Sherman L. Lowe (born

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, United States (or Russia), 18 October 1894; died 24 Jan 1968,

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, United States) 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 ...

. He was a writer of the Frank Buck serial

Jungle Menace ''Jungle Menace'' (1937) is the first serial released by Columbia Pictures. Based on the success of Republic Pictures's 1936 serial ''Darkest Africa'', starring real-life animal trainer Clyde Beatty, Columbia made this exotic jungle serial ...

Early life

Sherman Lowe was the son of Russian immigrants, Louis Lowenstein and Johanna Blumberg Lowenstein. Sherman was educated at the

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and the

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. He served with the

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during

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. A machine gun bullet wounded his right leg, September 29, 1918, at Gesnes. He was discharged with the rank of sergeant.Eileen S. Quigley. International motion picture almanac, Volume 48. Quigley Publications, 1938 According to the 1920 US census, he worked in Detroit as a shoe salesman.

Hollywood

Lowe entered films in 1926. He was a script reader at

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for one year, then a writer for Universal. Among the films he worked on were Arizona Cyclone, Pony Post, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie, Law of the Range, Black Arrow (serial), Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere, and

Parole, Inc. ''Parole, Inc.'' is a 1948 American crime film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Michael O'Shea, with Turhan Bey and Evelyn Ankers in support. The film depicts an undercover FBI investigation of corruption within the state parole board of ...

Work with Frank Buck

In 1937, Lowe was a writer of the Frank Buck serial

Selected filmography

* ''

Dames Ahoy! ''Dames Ahoy!'' is a 1930 American comedy film directed by William James Craft and starring Glenn Tryon, Otis Harlan and Gertrude Astor. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, it was also released in a silent version. Plot Three sail ...

'' (1930) * '' They Never Come Back'' (1932) * ''

Crimson Romance ''Crimson Romance'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by David Howard and written by Milton Krims and Doris Schroeder. The film stars Ben Lyon, Sari Maritza, Erich von Stroheim, James Bush, William Bakewell and Hardie Albright. The low-bu ...

'' (1934) * '' On Probation'' (1935) * '' Circus Shadows'' (1935) * '' Melody Trail'' (1935) * ''

With Love and Kisses ''With Love and Kisses'' is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Pinky Tomlin, Toby Wing and Kane Richmond. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature for release by Ambassador Pictures.Pitts p.3 ...

'' (1936) * '' Night Cargo'' (1936) * ''

Sing While You're Able ''Sing While You're Able'' is a 1937 American musical film directed by Marshall Neilan and written by Charles R. Condon and Sherman L. Lowe. The film stars Pinky Tomlin, Toby Wing, Bert Roach, Sam Wren, Monte Collins and Suzanne Kaaren. The film ...

'' (1937) * ''

Diamond Trail ''Diamond Trail'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the enforcement ...

'' (1939) * '' The Old Corral'' (1936) * ''

Headline Crasher ''Headline Crasher'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Leslie Goodwins from a screenplay by Sherman L. Lowe and Charles R. Condon. The film stars Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, and Muriel Evans. Plot Cast * Frankie Darro as Jimmy Talla ...

'' (1936) * ''

Trapped by Television ''Trapped by Television'' is a 1936 American comedy-drama crime science fiction film directed by Del Lord and starring Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot and Nat Pendleton. The film is also known as ''Caught by Television'' in the United Kingdom. Plot An ...

'' (1936) * '' High Hat'' (1937) * '' The Devil Diamond'' (1937) * '' Arizona Days'' (1937) * ''

Daredevil Drivers ''Daredevil Drivers'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by Sherman L. Lowe. The film stars Beverly Roberts, Dick Purcell, Gloria Blondell, Gordon Oliver, Charley Foy and Donald Briggs. The film was released by ...

'' (1938) * '' I Demand Payment'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1938) * '' Crashing Thru'' (1939) * ''

Everything's on Ice ''Everything's on Ice'' is a 1939 American musical film produced by Sol Lesser for RKO Pictures, directed by Erle C. Kenton and stars six year old Irene Dare, Edgar Kennedy and Lynne Roberts. The film was released on October 6, 1939, and is als ...

'' (1939) * '' Law and Order'' (1940) * '' Secrets of a Model'' (1940) * '' Law of the Range'' (1941) * '' A Yank in Libya'' (1942) * ''

Miss V from Moscow ''Miss V from Moscow'' is a 1942 American spy thriller film directed by Albert Herman and starring Noel Madison and Paul Weigel.Fetrow p.313 As with other, better-known American films produced in the midst of World War II like ''Mission to Mos ...

'' (1942) * '' A Night for Crime'' (1943) * '' Valley of the Zombies'' (1946) * ''

The Magnificent Rogue ''The Magnificent Rogue'' is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Dane Lussier and Sherman L. Lowe. The film stars Lynne Roberts, Warren Douglas, Gerald Mohr, Stephanie Bachelor, Adele Mara and Grady Sutt ...

'' (1946) * ''

The Undercover Woman ''The Undercover Woman'' is a 1946 American comedy mystery film directed by Thomas Carr, written by Sherman L. Lowe, Robert F. Metzler and Jerry Sackheim, and starring Stephanie Bachelor, Robert Livingston, Richard Fraser, Isabel Withers, He ...

'' (1946) * '' The Catman of Paris'' (1946) * ''

'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1949)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lowe, Sherman 1894 births 1968 deaths American male screenwriters Writers from Salt Lake City Screenwriters from Utah 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters United States Army personnel of World War I University of Utah alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni American salespeople