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Years active
  
1920–1951

Name
  
Louis Lighton


Role
  
Screenwriter

Children
  
Patricia Loring

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Born
  
November 25, 1895 (
1895-11-25
)
Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Died
  
February 1, 1963, Palma, Majorca, Spain

Spouse
  
Hope Loring (m. 1920–1959)

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Picture

Movies
  
Wings, Captains Courageous, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Anna and the King of Siam, It

Similar People
  
John Monk Saunders, Tess Slesinger, Clarence G Badger, Talbot Jennings, William A Wellman

Louis D. Lighton (November 25, 1895 – February 1, 1963) was an American screenwriter and producer. He wrote for 40 films between 1920 and 1927. He also produced 30 films between 1928 and 1951. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and died in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. He was married to fellow screenwriter Hope Loring.

Selected filmography

  • No Highway in the Sky (1951)
  • The Black Rose (1950)
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
  • Test Pilot (1938)
  • Captains Courageous (1937)
  • The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
  • Tom Sawyer (1930)
  • The Virginian (1929)
  • Wings (1927)
  • Children of Divorce (1927)
  • It (1927)
  • Fig Leaves (1926)
  • The Blind Goddess (1926)
  • The Crown of Lies (1926)
  • Little Annie Rooney (1925)
  • Cornered (1924)
  • The Woman of Bronze (1923)
  • The Big Catch (1920)
  • The Champion Liar (1920)

    • References

    Louis D. Lighton Wikipedia
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