Lew Landers
Lew Landers (born January 2, 1901 in New York City as Louis Friedlander , † December 16, 1962 in Palm Desert , California ) was an American director.
life and career
Lew Landers was one of the most high - profile and busy B-movie directors of his generation. From 1934 until his death he was responsible for a total of over 140 feature films. He shot his first films primarily at Universal Studios , including his perhaps best-known today - The Raven , a horror film with Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in the leading roles , which is also highly regarded by film critics . He later shot the horror comedy The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942) with Karloff, and the vampire film The Return of the Vampire (1943) with Bela Lugosi . In the course of his career, Landers staged works with other prominent actors such as Peter Lorre , Joan Fontaine , Paul Henreid , Gene Autry , Tim Holt , Jon Hall , Richard Dix , Edmond O'Brien , Harry Carey , Warner Baxter , Louis Hayward , Lucille Ball , Freddie Bartholomew , Dorothy Malone , Victor McLaglen and Erich von Stroheim .
Later in his career, Landers often worked for RKO Pictures or Columbia , where he mostly had to shoot under high time pressure and low production costs. Landers was responsible for several of the "Boston Blackie" crime films starring Chester Morris in the 1940s . In the early 1950s he made two adventure films with Johnny Weissmüller , who ultimately wanted to continue his Tarzan successes in vain . From 1954, Landers shifted his focus to television work, where he directed numerous episodes of various television series. He died of a heart attack in December 1962 at the age of 61. The independent film Terrified was released posthumously the following year . Lew Landers is buried in the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.
Filmography (selection)
- 1934: The Vanishing Shadow
- 1934: The Red Rider
- 1935: The Raven (The Raven)
- 1937: Living on Love
- 1937: Flight from Glory
- 1937: The Man Who Found Himself
- 1938: Pacific Liner
- 1938: Condemned Women
- 1938: Crashing Hollywood
- 1938: The Affairs of Annabel
- 1938: Annabel takes a tour
- 1940: Ski Patrol
- 1941: Ridin 'on a Rainbow
- 1942: Atlantic Convoy
- 1942: aka Boston Blackie
- 1942: The Boogie Man Will Get You
- 1942: And Their Families (short film)
- 1943: The Return of the Vampire
- 1943: After Midnight with Boston Blackie
- 1945: The Mask of Diijon
- 1945: The Enchanted Forest
- 1945: The Power of the Whistler
- 1946: A Close Call for Boston Blackie
- 1947: The Colt sits loosely (Thunder Mountain)
- 1948: Journey to Doom (Inner Sanctum)
- 1950: On the Warpath (Indian Scout)
- 1950: The last privateer (Last of the Buccaneers)
- 1951: Jungle Manhunt
- 1951: The Red Falcon of Baghdad (The Magic Carpet)
- 1952: Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
- 1952: The Devil of the Ocean (Torpedo Alley)
- 1952: California on Fire (California Conquest)
- 1953: Man in the Dark
- 1954: Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
- 1954–1955: Topper (TV series, 19 episodes)
- 1955–1957: The Texas Rangers (TV series, 22 episodes)
- 1956–1959: Rin-Tin-Tin (TV series, 22 episodes)
- 1957: Alarm in the harbor ( Harbor Command ; TV series, 14 episodes)
- 1959/1960: Maverick (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1963: Terrified
Web links
- Lew Landers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Lew Landers at Find A Grave
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Landers, Lew |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friedlander, Louis (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1962 |
| Place of death | Palm Desert , California |