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Hope Loring (29 January 1894 – 17 January 1959) was an English screenwriter. She wrote for 63 films between 1918 and 1931. She was born in England and died in Majorca, Spain. She was married to fellow screenwriter and producer Louis D. Lighton.
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1910 Los Angeles Voting Registration (as Hope Loring). California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 [online database]. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/cavoterrosetta/ 1940 Los Angeles Voting Registration (as Hope Lighton). California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 [online database]. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/cavoterrose...
A. Archival Filmography: Extant Film Titles: 1. Loring as Screenwriter: A Society Sensation. Dir.: Paul Powell, sc.: Hope Loring, Paul Powell (Bluebird Photoplays Inc. US 1918) cas.: Carmel Myers, Rudolph Valentino, si, b&w, 16mm.. Archive: UCLA Film & Television Archive. Lure of the Circus. Dir.: J.P. (Jack) McGowan, sc.: William E. Wing, Hope Lor...
As with almost all screenwriters, dividing credits into distinct categories is nearly impossible. Hope Loring often shares credits in compiled filmographies with such writers as Booth Tarkington, Howard Hawks, George Marion Jr., and Julian Johnson, who were the source authors, while she was the sole scenario writer. Loring also wrote a serial, titl...
November 2019: Recent information concerning Hope Loring's place of birth has come to our attention, revealing that she may have been born in the United States and not Barcelona, Spain (a likely self-promotional, or studio-prompted, origin story). Census records and passport applications indicate that she was born in Iowa. For more information, ple...
Berke, Annie. "Hope Loring." In Jane Gaines, Radha Vatsal, and Monica Dall’Asta, eds. Women Film Pioneers Project. New York, NY: Columbia University Libraries, 2013.
Mar 16, 2022 · Learn about Hope Loring, the first female screenwriter to win an Academy Award for Best Film for Wings (1927). Discover her life, career, and achievements in this article by Dr. Rosanne Welch, an expert on women in film history.
Hope Loring was born on 29 January 1894 in Madrid, Spain. She was a writer and actress, known for The Blue Fox (1921), Wings (1927) and The Branded Four (1920). She was married to Louis D. Lighton.
- Writer, Actress
- January 29, 1894
- Hope Loring
- January 17, 1959
Oct 15, 2019 · Hope Loring. Berke, Annie. The life and times of Hope Loring, scenarist and wife of her collaborator, writer-producer Louis “Buddy” Lighton, are mentioned in the margins of Hollywood history. Loring, however, cuts a colorful, memorable figure in the few texts that mention her.
Laura Horak. The commercial success of Elinor Glyn's 1927 film It has obscured the fact that, throughout her career until this point, Glyn had promoted a significantly different sexual ideology. In a remarkable array of novels, plays, lectures, interviews, editorials, and advice manuals, Glyn had long promoted an idiosyncratic “philosophy of love.”
Hope Loring was born on 29 January 1894 in Madrid, Spain. She was a writer and actress, known for Wings (1927), The Blue Fox (1921) and The Branded Four (1920). She was married to Louis D. Lighton.
