David L. Loew

David L. Loew (October 5, 1897 – March 25, 1973) was an American film producer. He and his brother Arthur Loew were the twin sons of MGM founder Marcus Loew.^[1] After being elected to the board of directors of Loew's, Inc., in 1922, he resigned from the studio in 1935 to launch an independent production career.^[2] In the early 1940s, he formed an independent production company with Albert Lewin and Stanley Kramer.^[3] At the end of World War II, he formed Enterprise Productions with actor John Garfield and former Warner Bros. publicity chief Charles Einfeld.^[4]

Filmography

• When's Your Birthday? (1937)
• Riding on Air (1937)
• Fit for a King (1937)
• Wide Open Faces (1938)
• The Gladiator (1938)
• Flirting with Fate (1938)
• So Ends Our Night (1941)
• The Moon and Sixpence (1942)
• The Southerner (1945)
• A Night in Casablanca (1946)
• Toccata and Fugue; short film (1946)
• The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
• Enchanted Lake (1947)
• Arch of Triumph (1948)

References

1. Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders by John N. Ingham; Greenwood Press, 1983.
2. Hollywood Renegades: The Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers by J. A. Aberdeen; Cobblestone Enterprises, 2000. See excerpt at Cobblestone Entertainment, retrieved May 16, 2007.
3. A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: A Life in Hollywood by Stanley Kramer and Thomas M. Coffey; Harcourt, 1997.
4. "David L. Loew". Hollywood Renegades Archives. Retrieved May 1, 2011.

External links

• David L. Loew at the Internet Movie Database