933
Cross Fire , 1933
Son of the Border , 1933
Scarlet River , 1933
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