MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY

Lewis Milestone

(Kishinev, Russia, 1895 - Los Angeles, USA, 1980), was a Russian director, screenwriter, and movie producer who became a naturalized American citizen. Considered one of the top directors of classic Hollywood films, he is famous above all for having directed war movies such as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), The North Star (1943), Halls of Montezuma (1951), and They Who Dare (1954). His long career spanned over forty years and he won two Oscars for best director (Two Arabian Knights, 1927, which won in’29; and All Quiet on the Western Front) and also directed comedies (the first movie version of The Front Page, 1931), dramas such as Of Mice and Men (1939) and Arch of Triumph (1948), and adventure movies such as Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).

FILMOGRAFIA

The Toothbrush (cm, 1918), Posture (cm, 1918), Positive (cm, 1918), Fit to Win (1919), Seven Sinners (1925), The Caveman (1926), The New Klondike (1926), Fine Manners (1926), The Kid Brother (Il fratello minore, 1927), Two Arabian Knights (Notte d’Arabia, 1927), The Garden of Eden (Eden Palace, 1928), Tempest (Nella tempesta, 1928), The Racket (1928), Betrayal (Tradimento, 1929), New York Nights (Notti di New York, 1929), All Quiet on the Western Front (All’ovest niente di nuovo, 1930), The Front Page (1931), Pioggia (1932), Hallelujah I’m a Bum (1933), The Captain Hates the Sea (1934), Paris in Spring (Una notte al castello, 1935), Anything Goes (1936), The General Died at Dawn (L’oro della Cina, 1936), The Young in Heart (4 in paradiso, 1938), The Night of Nights (1939), Of Mice and Men (Uomini e topi, 1939), Lucky Partners (Il ponte dell’amore, 1940), The Westerner (L’uomo del West, 1940), My Life with Caroline (1941), Know for Sure (cm, 1941), Our Russian Front (Il nostro fronte russo, cm, doc, 1942), Edge of Darkness (La bandiera sventola ancora, 1943), The North Star (Fuoco a oriente, 1943), The Purple Heart (Prigionieri di Satana, 1944), Guest in the House (Veleno in paradiso, 1944), A Walk in the Sun (Salerno, ora X, 1945), The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (Lo strano amore di Marta Ivers, 1946), Arch of Triumph (Arco di trionfo, 1948), No Minor Vices (Tra moglie e marito, 1948), The Red Pony (Minuzzolo, 1949), Halls of Montezuma (Okinawa, 1951), Kangaroo (Kangarù, 1952), Les Misérables (I miserabili, 1952), Melba (Sulle ali del sogno, 1953), They Who Dare (Operazione commandos, 1954), La vedova X (1955), Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (serie tv, 1958), Suspicion (serie tv, 1958), Have Gun - Will Travel (serie tv, 1958), Pork Chop Hill (38º parallelo: missione compiuta, 1959), Ocean’s Eleven (Colpo grosso, 1960), Mutiny on the Bounty (Gli ammutinati del Bounty, 1962), The Richard Boone Show (Richard Boone, serie tv, 1964), Arrest and Trial (Sotto accusa, serie tv, 1964).