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Robert L. Levy is a film producer with notable box office hits such as Wedding Crashers, Serendipity, Pay It Forward, Van Wilder, The Wedding Planner. His production company is Tapestry Films, which in 2002 had a first look deal with Miramax.
- Robert Levy
Robert Levy may refer to: Films. Robert Levy (producer)...
- Robert Levy (producer)
Robert Levy (1888–1959) was an English-born theatre manager...
- Robert Levy
Robert Levy may refer to: Films. Robert Levy (producer) (1888–1959), American film producer significant in establishing blacks as successful actors; Robert L. Levy (film producer), American film producer; I. Robert Levy, American editor, producer and director, known from If You Don't Stop It...
Robert L. Levy is a film producer with notable box office hits such as Wedding Crashers, Serendipity, Pay It Forward, Van Wilder, The Wedding Planner. His production company is Tapestry Films, which in 2002 had a first look deal with Miramax.
- Early Life
- Management Career
- Film Career
- Managing Lafayette Players in La
- Later Life
- Theatrical Productions with African American Casts at Lafayette Theatre
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Levy was born to Jewish parents in London in 1888. In the late 19th century, the family immigrated to the United States where Levy was educated in the New York City public school system. In his early twenties, he found a job managing the American division of the Éclair Film Company, a leading French producer of film.
In 1916, the Lafayette Theater in Harlem, featuring a company of Black vaudevillians and entertainers, was growing and in need of strong management. Robert Levy, who had entered the field of Black entertainment with the Quality Amusement Company, was hired for this role. Charged with selecting plays, mounting shows and managing the travelling troup...
As with his theatre productions, Levy wanted his films to be of the highest calibre, highlighting Blacks as serious actors with notable talent. In January 1921, he established Reol Films. Over the next few years he produced nine feature-length films and two documentaries. They featured Black actors such as Clarence Muse, Lawrence Chenault, Andrew S...
Levy attempted to revive the Lafayette Players on the West Coast after the demise of Reol Films. He brought the troupe from Harlem to Los Angeles, where they became a major attraction, performing weekly from June 1928 until the end of 1929 new shows first in the 1250 seats palace - the Lincoln Theatre and later in Orange Grove Theatre. After stagin...
He returned to New York City in the early 1930s and accepted a job as a magazine editor working for famous publisher Martin Goodman. Levy, as editor, became a leading creator of detective magazines. His work in this area helped to establish the material for many film noir projects in the thirties and forties. He died in 1959, unrecognised by poster...
The following is a list of all of the (all Black) theatre productions that Levy was responsible for at the Lafayette Theatre between 1916 and 1919.
Robert L. Levy is known as an Producer, Executive Producer, Characters, Writer, Story, Second Unit Director, Director, and Associate Producer. Some of his work includes Wedding Crashers, Point Break, She's All That, Serendipity, National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Pay It Forward, The Wedding Planner, and Old Dogs.
Robert L. Levy. Producer: Smokey and the Bandit. Robert L. Levy is known for Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Point Break (1991) and Point Break (2015).
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Serendipity is a 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Chelsom, written by Marc Klein, and starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. The film grossed $77.5 million on a $28 million budget.
