Lawrence Edwin Kimble (September 21, 1904 – September 3, 1977) was an 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 ...

Early life and career

On September 21, 1904, Kimble was born in Bakersfield, California, one of five children born to Sarah Elizabeth Stanley and Arthur William Kimble. Beginning in 1924, Kimble worked for several years as a reporter with ''

The Bakersfield Californian ''The Bakersfield Californian'' is a daily newspaper serving Bakersfield, California and surrounding Kern County in the state's San Joaquin Valley. History ''The Bakersfield Californian'' is the direct descendant of Kern County's first newspap ...

'' before making his screenwriting debut in 1936 with ''

All American Chump ''All American Chump'' is a 1936 American comedy film produced by MGM, directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Lawrence Kimble. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Robert Armstrong, Betty Furness, Edmund Gwenn and Harvey Stephens. Plot When a tra ...

''. He was a

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of the

Screen Writers Guild The Screen Writers Guild was an organization of Hollywood screenplay authors, formed as a union in 1933. A rival organisation, Screen Playwrights, Inc., was established by the AMPP, film studios and producers, but after an appeal to the National ...

Personal life

On June 1, 1935, Kimble married Marjorie Hedrick.

Death

On September 3, 1977, Kimble died of a heart attack at Valley Presbyterian Hospital."Personal Data:Deaths"
''The Hollywood Reporter''. September 8, 1977. p. 13. Retrieved March 23, 2022.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Country Bumpkin ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The' ...

'' (1936) * '' Submarine D-1'' (1937) * ''

Love, Honor and Behave ''Love, Honor and Behave'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Stanley Logan and starring Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane. The supporting cast includes John Litel, Thomas Mitchell, Dick Foran and Dickie Moore. " Bei Mir Bist Du Scho ...

'' (1938) * ''

The Adventures of Jane Arden ''The Adventures of Jane Arden'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Terry O. Morse and written by Vincent Sherman, Lawrence Kimble, and Charles W. Curran. The film stars Rosella Towne, William Gargan, James Stephenson, Benny Rubin, D ...

'' (1939) * ''

It All Came True ''It All Came True'' is a 1940 American musical comedy crime film starring Ann Sheridan as a fledgling singer and Humphrey Bogart, who was third-billed on movie posters, as a gangster who hides from the police in a boarding house. It is based o ...

'' (1940) * ''

The Devil Pays Off ''The Devil Pays Off'' is a 1941 American spy thriller film directed by John H. Auer and starring J. Edward Bromberg, Osa Massen and William Wright. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures.Fetrow p.115 The film was nominated fo ...

'' (1941) * ''

Pardon My Stripes ''Pardon My Stripes'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by John H. Auer and written by Lawrence Kimble and Stuart Palmer (author), Stuart Palmer. The film stars William "Bill" Henry, Sheila Ryan, Edgar Kennedy, Harold Huber, Paul Hurst (act ...

'' (1942) * '' Pierre of the Plains'' (1942) * '' Bells of Capistrano'' (1942) * ''

The Bugle Sounds ''The Bugle Sounds'' is a 1942 American World War II movie starring Wallace Beery as a cavalry sergeant resistant to replacing horses with tanks. The supporting cast includes Marjorie Main, Lewis Stone, George Bancroft, Donna Reed, and Chill Will ...

'' (1942) * '' Moonlight Masquerade'' (1942) * '' Tahiti Honey'' (1943) * ''

Music in Manhattan ''Music in Manhattan'' is a 1944 American musical film directed by John H. Auer. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording (Stephen Dunn). Plot Frankie Foster and Stanley Benson are a pair of small-potatoes performer ...

'' (1944) * ''

Seven Days Ashore ''Seven Days Ashore'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by John H. Auer and written by Edward Verdier, Irving Phillips and Lawrence Kimble. The film stars Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Marcy McGuire, Virginia Mayo, Elaine Shepard, Gordon Oliver ...

'' (1944) * ''

Pan-Americana ''Pan-Americana'' is a 1945 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by John H. Auer, from a screenplay by Lawrence Kimble, based on a story by Auer and Frederick Kohner. RKO released the film on March 22, 1945, and the picture star ...

'' (1945) * ''

The Bamboo Blonde ''The Bamboo Blonde'' is a 1946 American romantic comedy directed by Anthony Mann based on an original story "Chicago Lulu" by Wayne Whittaker. A low budget production, it stars singer Frances Langford in the title role, Ralph Edwards – ...

'' (1946) * ''

Beat the Band ''Beat the Band'' is a musical quiz show heard on NBC radio from 1940 to 1944 in two distinctly different series. The program popularized the show business catch phrase, "Give me a little traveling music", often uttered on TV a decade later by ...

'' (1947) * '' Angel on the Amazon'' (1948) * ''

Mystery in Mexico ''Mystery in Mexico'' is a 1948 American crime thriller film directed by Robert Wise. It stars William Lundigan, Jacqueline White and Ricardo Cortez. The film centers around the search for an insurance investigator who goes to Mexico in search ...

'' (1948) * ''

Hit Parade of 1951 ''Hit Parade of 1951'' is a 1950 American musical film directed by John H. Auer and written by Lawrence Kimble, Elizabeth Reinhardt and Aubrey Wisberg. The film stars John Carroll, Marie McDonald, Estelita Rodriguez, Frank Fontaine, Grant Wit ...

'' (1950)

References

Bibliography

* Len D. Martin. ''The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959''. McFarland, 1998.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimble, Lawrence 1904 births 1977 deaths 20th-century American screenwriters People from Bakersfield, California Screenwriters from California