From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Albert Lewin (1894–1968) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 23, 1894 and raised in Newark, New Jersey. He earned a Master's degree at Harvard and taught English at the University of Missouri. During World War I, he served in the military and was afterwards appointed assistant national director of the American Jewish Relief Committee. He later became a drama and film critic for the Jewish Tribune until the early 1920s, when he went to Hollywood to become a reader for Samuel Goldwyn. Later he worked as a script clerk for directors King Vidor and Victor Sjöström before becoming a screenwriter at MGM in 1924. Lewin was appointed head of the studio's script department and by the late 20s was Irving Thalberg's personal assistant and closest associate. Nominally credited as an associate producer, he produced several of MGM's most important films of the 1930s. After Thalberg's death, he joined Paramount as a producer in 1937, where he remained until 1941. Notable producing credits during this period include True Confession (1937), Spawn of the North (1938), Zaza (1939) and So Ends Our Night (1941). In 1942, Lewin began to direct. He made six films, writing all of them and producing several himself. As a director and writer, he showed literary and cultural aspirations in the selection and treatment of his themes. In 1966, Lewin published a novel, The Unaltered Cat. He died of pneumonia in New York on May 9, 1968. Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert Lewin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 23, 1894
- May 9, 1968 (aged 73)
- Brooklyn, New York
- Producer, writer and director
- 17 on MovieCove · 29 credits in all
What are Albert Lewin's films like?
Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 15
A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 5 · Dark 6
Grounded 7 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 2
Gentle 2 · Charged 12 · Intense 3
Steady 5 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1
Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0
Casual 7 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 5
Resolved 14 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet8
- Tragic4
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Albert Lewin's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Albert Lewin's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
29 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page.
The Naked Maja(1958)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
The Living Idol(1957)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Saadia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Madame Curie(1943)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Moon and Sixpence(1942)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
So Ends Our Night(1941)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Lady Eve(1941)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Zaza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Spawn of the North(1938)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
True Confession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
The Good Earth(1937)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Mutiny on the Bounty(1935)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
China Seas(1935)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
What Every Woman Knows(1934)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Smilin' Through(1932)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Red-Headed Woman(1932)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Cuban Love Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
The Guardsman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
The Actress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)
Quality Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)
Spring Fever(1927)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Altars of Desire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)
Ladies of Leisure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)
The Fate of a Flirt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
Name the Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
Three Wise Fools (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)
Career shape
A full career of 27 titles from 1923 to 1957.
Biggest box office
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
Highest rated
The Lady Eve (1941)
Most popular right now
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Albert Lewin's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 73rd percentile, the median of all 17; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 70th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th7
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 61/100 and the plot and story 53/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Albert Lewin's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Albert Lewin work with?
People who share at least 2 of Albert Lewin's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Herbert Stothart shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Sidney FranklinShared titles: Madame Curie (1943), The Good Earth (1937), Smilin' Through (1932)See all 3 shared titles with Sidney Franklin
Writers
- Talbot JenningsShared titles: The Naked Maja (1958), So Ends Our Night (1941), Spawn of the North (1938), The Good Earth (1937), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)See all 5 shared titles with Talbot Jennings
- Monckton HoffeShared titles: The Lady Eve (1941), China Seas (1935), What Every Woman Knows (1934)See all 3 shared titles with Monckton Hoffe
- Jules FurthmanShared titles: Spawn of the North (1938), China Seas (1935), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)See all 3 shared titles with Jules Furthman
- Claudine WestShared titles: The Good Earth (1937), Smilin' Through (1932)See all 2 shared titles with Claudine West
Actors
- Albert BassermannShared titles: The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947), Madame Curie (1943), The Moon and Sixpence (1942)See all 3 shared titles with Albert Bassermann
- George SandersShared titles: The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), The Moon and Sixpence (1942)See all 3 shared titles with George Sanders
- Dudley DiggesShared titles: China Seas (1935), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), What Every Woman Knows (1934)See all 3 shared titles with Dudley Digges
- Henry StephensonShared titles: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), What Every Woman Knows (1934), Red-Headed Woman (1932)See all 3 shared titles with Henry Stephenson
Composers and editors
- Herbert StothartShared titles: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), Madame Curie (1943), The Good Earth (1937), China Seas (1935), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), What Every Woman Knows (1934)See all 6 shared titles with Herbert Stothart
- Dimitri TiomkinShared titles: The Moon and Sixpence (1942), Spawn of the North (1938)See all 2 shared titles with Dimitri Tiomkin
- Margaret BoothShared titles: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Smilin' Through (1932)See all 2 shared titles with Margaret Booth
- Blanche SewellShared titles: What Every Woman Knows (1934), Red-Headed Woman (1932)See all 2 shared titles with Blanche Sewell
Producers
- Irving ThalbergShared titles: The Good Earth (1937), China Seas (1935), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), What Every Woman Knows (1934), Red-Headed Woman (1932), Smilin' Through (1932)See all 6 shared titles with Irving Thalberg
- David L. LoewShared titles: The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947), The Moon and Sixpence (1942), So Ends Our Night (1941)See all 3 shared titles with David L. Loew