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Rupert Hughes(1872-1956)

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Actor
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Rupert Hughes
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. He died on 9 September 1956 in Hollywood, California, USA.
BornJanuary 31, 1872
DiedSeptember 9, 1956(84)
BornJanuary 31, 1872
DiedSeptember 9, 1956(84)
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Known for

Eleanor Boardman in Souls for Sale (1923)
Souls for Sale
7.0
  • Writer
  • 1923
Eleanor Boardman, Huntley Gordon, and Aileen Pringle in True As Steel (1924)
True As Steel
  • Writer
  • 1924
Colleen Moore in Look Your Best (1923)
Look Your Best
  • Writer
  • 1923
Colleen Moore in The Wall Flower (1922)
The Wall Flower
4.5
  • Writer
  • 1922

Credits

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Writer

  • Tess of the Storm Country (1960)
    Tess of the Storm Country
    5.3
    • dramatization
    • 1960
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950)
    Lux Video Theatre
    7.3
    TV Series
    • story "Ambush"
    • 1952
  • F.B.I. Girl (1951)
    F.B.I. Girl
    6.1
    • based on a story by
    • 1951
  • Hollywood Theatre Time
    5.7
    TV Series
    • story
    • 1951
  • Margia Dean, Syra Marty, Tom Neal, and Richard Travis in Fingerprints Don't Lie (1951)
    Fingerprints Don't Lie
    4.5
    • based on a story by
    • 1951
  • Betty Furness, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Henry Wilcoxon in The President's Mystery (1936)
    The President's Mystery
    5.6
    • story
    • 1936
  • Leo Carrillo, George Raft, and Rosalind Russell in It Had to Happen (1936)
    It Had to Happen
    6.2
    • story "Canavan, The Man Who Had His Way"
    • 1936
  • Baby LeRoy and Dorothea Wieck in Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)
    Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
    6.6
    • based on the novel by
    • 1934
  • W.C. Fields, Baby LeRoy, and Alison Skipworth in Tillie and Gus (1933)
    Tillie and Gus
    6.9
    • adapted from a story by
    • 1933
  • Cary Grant and Nancy Carroll in The Woman Accused (1933)
    The Woman Accused
    6.2
    • Liberty Magazine serial chapter
    • 1933
  • Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor in Tess of the Storm Country (1932)
    Tess of the Storm Country
    6.7
    • play
    • screenplay
    • 1932
  • Carole Lombard and Ricardo Cortez in No One Man (1932)
    No One Man
    5.7
    • novel "No One Man"
    • 1932
  • The Silent Partner
    Short
    • written by
    • 1931
  • Carole Lombard, William Powell, Kay Francis, Maude Turner Gordon, and Olive Tell in Ladies' Man (1931)
    Ladies' Man
    5.8
    • novel
    • 1931
  • Partners
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1931

Director

  • Eleanor Boardman, Huntley Gordon, and Aileen Pringle in True As Steel (1924)
    True As Steel
    • Director
    • 1924
  • Lew Cody and Carmel Myers in Reno (1923)
    Reno
    • Director
    • 1923
  • Eleanor Boardman in Souls for Sale (1923)
    Souls for Sale
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1923
  • Colleen Moore in Look Your Best (1923)
    Look Your Best
    • Director
    • 1923
  • Helene Chadwick in Gimme (1923)
    Gimme
    • Director
    • 1923
  • Claude Gillingwater in Remembrance (1922)
    Remembrance
    • Director
    • 1922
  • Colleen Moore in The Wall Flower (1922)
    The Wall Flower
    4.5
    • Director
    • 1922

Actor

  • Hollywood Theatre Time
    5.7
    TV Series
    • 1951
  • Life in Hollywood No. 5 (1927)
    Life in Hollywood No. 5
    6.4
    Short
    • 1927

Personal details

  • Born
    • January 31, 1872
    • Lancaster, Missouri, USA
  • Died
    • September 9, 1956
    • Hollywood, California, USA(heart failure)
  • Spouses
      Patterson DialDecember 31, 1924 - March 23, 1945 (her death)
  • Children
      Elsbeth Hedge Hughes
  • Relatives
    • Howard Hughes(Niece or Nephew)
  • Other works
    Book: "The Biographical Dictionary of Musicians". New York: McClure, Phillips & Co.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 15 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Uncle of producer/director Howard Hughes.
  • Quotes
    Women's intuition is the result of millions of years of not thinking.

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