Louis D. Lighton

Duryea Lighton

Born November 25, 1895· Florence, Nebraska, USA

† Died February 1, 1963

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Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Lighton entered the film world as a screenwriter, penning scripts for roughly forty pictures between the early 1920s and 1927 before turning to production, where he oversaw about thirty films from the late 1920s through the early 1950s. His partnership with fellow writer Hope Loring shaped both his personal and professional life; she was older, previously married, and a de… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources