Arthur Lubin

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Arthur Lubin (born July 25, 1898 in Los Angeles , † May 12, 1995 in Glendale , California ) was an American film director.

Life and movies

After studying at Carnegie Technical Schools in Pittsburgh , Arthur Lubin came to film in the 1920s, where he initially worked as an actor for various production companies. In 1934/35 the Monogram Pictures Corporation entrusted him with some directorial work for the first time, including "A Successful Failure", a comedy with William Collier senior. In 1935 Lubin moved to the Republic Pictures Corporation and in 1936 to Universal Pictures , for which he initially directed crime and action films and, from 1940, increasingly also musical amusement games. After the Universal in 1940 directed by A. Edward Sutherland with the first film musicalBud Abbott and Lou Costello had directed, Lubin took over the comedian duo and made films with him such as " Buck Privates ", "In the Navy", "Hold That Ghost", "Keep 'Em Flying" (all four in 1941) and "Heroes im Sattel "(1941).

After Arthur Lubin had already undertaken an excursion into the eerie genre (" Black Friday ") in 1940 , his next successful film, which is considered to be his most artistically important, was again a horror film: " Phantom of the Opera ". Nelson Eddy , Susanna Foster and Claude Rains played the leading roles in this horror musical, which won two Academy Awards for Best Decoration and Best Camera . After the end of the Second World War , Lubin directed films as diverse as the musical “New Orleans” (1947), the film noir “ Impact ” (1949), a fantasy series about a talking mule (Francis, 1950–1955) and that for various production companies Family fun game "Rhubarb" (1951). Lubin continued his film work in the 1950s, but also began working for television, for which he had countless episodes in western series such as Cheyenne, Maverick, Bronco, The Deputy and Bonanza “Staged. In 1961, Lubin also directed the popular television series " Mr. Ed ", which continued the themes of the "Francis" films with a talking horse.

Historian William J. Mann , who wrote a monograph on homosexual film artists in Hollywood , suggests Arthur Lubin was homosexual.

Filmography

as a performer

  • 1924: The Woman on the Jury
  • 1925: His People / Proud Heart
  • 1926: Bardelys the Magnificent
  • 1926: Millionaires
  • 1927: Afraid to Love
  • 1928: The Wedding March (Direction: Erich von Stroheim )
  • 1928: The Bushranger
  • 1929: Eyes of the Underworld
  • 1929: Times Square / The Street of Jazz

as a director

  • 1933: She wronged him (production assistant)
  • 1934: A Successful Failure
  • 1935: Great God Gold
  • 1935: Honeymoon Limited
  • 1935: Two Sinners / Two Black Sheep
  • 1935: Frisco Waterfront
  • 1936: The House of a Thousand Candles
  • 1936: Yellowstone
  • 1936: Mysterious Crossing
  • 1937: California Straight Ahead!
  • 1937: I Cover the War
  • 1937: Idol of the Crowds
  • 1937: Adventure's End
  • 1938: Midnight Intruder
  • 1938: The Beloved Brat
  • 1938: Prison Break
  • 1938: Secrets of a Nurse
  • 1938: Newsboys' Home
  • 1939: Risky Business
  • 1939: Big Town Czar
  • 1939: Mickey the Kid / Mickey
  • 1939: Call a Messenger
  • 1939: The Big Guy / Warden of the Big House
  • 1940: Black Friday (Black Friday)
  • 1940: Gangs of Chicago
  • 1940: Meet the Wildcat
  • 1940: Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
  • 1940: I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
  • 1940: San Francisco Docks
  • 1941: Where Did You Get That Girl?
  • 1941: Buck Privates
  • 1941: In the Navy
  • 1941: Beware of ghosts! (Hold That Ghost / Oh, Charlie)
  • 1941: Keep 'Em Flying
  • 1942: Heroes in the Saddle (Ride 'Em Cowboy)
  • 1942: Eagle Squadron
  • 1942: Keeping Fit (short documentary)
  • 1943: Curse of the Temple Gods (White Savage)
  • 1943: Phantom of the Opera
  • 1943: To the People of the United States (short documentary)
  • 1944: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
  • 1945: Delightfully Dangerous
  • 1946: The Spider Woman Strikes Back
  • 1946: A Night in Paradise
  • 1947: New Orleans
  • 1949: Western Melodies
  • 1949: Impact
  • 1950: Francis
  • 1951: Francis Goes to the Races
  • 1951: Queen for a Day / Horsie
  • 1951: Rhubarb
  • 1952: Francis Goes to West Point
  • 1952: It Grows on Trees
  • 1953: Gobs in a Mess
  • 1953: Escape from Shanghai (South Sea Woman)
  • 1953: Francis Covers the Big Town
  • 1954: The Castle of the Traitors (Star of India)
  • 1954: Francis Joins the WACS
  • 1955: Between Hate and Love (Footsteps in the Fog)
  • 1955: Francis in the Navy
  • 1955: The Naked Hostage (Lady Godiva of Coventry)
  • 1956: The First Traveling Saleslady (& Production)
  • 1957: Lost in Japan (Escapade in Japan , also production)
  • 1961: The crook of Baghdad (Il ladro di Bagdad)
  • 1964: The Incredible Mr. Limpet
  • 1966: Beat! Beat! Beat! (Hold On!)
  • 1971: The Challenge (Rain for a Dusty Summer)

Television productions

Director, unless otherwise stated:

  • 1955: Cheyenne (TV series)
  • 1957: Maverick (TV series)
  • 1958: Bronco (TV series)
  • 1958: 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
  • 1959: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse: The Comeback (episode of a television series)
  • 1959: The Deputy: Focus of Doom (episode of a television series)
  • 1960: The Deputy: The Return of Simon Fry (episode of a television series)
  • 1960: Bonanza (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 1960: New Comedy Showcase: You're Only Young Twice (episode of a television series)
  • 1961: Mr. Ed: The Wonderful World of Wilbur Pope (episode of a television series) - producer
  • 1961: Mr. Ed (TV series) - production, director
  • 1964: The Addams Family (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1978: Little Lulu (TV movie)

literature

  • William Mann: Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969. Viking Adult, New York 2001, ISBN 0-670-03017-1 .

See also

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Lubin, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH los Angeles
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1995
Place of death Glendale (California)