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name: "Lamar Trotti"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 October 1900"
died: "28 August 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-20T01:28:11.294438+00:00"
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# Lamar Trotti

Writer. Born 18 October 1900 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Died 28 August 1952.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 October 1900, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- **Died:** 28 August 1952
- **Active:** 1938–1946
- **Frequently works with:** [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://film.one/person/darryl-f-zanuck.md), [Henry King](https://film.one/person/henry-king.md), [Tyrone Power](https://film.one/person/tyrone-power.md), [Alice Faye](https://film.one/person/alice-faye.md), [Don Ameche](https://film.one/person/don-ameche.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 67 (2), 1940s 69 (3)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 2, History 1, Music 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $9m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamar_Trotti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q964595, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0873707/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14646

## Biography

Lamar Trotti was an American screenwriter and producer. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on 18 October 1900, he began his career as a journalist, becoming the first graduate of the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady School of Journalism in 1921 and later city editor of the Atlanta Georgian.

In 1933 he joined Fox Film Corporation and remained with the studio after its merger to form 20th Century Fox. He wrote or co-wrote around fifty films for the company, including *In Old Chicago* (1938), *Young Mr. Lincoln* (1939), *Drums Along the Mohawk* (1939), *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943) and *Wilson* (1944). He also produced several of his later scripts.

Trotti won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for *Wilson* in 1944 and received further nominations for *Young Mr. Lincoln* and *There’s No Business Like Show Business* (1952). He died of a heart attack on 28 August 1952.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, georgiaencyclopedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Razor's Edge* (1946), Fi1m 63, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-razors-edge.md)
- *Wilson* (1944), Fi1m 61, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/wilson.md)
- *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), Fi1m 84, Screenplay, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md)
- *Alexander's Ragtime Band* (1938), Fi1m 70, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/alexanders-ragtime-band.md)
- *In Old Chicago* (1938), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-chicago.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Jackals* (1967), Screenplay
- *There's No Business Like Show Business* (1954), Story
- *Stars and Stripes Forever* (1952), Screenplay, Producer
- *O. Henry's Full House* (1952), Screenplay
- *With a Song in My Heart* (1952), Writer, Producer
- *As Young as You Feel* (1951), Writer, Producer
- *I'd Climb the Highest Mountain* (1951), Screenplay, Producer
- *American Guerrilla in the Philippines* (1950), Screenplay, Producer
- *Cheaper by the Dozen* (1950), Screenplay, Producer
- *You're My Everything* (1949), Writer, Producer
- *Yellow Sky* (1948), Producer, Screenplay
- *The Walls of Jericho* (1948), Producer, Writer
- *When My Baby Smiles at Me* (1948), Screenplay
- *Captain from Castile* (1947), Writer, Producer
- *Mother Wore Tights* (1947), Screenplay, Producer
- *The Razor's Edge* (1946), Screenplay — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-razors-edge.md)
- *Colonel Effingham's Raid* (1946), Producer
- *A Bell for Adano* (1945), Writer, Producer
- *Wilson* (1944), Writer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/wilson.md)
- *Guadalcanal Diary* (1943), Screenplay
- *Immortal Sergeant* (1943), Screenplay, Producer
- *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md)
- *Thunder Birds* (1942), Screenplay, Producer
- *Tales of Manhattan* (1942), Writer
- *To the Shores of Tripoli* (1942), Screenplay
- *Belle Starr* (1941), Screenplay
- *Hudson's Bay* (1940), Writer
- *Brigham Young* (1940), Screenplay
- *Drums Along the Mohawk* (1939), Screenplay
- *Young Mr. Lincoln* (1939), Writer, Story
- *The Story of Alexander Graham Bell* (1939), Screenplay
- *Kentucky* (1938), Screenplay
- *Gateway* (1938), Writer
- *Alexander's Ragtime Band* (1938), Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/alexanders-ragtime-band.md)
- *In Old Chicago* (1938), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-chicago.md)
- *Wife, Doctor and Nurse* (1937), Writer
- *Slave Ship* (1937), Screenplay
- *This Is My Affair* (1937), Story, Screenplay
- *Career Woman* (1936), Screenplay
- *Can This Be Dixie?* (1936), Story, Screenplay
- *Ramona* (1936), Screenplay
- *Pepper* (1936), Screenplay
- *The Country Beyond* (1936), Writer
- *Gentle Julia* (1936), Screenplay
- *The First Baby* (1936), Story, Screenplay
- *This Is the Life* (1935), Screenplay
- *Steamboat Round the Bend* (1935), Screenplay
- *Life Begins at Forty* (1935), Screenplay
- *Judge Priest* (1934), Screenplay
- *Call It Luck* (1934), Screenplay
- *Hold That Girl* (1934), Writer
- *You Can't Buy Everything* (1934), Screenplay
- *The Man Who Dared* (1933), Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 1955: Best Story (nominated), for *There's No Business Like Show Business*
- 1945: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Wilson*
- 1940: Best Story (nominated), for *Young Mr. Lincoln*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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