---
name: "Louis D. Lighton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/louis-d-lighton"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "25 November 1895"
died: "1 February 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T23:55:20.136668+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Louis D. Lighton

Producer. Born 25 November 1895 in Florence, Nebraska, USA. Died 1 February 1963.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 25 November 1895, Florence, Nebraska, USA
- **Died:** 1 February 1963
- **Active:** 1927–1938
- **Also known as:** Duryea Lighton, Louis Duryea Lighton,  Louis Lighton
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 writing, 3 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Lionel Barrymore](https://film.one/person/lionel-barrymore.md), [Spencer Tracy](https://film.one/person/spencer-tracy.md), [Victor Fleming](https://film.one/person/victor-fleming.md), [Waldemar Young](https://film.one/person/waldemar-young.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 78 (1), 1930s 77 (3)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Drama 3, Family 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_D._Lighton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5104089, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0510024/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2439

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Wings*](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Louis D. Lighton was an American screenwriter and producer. He wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for around 40 films between 1920 and 1927, including *It* (1927) and *Wings* (1927), the latter co-written with his wife, screenwriter Hope Loring. He later produced around 30 films between 1928 and 1951.

Among his production credits are *The Lives of a Bengal Lancer* (1935), *Captains Courageous* (1937), *Test Pilot* (1938), *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* (1945), *Anna and the King of Siam* (1946) and *No Highway in the Sky* (1951). Lighton was born in Florence, Nebraska, and died in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (1)

- *Wings* (1927), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md)

### Produced (3) — the average rests on these

- *Test Pilot* (1938), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/test-pilot.md)
- *Captains Courageous* (1937), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/captains-courageous.md)
- *The Lives of a Bengal Lancer* (1935), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lives-of-a-bengal-lancer.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *No Highway in the Sky* (1951), Producer
- *The Black Rose* (1950), Producer
- *Down to the Sea in Ships* (1949), Producer
- *Home Sweet Homicide* (1946), Producer
- *Anna and the King of Siam* (1946), Producer
- *A Bell for Adano* (1945), Producer
- *A Tree Grows in Brooklyn* (1945), Producer
- *Lucky Night* (1939), Producer
- *Test Pilot* (1938), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/test-pilot.md)
- *Man-Proof* (1938), Producer
- *Captains Courageous* (1937), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/captains-courageous.md)
- *Trouble for Two* (1936), Producer
- *Peter Ibbetson* (1935), Producer
- *The Lives of a Bengal Lancer* (1935), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lives-of-a-bengal-lancer.md)
- *Here Is My Heart* (1934), Producer
- *College Rhythm* (1934), Producer
- *You Belong to Me* (1934), Producer
- *Now and Forever* (1934), Producer
- *Elmer and Elsie* (1934), Producer
- *All of Me* (1934), Producer
- *If I Had a Million* (1932), Associate Producer
- *Skippy* (1931), Producer
- *June Moon* (1931), Producer
- *Tom Sawyer* (1930), Producer
- *Seven Days Leave* (1930), Producer
- *The Virginian* (1929), Producer
- *The Canary Murder Case* (1929), Associate Producer
- *The Shopworn Angel* (1928), Producer
- *Red Hair* (1928), Producer
- *Get Your Man* (1927), Editor
- *The Spotlight* (1927), Editor
- *Wings* (1927), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md)
- *Ten Modern Commandments* (1927), Editor
- *Children of Divorce* (1927), Writer
- *It* (1927), Writer
- *The Cat's Pajamas* (1926), Screenplay
- *Fig Leaves* (1926), Story
- *Wandering Footsteps* (1926), Screenplay
- *The Rainmaker* (1926), Writer
- *The Blind Goddess* (1926), Adaptation
- *The Crown of Lies* (1926), Writer
- *The Pleasure Buyers* (1925), Screenplay
- *The Golden Cocoon* (1925), Screenplay
- *His Secretary* (1925), Screenplay
- *Little Annie Rooney* (1925), Adaptation, Screenplay
- *Ranger of the Big Pines* (1925), Screenplay
- *The Woman Hater* (1925), Writer
- *The Man Without a Conscience* (1925), Writer
- *The Bridge of Sighs* (1925), Writer
- *K - The Unknown* (1924), Writer
- *This Woman* (1924), Writer
- *Helen's Babies* (1924), Writer
- *The Mine with the Iron Door* (1924), Screenplay
- *Cornered* (1924), Writer
- *The Lullaby* (1924), Scenario Writer
- *Boy of Mine* (1923), Writer
- *April Showers* (1923), Screenplay, Story
- *The Virginian* (1923), Writer
- *Don't Marry for Money* (1923), Writer
- *Broken Hearts of Broadway* (1923), Writer
- *East Side - West Side* (1923), Screenplay
- *Penrod and Sam* (1923), Writer
- *The Woman of Bronze* (1923), Adaptation
- *Paid Back* (1922), Story
- *Flesh and Blood* (1922), Story, Writer
- *The Big Catch* (1920), Story
- *The Champion Liar* (1920), Scenario Writer

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