Lew Lipton (February 23, 1897 – December 27, 1961), was an American screenwriter who was active during the latter part of the
silent era
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and the beginning of the talking picture era. During his brief 15-year career, he penned the scripts for 24 films, as well as producing over 20
film short
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s. In 1935, he began work on a script entitled ''Harlem Cavalcade''. He authored another half-dozen films during the remaining years of the 1930s, before devoting his efforts full-time to this manuscript. ''Harlem Cavalcade'' was an epic story of life among Black-Americans, beginning with their relationship to the Dutch community of New Amsterdam in 1626, through 1938. A series of vignettes, it incorporated the real-life stories of such notable Americans as Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglas, George Washington Carver, Joe Lewis, Satchel Paige, and Cab
Calloway. Lipton worked on the script right up until his death in 1961. Lipton died on December 27, 1961, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
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Bright Lights Bright Lights may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Bright Lights'' (1916 film), a silent short starring Fatty Arbuckle
* ''Bright Lights'' (1925 film), an MGM film starring Charles Ray and directed by Robert Z. Leonard
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The White Desert
''The White Desert'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker. The film stars Claire Windsor and Pat O'Malley, with Robert Frazer, Frank Currier, and Sōjin Kamiyama. It is written by Monte M. Katterjohn and Gordon R ...
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Tin Hats
''Tin Hats'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick (his first for MGM), starring Claire Windsor and Conrad Nagel. The film is considered partially lost.
Plot
Three United States soldiers (Conrad Nagel, George Cooper ...
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Frisco Sally Levy
''Frisco Sally Levy'' (a.k.a. "Véspera de Natal") is a lost 1927 comedy silent film directed by William Beaudine and starring Sally O'Neil and Roy D'Arcy, which was released on April 2, 1927.In Old Kentucky'' (1927)
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The Cameraman
''The Cameraman'' is a 1928 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and an uncredited Buster Keaton. The picture stars Keaton and Marceline Day.
''The Cameraman'' was Keaton's first film with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is ...
Circus Rookies
''Circus Rookies'' is a lost 1928 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by MGM and directed by Edward Sedgwick. It starred the comedy team of Karl Dane and George K. Arthur.
Plot
Cast
* Karl Dane as Oscar Thrust
*George K. Ar ...
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Honeymoon
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Spite Marriage
''Spite Marriage'' is a 1929 American silent comedy film co-directed by Buster Keaton and Edward Sedgwick and starring Keaton and Dorothy Sebastian. It is the second film Keaton made for MGM and his last silent film, although he had wanted it ...
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A Man from Wyoming
''A Man from Wyoming'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code war romance film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Gary Cooper, June Collyer, and Regis Toomey. Written by Albert S. Le Vino and John V.A. Weaver, the film is about a man from Wyoming who ...
Sweepstakes
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Hold 'Em Jail
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It's in the Air It's in the Air may refer to:
* It's in the Air (1938 film)
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Mummy's Boys
''Mummy's Boys'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and written by Jack Townley, Philip G. Epstein and Charles E. Roberts. The film stars Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Barbara Pepper, Moroni Olsen, Frank M. Thomas and Willie Be ...
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Follow the Fleet
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
''You Can't Cheat an Honest Man'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by George Marshall and Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields. Fields also wrote the story on which the film is based under the name Charles Bogle.
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Circus propr ...
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Broadway Serenade
''Broadway Serenade'' (also known as ''Serenade'') is a 1939 musical drama film distributed by MGM, produced and directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The screenplay was written by Charles Lederer, based on a story by Lew Lipton, John Taintor Foote an ...