{{short description|American screenwriter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = L.V. Jefferson | birth_name = Louis Victor Jefferson | birth_date = May 14, 1873 | birth_place = Carthage, Missouri | death_date = {{death date and age|1959|11|30|1873|05|14}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California | education = | occupation = Screenwriter | spouse = Gertrude Lambley }}
'''L. V. Jefferson''' (born '''Louis Victor Jefferson''') was an American screenwriter and short story author. He claimed to be capable of automatic writing and was an influence on Jane Wolfe. He credited looking into a crystal ball with empowering him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uYorAAAAIAAJ&q=%22l.v.+jefferson%22+writer&pg=PA73 |title=Alexander's Book of Mystery: Astrological Forecasts, Crystal Gazing ...|via=Google Books |accessdate=2020-03-09|last=Alexander |first=C. |year=1923 }}</ref> He was born in Carthage, Missouri.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} He worked in the Western scenario department for Universal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZksAAAAYAAJ&q=%22l.v.+jefferson%22+writer&pg=PA1025|title=The Moving Picture World|date=November 20, 1915|publisher=Chalmers Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> He also wrote for Triangle and worked with Irvin Willat of Willat Studios.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lv_jefferson|title=L.V. Jefferson – Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref>
== Filmography == {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * ''The Grail'' (1915)<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f8b7a2a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307213540/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f8b7a2a |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |title=L. V. Jefferson |publisher=BFI |date= |accessdate=2020-03-09}}</ref> * ''The College Orphan'' (1915) * ''The Making of Maddalena'' (1916) from a play by Samuel Service and Mary Service * ''The House of Lies'' (1916), co-writer * ''Her Father's Son'' (1916), co-writer * ''Redeeming Love'' (1916), story<ref name=story>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ShfkkJFnzpEC&q=%22l.v.+jefferson%22+story&pg=PA440 |title=William Desmond Taylor: A Dossier – Bruce Long – Google Books |date=1915-02-20 |accessdate=2020-03-09|isbn=978-1-4616-7434-4 |last1=Long |first1=Bruce }}</ref> * ''The House with the Golden Windows'' (1916) * ''In Slumberland'' (1917), writer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=emxDAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22In+Slumberland%22+1917+film+irvin+willat&pg=RA3-PA16|title=Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage|date=July 12, 1917|publisher=Dramatic Mirror Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> * ''Out of the Wreck'' (1917), story<ref name=story /> * ''The Sawdust Ring'' (1917) * ''A Square Deal'' (1917) * ''Ten of Diamonds'' (1917), from a story by Albert Cowles * ''Put Up Your Hands'' (1919) * ''Charge It to Me'' (1919) * ''The Kentucky Colonel'' (1920) * ''Riders of the Dawn'' (1920), co-writer of adaptation from a Zane Grey novel * ''The Desert Scorpion'' (1920), story * ''Crossing Trails'' (1921) * ''The Face of the World'' (1921)<ref name=bfi /> * ''Partners of the Tide'' (1921)<ref name=bfi /> * ''Daring Danger'' (1922)<ref name=bfi /> * ''Tracks'' (1922) * ''The Redeeming Sin'' (1925), based on Jefferson's short story * ''The Cloud Rider'' (1925)<ref name=bfi /> * ''The Primtose Path'' (1925)<ref name=bfi /> * ''Flying High'' (1926)<ref name=bfi /> * ''The Set-Up'' (1926) * ''The Escape'' (1926)<ref name=bfi /> * ''Three Pals'' (1926) * ''The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross'' (1927) * ''Temptations of a Shop Girl'' (1927) * ''One Chance in a Million'' (1927) * ''The Haunted Homestead'' (1927)<ref name=bfi /> * ''Catch as Catch Can'' (1927)<ref name=bfi /> * ''Born to Battle'' (1927)<ref name=bfi /> * ''Laddie Be Good'' (1928), co-writer * ''A Gentleman Preferred'' (1928), co-writer * ''China Slaver'' (1929), co-writer from a story by Calvin Holivey and Rupert Hughes * ''Pueblo Terror'' (1931) * ''Trails of the Golden West'' (1931) * ''His Debt'' (1919), story * ''Lightning Range'' (1933) * ''The Fighting Cowboy'' (1933)<ref name=bfi /> * ''The Pecos Dandy'' (1934) * ''Twisted Rails'' (1934), story author and screenplay co-writer * ''The Test'' (1935), continuity and dialogue * ''$20 a Week'' (1935) * ''Riddle Ranch'' (1935) * ''The Lion's Den'' (1936) {{div col end}}
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