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Versatile and prolific writer of novels, nonfiction and poetry who entered film as a protege of David O. Selznick in the early 1930s. Lewton went on to produce a number of stylish, low-budget horror films for RKO, notably the atmospheric "Cat People" (1942), the engagingly macabre "I Walked With A Zombie" (1943) and the chilling "Bedlam" (1946).
Versatile and prolific writer of novels, nonfiction and poetry who entered film as a protege of David O. Selznick in the early 1930s. Lewton went on to produce a number of stylish, low-budget horror films for RKO, notably the atmospheric "Cat People" (1942), the engagingly macabre "I Walked With A Zombie" (1943) and the chilling "Bedlam" (1946).
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A Tale of Two Cities
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1909:
Immigrated to the USA
1928:
With MGM publicity department
1942:
Produced "Cat People"
Education
Columbia University:
New York , New York -
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father:
Max Hofschneider. Died in 1908.
mother:
Nina Lewton. Changed family name to Lewton when she settled in the USA; died in 1967 at age 92.
aunt:
Alla Nazimova. Actor.
sister:
Lucy Olga Lewton.
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