Lowell Thomas

Lowell Thomas

American journalist, news analyst and businessman (1892–1981)

Lowell Jackson Thomas was an American writer, broadcaster, and documentary filmmaker, known as a world traveler. He authored more than fifty non-fiction books, mostly travel narratives and popular biographies of explorers and military men. Between 1930 and the mid-1970s, Thomas appeared regularly on radio and occasionally on television as a travel and news commentator. Until the 1950s, he was a narrator of Movietone newsreels shown in cinemas.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 22 films (1930–1955) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 218 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1955 Out Of This World. International Harvester Co. 5 min 16mm B&W sound
1953 This Is Cinerama. Cinerama Productions Corp. 120 min 35mm Color sound
1948 The Chicken of Tomorrow Patrick Allen
1947 Men And Machines. National Industrial Council 1 reel 16mm B&W sound
1946 Training You To Train Your Dog (Part 1 of 2) ▶ United Specialists, Inc. 16mm Color & B&W sound
1939 THE BUILDING OF BOYS. Columbia Pictures Corp. 1 reel 16mm B&W Sound
1938 FOR AULD LANG SYNE ▶ Warner Bros 10 min B&W
1937 KILLERS OF THE SEA ▶ edward-l-alperson 5 reels 16mm Sound
1933 MUSSOLINI SPEAKS. Columbia Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W
1933 THE THRONE OF THE GODS. Imperial Distributing Corp. 6 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1931 THE BLONDE CAPTIVE. Herman Gluckman (Lowell Thomas author) 6 reels B&W
1930 AFRICA SPEAKS. Columbia Pictures Corp. 8 reels B&W
Across India to Tibet 12 min 16mm B&W Sound
CARTOONLAND MYSTERIES Bell & Howell Company 16-sd-rent $1.50 16mm B&W Sound
Guinea gold Universal 11 min 16mm B&W Sound
Hawaii Universal 11 min 16mm B&W Sound
In Old Arabia Universal 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
Island of Mystery Lowell Thomas 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
Isle of Birds 11 min 16mm B&W Sound
Western Drama—Old and New Universal 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
Where the Old South Still Lives Universal 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
Where the West Is Wild Universal 10 min 16mm B&W Sound