Robert Lewis

Robert Lewis

Nacimiento : 1909-03-16, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Muerte : 1997-11-23

Historia

Robert Lewis (1909 – 1997) was an American actor, director, teacher, author and founder of the Actors Studio in New York in 1947. In addition to his accomplishments on Broadway and in Hollywood, Lewis' greatest and longest lasting contribution to American theater may be the role he played as one of the foremost acting and directing teachers of his day. He was an early proponent of the Stanislavski System of acting technique and a founding member of New York's revolutionary Group Theatre in the 1930s. In the 1970s, he was the Head of the Yale School of Drama Acting and Directing Departments.

Perfil

Robert Lewis

Películas

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theatre.
Montgomery Clift
Self
A documentary incorporating footage of Montgomery Clift’s most memorable films; interviews with family and friends, and rare archival material stretching back to his childhood. What develops is the story of an intense young boy who yearned for stardom, achieved notable success in such classic films as From Here to Eternity and I Confess, only to be ruined by alcohol addiction and his inability to face his own fears and homosexual desires. Montgomery Clift, as this film portrays him, may not have been a happy man but he never compromised his acting talents for Hollywood.
Entre rivales todo vale
Director
Bill Benson y Ted Adams son dos estrellas del mundo del espectáculo que viajan alrededor del mundo en busca de las dos mujeres que necesitan para la comedia musical que preparan. Segunda versión musical de la obra de Guy Bolton y P.G. Wodehouse, tras la realizada por Lewis Milestone 20 años antes, "Todo vale" (1936). Sigue teniendo las canciones de Cole Porter, y vuelve a estar protagonizada por Bing Crosby y a ser desarrollada en un crucero, pero el argumento es diferente. Esta fue la única película dirigida por uno de los tres fundadores del Actors Studio, Robert Lewis (1909-97), al margen de uno de los fragmentos de Ziegfeld Follies (1945), y también representó el último trabajo de Bing Crosby para la Paramount, estudio al que estuvo ligado durante 22 años.
Monsieur Verdoux
Maurice Bottello
Basada en hechos reales, esta obra maestra del genio Chaplin cuenta la historia de Henri Verdoux, un hombre de doble vida. Por un lado es un respetable hombre casado padre de un hijo, pero por otro es un seductor que, bajo otra identidad, se dedica a casarse con viudas ricas a las que posteriormente asesina para quedarse con su fortuna.
The Hidden Eye
Stormvig
A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of murder.
Ziegfeld Follies
Director
Comedia musical dirigida, escrita y protagonizada por diversos directores, guionistas y estrellas de la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Ziegfeld Follies
Chinese Gentleman (segment Limehouse Blues) / Telephone Voice (segment Number Please)
Comedia musical dirigida, escrita y protagonizada por diversos directores, guionistas y estrellas de la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The Last Installment
Kovak
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a criminal idolizes the life of a famous gangster - unaware that his hero met a tragic end.
El cachorro de Lassie
Sergeant Schmidt
Laddie es el cachorro de la intrépida perra Lassie, y sigue a su madre en una acción aérea durante la II Guerra Mundial. Pero el avión es derribado durante la misión y cae en la Noruega ocupada.
Estirpe de Dragón
Captain Sato
Segunda Guerra Mundial. Los valores y principios de una familia china se desmoronan tras la invasión japonesa. Los occidentales se alían con los chinos para luchar contra el enemigo común. En estas circunstancias, una heroica mujer china se pone al frente de una revuelta contra los invasores nipones.
Paris After Dark
Col. Pirosh
Andre Marbel is the upper-class doctor who is able to continue his practice above suspicion even though he is a leader in the French Resistance. His nurse supports his activities, but her Nazi-brainwashed husband provides the tension.