| LC control no. | n 83313890 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3523.E97 |
| Personal name heading | Lewton, Val |
| See also | Alternate identity: Keith, Carlos |
| Birth date | 1904-05-07 |
| Death date | 1951-03-14 |
| Profession or occupation | Novelists Screenwriters Motion picture producers and directors |
| Found in | Telotte, J.P. Saving the dark, ©1985: CIP t.p. (Val Lewton) Dreams of darkness, ©1985: p. 151 (Carlos Keith was the pseudonymn of Val Lewton and he wrote novels and screenplays under the name of Carlos Keith) LC data base, 3/15/84 (hdg.: Lewton, Val) NUCMC data from Library of Congress Manuscript Division for His Papers, 1924-1982 (Lewton, Val; motion picture producer, screenwriter, and novelist; b. 1904; d. 1951) Wikipedia, Nov. 15, 2021 (Val Lewton (May 7, 1904-March 14, 1951) was a Russian-American novelist, film producer and screenwriter best known for a string of low-budget horror films he produced for RKO Pictures in the 1940s. Lewton always wrote the final draft of the screenplays for his films, but avoided on-screen co-writing credits except in two cases, The Body Snatcher and Bedlam, for which he used the pseudonym "Carlos Keith," which he had previously used for the novels 4 Wives, A Laughing Woman, This Fool, Passion, and Where the Cobra Sings.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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