David L. Loew

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David Leonard Loew (October 5, 1897 – March 25, 1973) was an American film producer.

He and his twin brother, Arthur Loew were born on October 5, 1897, to MGM founder Marcus Loew.Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders by John N. Ingham; Greenwood Press, 1983.

After being elected to the board of directors of Loew's, Inc., in 1922, he resigned from the studio in 1935 to launch an independent production career.Hollywood Renegades: The Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers by J. A. Aberdeen; Cobblestone Enterprises, 2000. See excerpt at [http://www.cobbles.com/simpp_archive/david_loew.htm Cobblestone Entertainment], retrieved May 16, 2007. In the early 1940s, he formed an independent production company with Albert Lewin and Stanley Kramer.A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: A Life in Hollywood by Stanley Kramer and Thomas M. Coffey; Harcourt, 1997. At the end of World War II, he formed Enterprise Productions with actor John Garfield and former Warner Bros. publicity chief Charles Einfeld.{{cite web

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He died on March 25, 1973, at the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was survived by his wife, Hilda.{{cite news |title=David L. Loew Dies. Movie Producer, 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/27/archives/david-l-loew-dies-movie-producer-75.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 27, 1973 }}