Jimmy Starr (February 3, 1904 – August 13, 1990) was an American

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and

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. Starr began his career in Hollywood at 15 as an office boy at MGM. In 1923, Starr was hired as motion-picture editor of the now defunct '' Los Angeles Evening Post-Record'', to which he contributed the “Cinematters” column through 1930. Starr worked as a screenwriter in

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during the 1930s. In the 1940s he worked as a film writer and columnist, providing reviews and insights into the film world, and occasionally appeared in cameo film roles. His novel ''The Corpse Came C.O.D.'' was made into a 1947 film. After retirement from the Hollywood scene, Starr moved to

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, where he worked for many years as Director of Advertising and Public Relations for

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, then headquartered in Phoenix. He gave many of his papers and photographs to

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in the 1970s.Arizona State University Library
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