Reed, Luther

American film director Luther Reed was born on July 14, 1888 in Berlin, Wisconsin. He started his career in film as a subtite writer in the 1910s, and he eventually began directing films. Reed was the first director on Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels, although he quit shortly after production began, citing Hughes' interference as his reasoning. He died on November 16, 1971 in New York, New York.

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"AFI|Catalog". Catalog.Afi.Com, Last modified 2019. https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/9655.

Genealogy files about "Luther Reed." Accessed on November 3, 2021 on FamilySearch.org