Before becoming a filmmaker and screenwriter, Luther Reed graduated from Columbia University; he then worked as a journalist and a music and theater critic for the New York Herald. In 1916, Reed became a screenwriter for Lasky; following service in WWI, he began writing for Metro, Ince, and for Cosmopolitan Pictures (the company created by William Randolph Hearst to make films for his lifelong mistress, Marion Davies); while with Cosmopolitan, Reed wrote several scripts for Davies' vehicles. In 1925, he began working as a screenwriter for Paramount; that year, he turned to directing. He continued to be a fairly successful director of late silent films and early talkies, but by the time sound films became the norm, Reed had faded into obscurity.
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Convention Girl
Director |
1935 | |||
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Bachelor Mother
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Dixiana
Director, Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
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Hell's Angels
Director |
1930 | |||
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Hit the Deck
Director, Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
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Rio Rita
Director, Screenwriter |
1929 | |||
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Sawdust Paradise
Director |
1928 | |||
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Evening Clothes
Director |
1927 | |||
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Honeymoon Hate
Director |
1927 | |||
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New York
Director |
1927 | |||
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Shanghai Bound
Director |
1927 | |||
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World at Her Feet
Director |
1927 | |||
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Kid Boots
Screenwriter |
1926 | |||
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Let's Get Married
Screenwriter |
1926 | |||
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Say It Again
Screen Story |
1926 | |||
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The Ace of Cads
Director |
1926 | |||
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Lovers in Quarantine
Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
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Shock Punch
Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
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Womanhandled
Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
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Great White Way
Screenwriter |
1924 | |||
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Yolanda
Screenwriter |
1924 | |||
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Adam and Eva
Screenwriter |
1923 | |||
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Little Old New York
Screenwriter |
1923 | |||
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Purple Highway
Play Author |
1923 | |||
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Beauty's Worth
Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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When Knighthood Was in Flower
Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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Young Diana
Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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Beau Revel
Screenwriter |
1921 | |||
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Enchantment
Screenwriter |
1921 | |||
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Almost Married
Screenwriter |
1919 | |||
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The Amateur Adventuress
Screenwriter |
1919 | |||
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With Neatness and Dispatch
Screenwriter |
1918 |