University of Wyoming
Lewis Allen (1905-2000) was a film director and executive of West End, Broadway, and London stage productions for Gilbert Miller. After two years of study of motion picture production with Paramount, Allen became a film director in 1943. He directed films including The Perfect Marriage (1946), Desert Fury (1947), The Uninvited (1944), and So Evil My Love (1948). Allen also directed television productions such as Perry Mason, The Big Valley, Mission: Impossible, and Little House on the Prairie.
Collection contains articles on Allen; correspondence; newspaper articles on films that Allen directed; photographs of Allen and his productions; and movie advertisements.
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Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
This material was received from Lewis Allen in May 1973.
There are no known other archival collections created by Lewis Allen at the date of processing.
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