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Rupert Raleigh Hughes (January 31, 1872 – September 9, 1956) was an American novelist, film director, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, military officer, and music composer. He was the brother of Howard R. Hughes Sr. and uncle of billionaire Howard R. Hughes Jr.
Rupert Hughes was born on 31 January 1872 in Lancaster, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Souls for Sale (1923), True As Steel (1924) and Look Your Best (1923). He was married to Patterson Dial, Mrs. Rupert Hughes and Agnes Wheeler Hedge.
- January 31, 1872
- September 9, 1956
Souls for Sale is a 1923 American silent comedy drama film written, directed, and produced by Rupert Hughes, based on the novel of the same name by Hughes.
Included, were such literary luminaries as Mary Roberts Rinehart, Gertrude Atherton, and eventually Somerset Maugham among others, but the one most successful in adapting his talents to the screen was Rupert Hughes, who in the early 1920s became known as Hollywood's highest paid author.
- James O. Kemm
- 1985
Rupert Hughes has 123 books on Goodreads with 1003 ratings. Rupert Hughes’s most popular book is Colonel Crockett's Co-operative Christmas.
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