Lynn Starling (September 13, 1888 – February 25, 1955) was an American
screenwriter and
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
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[Solomon p.329] Starling wrote the 1923 play ''
Meet the Wife'', subsequently adapted into a 1931
film of the same title.
Selected filmography
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The Time, the Place and the Girl'' (1946)
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Three Little Girls in Blue
''Three Little Girls in Blue'' is a 1946 Technicolor musical film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring June Haver along with George Montgomery, Vivian Blaine, Celeste Holm, and Vera-Ellen. The 20th Century-Fox film was adapted from ...
'' (1946)
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It's a Pleasure'' (1945)
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The Impostor'' (1944)
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Footlight Serenade
''Footlight Serenade'' is a 1942 musical comedy film directed by Gregory Ratoff, starring Betty Grable, John Payne, and Victor Mature.
Plot
Tommy Lundy is an arrogant champion boxer who is hired by Broadway promoter Bruce McKay to star in a sta ...
'' (1942)
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Moon Over Miami'' (1941)
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He Married His Wife'' (1940)
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Three Blind Mice'' (1938)
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Women of Glamour
''Women of Glamour'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Gordon Wiles and starring Virginia Bruce, Melvyn Douglas and Reginald Denny.Goble p.1022
It is a remake of the 1930 film ''Ladies of Leisure'', which was itself based on the 1926 s ...
'' (1937)
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More Than a Secretary
''More Than a Secretary'' is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Dale Van Every and Lynn Starling. The story was adapted by Ethel Hill and Aben Kandel, based on the magazine story "Safari in Manhattan" ...
'' (1936)
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Give Us This Night
''Give Us This Night'' is one of five movies produced by Paramount Pictures featuring Gladys Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to build on the popularity of Grace Moore, another opera singer, wh ...
'' (1936)
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Shanghai'' (1935)
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Down to Their Last Yacht'' (1934)
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Love Time'' (1934)
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Cynara
''Cynara'' is a genus of thistle-like perennial plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, northwestern Africa, and the Canary Islands. The genus name comes from the Greek ''kynara'', which mea ...
'' (1932)
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Back Street'' (1932)
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Transatlantic'' (1931)
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Always Goodbye'' (1931)
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Don't Bet on Women
''Don't Bet on Women'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William K. Howard and starring Edmund Lowe, Jeanette MacDonald and Roland Young.Turk p.359
Plot
On a whim, Herbert Blake proposes a wager with Roger Fallon that ...
'' (1931)
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Dumbbells in Ermine'' (1930)
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''Oh, for a Man!'' (1930)
References
Bibliography
* Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011.
External links
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1888 births
1955 deaths
People from Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Kentucky women writers
Screenwriters from Kentucky
20th-century American screenwriters
20th-century American women writers
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