Barry Shipman (February 24, 1912 – August 12, 1994) was a Canadian-American

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. He was the son of the Canadian film pioneers

Ernest Shipman Ernest G. Shipman (December 16, 1871, in Shipman's Mills (now Almonte, Ontario, Almonte), Ontario, Canada – August 7, 1931, in New York City) was Canada's most successful film producer during the silent film, silent period. Shipman, whose nic ...

and

Nell Shipman Nell Shipman (born Helen Foster-Barham; October 25, 1892 – January 23, 1970) was a Canadian actress, writer, and director who was active in silent film in the 1910s and 1920s. She used "the girl from God's country" as her sobriquet after starr ...

. He worked on more than a hundred films and television series, mainly of the

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and

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genres. He was married to the actress Gwynne Shipman, with whom he had a daughter

Nina Shipman Nina Shipman (born August 15, 1938) is a retired American actress. Early years Shipman is the daughter of screenwriter Barry Shipman and dancer and film actress Gwynne Shipman. Her grandfather Ernest Shipman was a member of one of the first Sh ...

who also became an actress. Shipman died in

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at the age of 82.

Selected filmography

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'' (1936) * ''

Hi-Yo Silver ''Hi-Yo Silver'' is a 1940 American Western film, directed by William Witney and John English. It stars Lee Powell and Chief Thundercloud and was released on April 10, 1940. The film was created by condensing the fifteen chapters of the 1938 ...

'' (1940) * '' Roaring Rangers'' (1946) * '' Singin' Spurs'' (1948) * ''

Song of Idaho ''Song of Idaho'' is a 1948 American Western musical film directed by Ray Nazarro. It was released by Columbia Pictures. Plot King Russell (Kirby Grant) is a hillbilly singer whose show is canceled by its sponsor. The Hoosier Hot Shots and Rus ...

'' (1948) * '' Laramie'' (1949) * '' The Blazing Trail'' (1949) * '' Horsemen of the Sierras'' (1949) * ''

The Kid from Amarillo ''The Kid from Amarillo'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette and Harry Lauter. It is part of the Durango Kid series. In Britain it was released under the alternative title ''Sil ...

'' (1951) *'' Bonanza Town'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1951) *''

Montana Territory The Territory of Montana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1864, until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted as the 41st state in the Union as the state of Montana. Original boundaries ...

'' (1952) *''

Laramie Mountains The Laramie Mountains are a range of moderately high peaks on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S states of Wyoming and Colorado. The range is the northernmost extension of the line of the ranges along the eastern side of the Rock ...

'' (1952) * ''

Smoky Canyon ''Smoky Canyon'' is a 1952 American Western musical film directed by Fred F. Sears and starring Charles Starrett, Jock Mahoney, Danni Sue Nolan, Tris Coffin, and Larry Hudson. The film was released by Columbia Pictures on January 31, 1952. Thi ...

'' (1952) * '' Junction City'' (1952) * '' Lay That Rifle Down'' (1955) * '' Stranger at My Door'' (1956)The New York Times
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References

Bibliography

* Morris, Peter. ''Embattled Shadows: A History of Canadian Cinema, 1895-1939''. McGill-Queen's Press, 1992.

External links

* 1912 births 1994 deaths 20th-century American screenwriters Shipman family {{US-screen-writer-1910s-stub