Arthur Lubin
Arthur Lubin | |
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Picture Play Magazine, June 1926 | |
| Born | Arthur William Lubovsky July 25, 1898 Los Angeles, United States |
| Died | May 11, 1995 (aged 96) Glendale, California, United States |
| Resting place | Cremains scattered at sea |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, writer |
Arthur Lubin (July 25, 1898 – May 11, 1995) was an American film director and producer who directed several Abbott & Costello films, Phantom of the Opera (1943), the Francis the Talking Mule series and created the talking-horse TV series Mister Ed. A prominent director for Universal Pictures in the 1940s and 1950s, he is perhaps best known today as the man who gave Clint Eastwood his first contract in film.