Lewis Milestone (born Lev Milstein) (September 30, 1895 - September 25, 1980) was an accomplished, and award-winning motion picture director. He is known for directing Two Arabian Knights (1927), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), The General Died at Dawn (1936)Of Mice and Men (1940), Ocean's Eleven (1960) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Two Arabian Knights (1927) is a silent black and white comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone. ... All Quiet on the Western Front is the name of two films based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel All Quiet on the Western Front, one a cinematic treatment directed by Lewis Milestone, the other a television film directed by Delbert Mann. ... The General Died at Dawn is a 1936 film which tells the story of a mercenary who meets a beautiful girl while trying to keep arms from getting to a vicious warlord in war-torn China. ... Of Mice and Men is a novella by John Steinbeck, first published in 1937, which tells the tragic story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced Anglo migrant ranch workers in California during the Great Depression (1929-1941). ... Oceans Eleven is a 1960 heist film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring five Rat Packers: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. ... Mutiny on the Bounty, based on the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff, is a 1962 film starring Marlon Brando and Trevor Howard. ...

Milestone was born in Kishinev (Bessarabia, Imperial Russia, now — Chişinău, Moldova), although at the time it was the Russian city of Kishinev, and came to the United States just prior to World War I. Milestone held a number of odd jobs before enlisting in the U.S. Signal Corps, where he worked as an assistant director on Army training films during the war. In 1919 he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. 1927 map of Bessarabia from Charles Upson Clarks book Bessarabia (Basarabia in Romanian, Бесарабія in Ukrainian, Бессарабия in Russian, Бесарабия in Bulgarian, Besarabya in Turkish) is a historical term for the geographic entity in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the East and the Prut River on the West. ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... Status Municipality Founded 1436 Area 635 km² Population (2004) 647,513 [1] - density 1,114 inh/km² - rank 1st Localities (total): 35 - cities 7 - communes 12 - unincorporated 16 Mayor Dorin Chirtoacă, since 2007 Council 51 members, since 2007 - Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova 16 - Liberal Party (Moldova... Chişinău (Russian Кишинёв, Kishinyov, also Kishinev; Moldovan Cyrillic Кишинэу), estimated population 920,000 (2002), is the capital of Moldova. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Branch insignia of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, representing Myers Wigwag The U.S. Army Signal Corps was founded in 1860 by United States Army Major Albert J. Myer, a physician by training. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Naturalization is the process whereby a person becomes a national of a nation, or a citizen of a country, other than the one of his birth. ...

After the war he went to Hollywood, where he first worked as a film cutter, and later as an assistant director. Howard Hughes promoted Milestone to director, and one of his early efforts, the 1928 film Two Arabian Knights, won him an Oscar in the first Academy Award ceremony. He also directed The Racket, an early gangster film, and later helped Hughes direct scenes for his aviation saga Hell's Angels (for which he never received credit). Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... For the Welsh murderer, see Howard Hughes (murderer). ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Two Arabian Knights (1927) is a silent black and white comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Racket was one of the first films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called Best Picture, Production) in 1927. ... Gangster film is a film genre which features gangster characters, such as members of the Mafia and inner city street gangs. ... Hells Angels Theatrical Release poster Hells Angels was a 1930 film directed by Howard Hughes. ...

Milestone won his second Academy Award for All Quiet on the Western Front, a harrowing screen adaptation of the antiwar novel by Erich Maria Remarque. His next, The Front Page, brought the Ben Hecht/Charles MacArthur play to the screen. It earned him another Oscar nomination. His work during the '30's and '40's was always easily identifiable by its lighting and imaginative use of fluid camera. He worked extensively in television from the mid 1950s. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... All Quiet on the Western Front is the name of two films based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel All Quiet on the Western Front, one a cinematic treatment directed by Lewis Milestone, the other a television film directed by Delbert Mann. ... Erich Maria Remarque (June 22, 1898 – September 25, 1970) was the pseudonym of Erich Paul Remark, a German author. ... The Front Page was a smash hit Broadway comedy written in 1928 by onetime Chicago, Illinois reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. ... Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was a prolific Hollywood screenwriter, even though he professed disdain for the motion picture industry. ... Charles MacArthur (November 5, 1895 _ April 21, 1956) was an American playwright and screenwriter, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...

On his passing in 1980, Lewis Milestone was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Cemetery view looking South-East. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

Milestone's Academy Award nominations

• 1940 Nominated Of Mice and Men
• 1931 Nominated The Front Page
• 1930 Won All Quiet on the Western Front
• 1929 Won Two Arabian Knights

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Milestone's filmography as a director

• 1963 – "Arrest and Trial" (television) series
• 1962 – Mutiny on the Bounty
• 1960 – Ocean's Eleven
• 1959 – Pork Chop Hill
• 1957 – "Have Gun — Will Travel" (television series)
• 1954 – La Vedova X
• 1954 – They Who Dare
• 1953 – Melba
• 1952 – Kangaroo
• 1952 – Les Misérables
• 1950 – Halls of Montezuma
• 1949 – The Red Pony
• 1948 – No Minor Vices
• 1948 – Arch of Triumph
• 1946 – The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
• 1945 – A Walk in the Sun
• 1944 – The Purple Heart
• 1944 – Guest in the House
• 1943 – The North Star
• 1943 – Edge of Darkness
• 1941 – My Life with Caroline
• 1940 – Lucky Partners
• 1939 – The Night of Nights
• 1939 – Of Mice and Men
• 1936 – The General Died at Dawn
• 1936 – Anything Goes (film)
• 1935 – Paris in Spring
• 1934 – The Captain Hates the Sea
• 1933 – Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
• 1932 – Rain
• 1931 – The Front Page
• 1930 – All Quiet on the Western Front
• 1929 – Betrayal
• 1929 – New York Nights
• 1928 – The Racket
• 1928 – Tempest (uncredited)
• 1928 – The Garden of Eden
• 1927 – Two Arabian Knights
• 1927 – The Kid Brother (uncredited)
• 1926 – Fine Manners (uncredited)
• 1926 – The New Klondike
• 1926 – The Caveman
• 1925 – Seven Sinners
• 1919 – Fit to Win
• 1918 – Positive
• 1918 – Posture
• 1918 – The Toothbrush

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External links

• Lewis Milestone at the Internet Movie Database