Arthur Lubin (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Arthur Lubin

Looking for reviews of films directed by Arthur Lubin? Cinafilm has a total of 660 reviews across 23 movies directed by Arthur Lubin.

Movies from this director have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average rating of 59%.

Hold That Ghost is Arthur Lubin's highest rated movie, with a score of 77% based on 51 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Arthur Lubin is The First Traveling Saleslady, with a score of 45% based on 4 reviews.

Director Biography

Arthur Lubin (July 25, 1898 – May 12, 1995) was an American film director and producer who directed several Abbott & Costello films and created the TV series Mr. Ed.

Arthur Lubin was born Arthur William Lubovsky in Los Angeles, California in 1898. Lubin created his own film and music studio, Lubin Studios, in the 1920s, where he acted in silent films in the later half of the decade. Lubin directed the Abbott and Costello movies Buck Privates (1941), In the Navy (1941), Hold That Ghost (1941), Keep 'Em Flying (1942) and Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942). His most successful film at the box office was probably Phantom of the Opera (1943). Another may be Rhubarb (1951) about a cat that inherits a baseball team by proxy.

Lubin also directed the "Francis the Talking Mule" series and brought the idea to TV as the series Mr. Ed. He was the first producer to give a contract to Clint Eastwood. Lubin also directed episodic TV shows like Bronco (1958), Maverick (1959), Bonanza (1960), Mister Ed (1961) and The Addams Family (1965). Lubin's last work was the TV series called Little Lulu (1978).

Lubin's career ended in the late 1970s, and he lived the rest of his life with his life partner Frank Burford[citation needed] and died in Glendale, California of an unspecified cause on May 12, 1995 at age 96.

Arthur Lubin has directed films starring Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Jeffrey Sayre and Harry Strang.