Biography

Leighton Brill(1893-1977)

Writer
Additional Crew
Producer

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Leighton Brill was born on 3 June 1893 in New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Secret Code (1942), L'aigle des sables (1944) and A Song for Miss Julie (1945). He died on 26 July 1977 in Hollywood, California, USA.

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Known for

Paul Kelly and Anne Nagel in The Secret Code (1942)

The Secret Code

7.5

Writer

1942

Mona Maris and Gilbert Roland in L'aigle des sables (1944)

L'aigle des sables

6.3

Writer

1944

Barton Hepburn and Shirley Ross in A Song for Miss Julie (1945)

A Song for Miss Julie

5.0

Writer(as Leighton K. Brill)

1945

Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, and Charles Winninger in Show Boat (1936)

7.4

Additional Crew(uncredited)

1936

Credits

Writer

A Song for Miss Julie
5.0
- adaptation (as Leighton K. Brill)
- 1945
Black Arrow
5.4
- original screenplay
- 1944
L'aigle des sables
6.3
- original screenplay
- 1944
The Secret Code
7.5
- original screenplay
- 1942

Additional Crew

A Song for Miss Julie
5.0
- assistant to producer
- 1945
Show Boat
7.4
- dialogue director
- technical director (uncredited)
- 1936

Producer

Let There Be Stars
TV Series
- producer
- 1949

Personal details

Alternative name
- Leighton K. Brill
Born
- June 3, 1893
- New York, USA
Died
- July 26, 1977
- Hollywood, California, USA(pneumonia)
Other works
Brill was technical director on two of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's stage musicals as well--the original 1929 Broadway production of "Sweet Adeline", and the 1946 Broadway revival of "Show Boat", on which his official credit title was "Assistant to Oscar Hammerstein".

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