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Arthur Lubin 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 , In the Navy , Hold That Ghost , Keep 'Em Flying and Ride 'Em Cowboy . His most successful film at the box office was probably Phantom of the Opera . Another may be Rhubarb 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 , Maverick , Bonanza , Mister Ed and The Addams Family . Lubin's last work was the TV series called Little Lulu .
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