Irving Reis

Irving Reis (May 7, 1906 – July 3, 1953) was a radio program producer and director, and a film director. Born into a Jewish family, Reis began his career as a motion picture photographer. The most notable of his screen efforts was being one of the photographers for The Hollywood Revue of 1929. A 1931 notice in Variety declared that he was transitioning into a playwright. By 1933, Variety took notice of his radio play St. Louis Blues. His radio play Meridian 7-1212 first broadcast on January 24, 1935, received an '...