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Lew Landers
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Director Born: January 2, 1901 in New York City, NY Death: December 16, 1962 in Palm Desert, CA Biography:Honored by movie historian Don Miller as "the chief of staff of Columbia B operations," director Lew Landers began his Hollywood career calling the shots on such Universal serials as "Red Rider" (1934) and "Tailspin Tommy" (1936). Billed under his real name of Louis Friedlander during his first year at Universal, he was also responsible for the excellent Karloff/Lugosi chiller "The Raven" (1935). Travelling under the name Lew Landers from 1936 onward, he piloted several more Universal and RKO programmers before setting up shop at Columbia. Amidst such forgettable efforts as "The Stork Pays Off" (1942) and "U-Boat Prisoner" (1942), Landers made a commendable return to the horror genre with "Return of the Vampire" (1944, again with Lugosi), "Cry of the Werewolf" (1944) and "Soul of a Monster" (1944). After 1946, Landers free-lanced at several lower-rung studios, touched bases with the Columbia B unit... Full Biography
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