Henry Levin

 Talk about obscure. Hard to find anything about him.

He would routinely direct sequels, or films where he replaced the original director (at Columbia he stepped in for Charles Vidor several times - Guilt of Janet Ames and Man from Colorado).

He was raised in his parents' theatrical boarding house. Went on the stage at age two. He was a song and dance kid, playing in family burlesque. He would wear blackface and sing Jolson songs.

Levin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. degree in economics, stage-managed for the Theatre Guild, ran a summer theater in Massachusetts and acted whenever he could.

In 1936 appeared on stage in Prelude to Exile see here.  Oct 1937 in to Quinto and Back review here.

Nov 1940 on stages in Glamour Preferred review here.

1941 stage manager for Two Storey House and acted on stage in Cuckoos on the Hearth see here.

June 1941 running Bass Rocks Theatre with Martin Manulis did production of Tovarich see here.

Dec 1942 signed to Columbia.

May 1943 signed as dialogye director at Columbia. See here

Making Where the Boys Are the cast thought Levin was keen on Dolores Hart - she admits she "got a lot of close ups".

Article on filming Aladdin is here.

Oct 1960 signed four year deal MGM see her.

Karl Malden called him "a decent craftsman totally lost with actors"... a "non director".