Lewis Seiler

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Lewis Seiler (born September 30, 1890 in New York City , † January 8, 1964 in Los Angeles ) was an American film director specializing in straightforward, tough men's fabrics.

Life

Seiler came to Hollywood after his military service in 1919 and worked his way up from gagman and assistant director to director over the next four years . From 1923 he first made short slapstick comedies and then, in the late silent film phase, also directed a series of westerns with the cowboy star Tom Mix in the lead role. Recommended with such work as a specialist in straightforward action fabrics, Seiler's name from then on stood for classic men's stories that took place in the rough wilderness, in brutal everyday prison life or on international war fronts and during bloody battles.

Lewis Seiler seldom tried himself as a comedy director. She found the majority of his productions at B-movie level, none of his works, which were quite popular with the public, are of film historical importance. After all, Seiler was able to work with a veritable superstar, Marlene Dietrich , on his film “ Pittsburgh ” in 1942 , even if the result did not receive any praise from critics.

Filmography

  • 1923: Circus Pals
  • 1923: Jungle Pals
  • 1923: School Pals
  • 1924: The Monkey Romeo
  • 1924: Darwin Was Right
  • 1924: The Sleep Walker
  • 1925: The Butterfly Man
  • 1925: Strong for Love
  • 1925: The Flying Fool
  • 1926: The Great K & A Train Robbery (also production)
  • 1926: The Gold Prospector 's Testament ( No Man's Gold )
  • 1926: The last ride ( The Last Trail )
  • 1927: The Death Voyage on the Black River ( Tumbling River )
  • 1927: Wolf Fangs
  • 1927: The Panzerpost ( Outlaws of Red River )
  • 1928: Fliegerturnier ( The Air Circus ) (co-director)
  • 1928: The Ghost Talks
  • 1929: Girls Gone Wild (also production)
  • 1929: A Song of Kentucky
  • 1930: El impostor
  • 1931: Hay que casar al principe
  • 1931: La ley del harem
  • 1932: No Greater Love
  • 1932: Deception
  • 1933: Frontier Marshal
  • 1934: In the canals of Paris ( Charlie Chan in Paris )
  • 1935: Ginger
  • 1935: Paddy O'Day
  • 1936: Star for a Night
  • 1936: Career Woman
  • 1937: Turn Off the Moon
  • 1938: School of the crime ( Crime School )
  • 1938: Assault on the Arctic Queen ( Heart of the North )
  • 1939: Hell's Kitchen (co-director)
  • 1939: way out of nowhere ( Dust be My Destiny )
  • 1940: A Nightclub for Sarah Jane ( It All Came True )
  • 1940: Flight Angels
  • 1940: South of Suez
  • 1941: Terror of the 2nd Company ( You're in the Army Now )
  • 1941: Engagement to Death ( The Smiling Ghost )
  • 1942: The Great Gangster ( The Big Shot )
  • 1942: Beyond the Line of Duty
  • 1942: Pittsburgh
  • 1943: Guadalcanal - Hell in the Pacific ( Guadalcanal Diary )
  • 1944: Something for the Boys
  • 1945: Molly and Me
  • 1945: Doll Face
  • 1946: If I'm Lucky
  • 1948: Whiplash
  • 1950: 6.6. 6:30 - Breakthrough in Normandy ( Breakthrough )
  • 1951: The Tanks Are Coming
  • 1951: The Winning Team
  • 1952: The Dead Witness ( Operation Secret )
  • 1952: Headquarters Chicago ( The System )
  • 1954: The Bamboo Prison
  • 1954: Women's Prison House ( Women's Prison )
  • 1955: Battle Stations
  • 1956: Over-Exposed
  • 1957: The blonde bait ( The True Story of Lynn Stuart )

literature

  • Ephraim Katz : The Film Encyclopedia, 4th Edition. Revised by Fred Klein & Ronald Dean Nolen, p. 1232, New York 2001

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personal data
SURNAME Seiler, Lewis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1964
Place of death Hollywood , California