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Tag Archives: Lewis Milestone
Rain (1932) Lewis Milestone, Fred Howard, Ben Hendricks Jr., William Gargan
For residents on the idyllic South Seas island of Pago Pago, life is simple until Read More »
Two Arabian Knights (1927) Lewis Milestone, William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim
Americans Sgt. Peter O’Gaffney and one of his soldiers, privileged “pretty boy” W. Daingerfield Phelps III Read More »
A Walk in the Sun (1945) Lewis Milestone, Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne
In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in Read More »
The Garden of Eden (1928) Lewis Milestone, Corinne Griffith, Louise Dresser, Lowell Sherman
Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Read More »
The Purple Heart (1944) Lewis Milestone, Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger
This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Read More »
Of Mice and Men (1939) Lewis Milestone, Lon Chaney Jr., Burgess Meredith, Betty Field
George Milton and Lennie Small are migrant workers in the 1930s Depression. Read More »
Les Miserables (1952) Lewis Milestone, Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Debra Paget
After stealing a loaf a bread to feed a starving family, Jean Valjean is sentenced Read More »
Anything Goes (1936) Lewis Milestone, Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Charles Ruggles
A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. Read More »
Pork Chop Hill (1959) Lewis Milestone, Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn
Grim story of one of the major battles of the Korean War. While negotiators are at work in Panmunjom trying Read More »
Hallelujah I’m a Bum (1933) Lewis Milestone, Al Jolson, Madge Evans, Frank Morgan
A New York tramp (Jolson) falls in love with the mayor’s amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt Read More »
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Lewis Milestone, Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray
This is an English language film (made in America) adapted from a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. Read More »
New York Nights (1929) Lewis Milestone, Norma Talmadge, Gilbert Roland, John Wray
Chorus girl Jill and composer Fred are happily married until he steps out on her with another woman. Read More »
They Who Dare (1954) Lewis Milestone, Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff
In Greece, during World War II, a small group of British commandoes Read More »
The General Died at Dawn (1936) Lewis Milestone, Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Akim Tamiroff
In revolution-torn China, American mercenary O’Hara is entrusted with a perilous mission Read More »