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William R. Leighton

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William R. Leighton is known for Double Stakes (1921), The Able-Minded Lady (1922) and The Light in the Clearing (1921).
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    Double Stakes
    • Writer
    • 1921
    Henry B. Walthall in The Able-Minded Lady (1922)
    The Able-Minded Lady
    • Writer
    • 1922
    Andrew Arbuckle, Eugenie Besserer, George Hackathorne, Clara Horton, Frank Leigh, and A. Edward Sutherland in The Light in the Clearing (1921)
    The Light in the Clearing
    • Writer
    • 1921

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    • Henry B. Walthall in The Able-Minded Lady (1922)
      The Able-Minded Lady
      • story
      • 1922
    • Andrew Arbuckle, Eugenie Besserer, George Hackathorne, Clara Horton, Frank Leigh, and A. Edward Sutherland in The Light in the Clearing (1921)
      The Light in the Clearing
      • scenario
      • 1921
    • Double Stakes
      • screenplay
      • 1921

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      Story: "The Able-Minded Lady" (filmed as The Able-Minded Lady (1922)).

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