Lew Lipton (February 23, 1897 – December 27, 1961), was an American screenwriter who was active during the latter part of the
silent era
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and the beginning of the talking picture era. During his brief 15-year career, he penned the scripts for 24 films, as well as producing over 20
film short
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s. In 1935, he began work on a script entitled ''Harlem Cavalcade''. He authored another half-dozen films during the remaining years of the 1930s, before devoting his efforts full-time to this manuscript. ''Harlem Cavalcade'' was an epic story of life among Black-Americans, beginning with their relationship to the Dutch community of New Amsterdam in 1626, through 1938. A series of vignettes, it incorporated the real-life stories of such notable Americans as Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglas, George Washington Carver, Joe Lewis, Satchel Paige, and Cab
Calloway. Lipton worked on the script right up until his death in 1961. Lipton died on December 27, 1961, and was buried in
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in Glendale, California.
Filmography
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Frisco Sally Levy
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The Cameraman
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It was Keaton's first film under contract to ...
Honeymoon
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Spite Marriage
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A Man from Wyoming
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Sweepstakes
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Hold 'Em Jail
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So This Is Africa
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Plot
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Mummy's Boys
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Follow the Fleet
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
''You Can't Cheat an Honest Man'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by George Marshall and Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields. Fields also wrote the story on which the film is based under the name Charles Bogle.
Plot
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Broadway Serenade
''Broadway Serenade'' (also known as ''Serenade'') is a 1939 musical drama film distributed by MGM, produced and directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The screenplay was written by Charles Lederer, based on a story by Lew Lipton, John Taintor Foote an ...