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Full Name
  
Luther Reed


Spouse(s)
  
Naomi Childers

Name
  
Luther Reed

Luther Reed

Born
  
July 14, 1888 (
1888-07-14
)
Berlin, Wisconsin, United States

Died
  
June 15, 1961(1961-06-15) (aged 72) New York City, New York, United States

Occupation
  
Director, screenwriter

"Profiles in American Lutheran Church Music" - Legacy of Luther Reed


Luther Reed (July 14, 1888 – June 15, 1961) was an American screenwriter and film director.

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Biography

Reed was born in 1888 in Berlin, Wisconsin and graduated from Columbia University. He worked as a journalist and the music and theater critic for the New York Herald before his film career. Reed directed such films as Convention Girl, Dixiana and Hit the Deck. He also worked with Howard Hughes on the film Hell's Angels.

Reed was married to actress Naomi Childers until their divorce in 1929. They had one son together. Reed died in New York City in 1961.

Selected filmography

  • Some Bride (1919)
  • Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921)
  • The Great White Way (1924)
  • Yolanda (1924)
  • Lovers in Quarantine (1925)
  • The Ace of Cads (1926)
  • New York (1927)
  • Evening Clothes (1927)
  • The World at Her Feet (1927)
  • Shanghai Bound (1927)
  • Honeymoon Hate (1927)
  • The Sawdust Paradise (1928)
  • Rio Rita (1929)
  • Hit the Deck (1930)
  • Dixiana (1930)
  • Convention Girl (1935)

    • References

    Luther Reed Wikipedia
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