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Luther Reed is a Director, Scriptwriter and Associate Producer American born on 14 july 1888

Luther Reed

Luther Reed
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Birth name Luther Reed
Nationality USA
Birth 14 july 1888
Death 16 november 1961 (at 73 years) at New York City (USA)

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

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.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Luther Reed (32 films)

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Director

Dixiana
Dixiana (1930)
, 1h40
Directed by Luther Reed, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Bebe Daniels, Joseph Cawthorn, Bert Wheeler, Jobyna Howland, Robert Woolsey, Bill Robinson
Rating52% 2.6130952.6130952.6130952.6130952.613095
Dixiana Caldwell and her friends, Peewee and Ginger, are circus performers in the antebellum South. When Dixiana falls in love with a young Southern aristocrat, Carl Van Horn, she leaves the circus where she is employed and, with Peewee and Ginger, accompanies Carl to his family's plantation in order to meet Van Horn's family. At first thrilled with the news of their impending nuptials, Carl's father and stepmother, Cornelius and Birdie Van Horn, throw a lavish party for the couple. However, Peewee and Ginger inadvertently disclose Dixiana's background as a circus performer, creating a scandal for the elder Van Horns.
Hit the Deck
Hit the Deck (1930)
, 1h33
Directed by Luther Reed
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Jack Oakie, Harry Sweet, Polly Walker, Wallace MacDonald, June Clyde, George Ovey
Rating69% 3.460933.460933.460933.460933.46093
Looloo runs a diner which is frequented with U.S. Navy sailors on shore leave, including officers. Two officers, Admiral Smith and Lieutenant Allen accompany a wealthy socialite, Mrs. Payne, to the establishment. Mrs. Payne is an heiress, and when she engages in conversation with Looloo, she expresses admiration for the necklace Looloo is wearing. She offers to purchase it for a substantial sum, but it is a family heirloom and Looloo refuses. Later, two sailors arrive at the diner, Bilge and Clarence, looking for Lavinia, Clarence's sweetheart who has run away. Bilge, is smitten with Looloo, and begins to romance her. Opening up to her, he reveals his desire to become the captain of his own ship after he leaves the navy. Before things go too far, Bilge's shipmates drag him back to his ship, which is scheduled to set sail.
Rio Rita
Rio Rita (1929)

Directed by Luther Reed
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Bebe Daniels, John Boles, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Don Alvarado
Rating60% 3.000993.000993.000993.000993.00099
Bert Wheeler plays Chick Bean, a New York bootlegger who comes to the Mexican town of San Lucas to get a divorce so he can marry Dolly (Dorothy Lee). After the wedding, Ned Levitt (Robert Woolsey), Chick's lawyer, informs Chick the divorce was invalid, and advises Wheeler to stay away from his bride.

Scriptwriter

Dixiana
Dixiana (1930)
, 1h40
Directed by Luther Reed, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Bebe Daniels, Joseph Cawthorn, Bert Wheeler, Jobyna Howland, Robert Woolsey, Bill Robinson
Roles Writer
Rating52% 2.6130952.6130952.6130952.6130952.613095
Dixiana Caldwell and her friends, Peewee and Ginger, are circus performers in the antebellum South. When Dixiana falls in love with a young Southern aristocrat, Carl Van Horn, she leaves the circus where she is employed and, with Peewee and Ginger, accompanies Carl to his family's plantation in order to meet Van Horn's family. At first thrilled with the news of their impending nuptials, Carl's father and stepmother, Cornelius and Birdie Van Horn, throw a lavish party for the couple. However, Peewee and Ginger inadvertently disclose Dixiana's background as a circus performer, creating a scandal for the elder Van Horns.
Hit the Deck
Hit the Deck (1930)
, 1h33
Directed by Luther Reed
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Jack Oakie, Harry Sweet, Polly Walker, Wallace MacDonald, June Clyde, George Ovey
Roles Adaptation
Rating69% 3.460933.460933.460933.460933.46093
Looloo runs a diner which is frequented with U.S. Navy sailors on shore leave, including officers. Two officers, Admiral Smith and Lieutenant Allen accompany a wealthy socialite, Mrs. Payne, to the establishment. Mrs. Payne is an heiress, and when she engages in conversation with Looloo, she expresses admiration for the necklace Looloo is wearing. She offers to purchase it for a substantial sum, but it is a family heirloom and Looloo refuses. Later, two sailors arrive at the diner, Bilge and Clarence, looking for Lavinia, Clarence's sweetheart who has run away. Bilge, is smitten with Looloo, and begins to romance her. Opening up to her, he reveals his desire to become the captain of his own ship after he leaves the navy. Before things go too far, Bilge's shipmates drag him back to his ship, which is scheduled to set sail.
Rio Rita
Rio Rita (1929)

Directed by Luther Reed
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Bebe Daniels, John Boles, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Don Alvarado
Roles Adaptation
Rating60% 3.000993.000993.000993.000993.00099
Bert Wheeler plays Chick Bean, a New York bootlegger who comes to the Mexican town of San Lucas to get a divorce so he can marry Dolly (Dorothy Lee). After the wedding, Ned Levitt (Robert Woolsey), Chick's lawyer, informs Chick the divorce was invalid, and advises Wheeler to stay away from his bride.