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Name
  
Lewis Foster


Role
  
Screenwriter

Full Name
  
Lewis Ransom Foster

Born
  
August 5, 1898 (
1898-08-05
)
Brookfield, Missouri, United States

Other names
  
L R Foster L.R. Foster Lewis Foster Lew Foster

Occupation
  
Screenwriter, director, producer, television composer

Died
  
June 10, 1974, Tehachapi, California, United States

Spouse
  
Dorothy Wilson (m. 1936–1974)

Awards
  
Academy Award for Best Story

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay

Movies
  
Mr Smith Goes to Washington, The Last Outpost, Dakota Incident, Tonka, Crashout

Similar People
  
Sidney Buchman, John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Norman Foster, Harry Bernard

Lewis R. Foster - Screenwriter


Lewis R. Foster (August 5, 1898 – June 10, 1974) was an American screenwriter, film/television director, and film/television producer. He directed and wrote over one hundred films and television series between 1926 and 1960.

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Director

  • Double Whoopee (1929)
  • Angora Love (1929)
  • Dizzy Dates (1930)
  • Blondes Prefer Bonds (1931)
  • Love Letters of a Star (1936)
  • The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937)
  • El Paso (1949)
  • The Lucky Stiff (1949)
  • Manhandled (1949)
  • Captain China (1950)
  • Passage West (1951)
  • Hong Kong (1952)
  • Those Redheads From Seattle (1953) filmed in 3-D
  • Four Star Playhouse (1 episode, 1954)
  • The Bold and the Brave (1956)
  • Cavalcade of America (2 episodes, 1955–1956)
  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie (21 episodes, 1956–1957)
  • The Wonderful World of Disney (8 episodes, 1957–1960)

    • Writer

  • The Merry Widower (1926)
  • Wrong Again (Story, 1929)
  • Broken Wedding Bells (1930)
  • The Great Pie Mystery (1931)
  • The Girl in the Tonneau (1932)
  • Cheating Blondes (1933)
  • Stolen Harmony (1935)
  • Two in a Crowd (1936)
  • She's Dangerous (1937)
  • Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Story, 1939)
  • Million Dollar Legs (1939)
  • Golden Gloves (1940)
  • The Farmer's Daughter (1940)
  • Adventure in Washington (1941)
  • I Live on Danger (1942)
  • Alaska Highway (1943)
  • The More The Merrier (1943)
  • Can't Help Singing (1944)
  • It's in the Bag! (1945)
  • I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
  • The Lucky Stiff (1949)
  • The Eagle and the Hawk (1950)
  • Crosswinds (1951)
  • The Blazing Forest (1952)
  • Crashout (1955)
  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie (5 episodes, 1956)
  • Tales of Wells Fargo (2 episodes, 1957–1961)
  • The Wonderful World of Disney (3 episodes, 1959–1960)

    • References

    Lewis R. Foster Wikipedia
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