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Lewis Stone
1879 - 1953 |
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. The everlasting urbane gentleman Lewis Stone was a so much busy actor that there was a time the audience asked themselves if there exist any movies without these admittedly impressive actor. Lewis Stone's life before his film career comprised a mission during the Spanish-American war as a volunteer, after that he worked as a writer through which he got in touch with the film business. In 1915 he appeared for the first time in movies like "The Man Who Found Out" (15), "Honor's Altar" (16) and "The Havoc" (16) before his career was interrupted by another war mission during World War I. When he returned he continued he film career successfully. Because he already turned grey at the age of 20 and because of his elegant appearance he was early engaged for noble but still energetic gentlemen parts. To his great successes of the 20's belong "Milestones" (20), "Beau Revel" (21), "Pilgrims of the Night" (21), "The Prisoner of Zenda" (22), "Scaramouche" (23), "Husbands and Lovers" (24), "Confessions of a Queen" (25), "The Lost World" (25), "Don Juan's Three Nights" (26), "The Notorious Lady" (27) and "The Patriot" (28), for which he was nominated for the Oscar. In1928 he played together with Greta Garbo for the first time in the movie "A Woman of Affairs" (28). It followed six other cinematic works mit Garbo and with this Lewis Stone became the most often film partner of the "godlike" actress - "Wild Orchids" (29), "Romance" (30), "Inspiration" (31), "Mata Hari" (31), "Grand Hotel" (32) and "Queen Christina" (33). Lewis Stone made the transition from the silent movie to the talkies with the movie "The Trial of Mary Dugan" (29). His popularity was still on the same level in the 30s and he appeared in more than 60 movies in this decade. To his well-known movies belong "The Big House" (30), "The Bargain" (31), "The Sin of Madelon Claudet" (31), "Unashamed" (32), "The Mask of Fu Manchu" (32), "Treasure Island - Die Schatzinsel" (34), "David Copperfield" (35) and "The Man Who Cried Wolf" (37). With his part as Judge James K. Hardy in "You're Only Young Once" (37) followe a whole string of Hardy movies. Lewis Stone impersonated this figure till 1946 in 14 movies altogether. In the 50s he took part in two remakes of movies he already appeared
in the 30s - "Scaramouche" (52) and "The Prisoner of Zenda" (52), beside
them he also played in the movies "Key to the City" (50), "It's a Big Country
(51) and "Just This Once" (52).
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