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name: "Lawrence Kimble"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 September 1904"
died: "3 September 1977"
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# Lawrence Kimble

Writer. Born 21 September 1904 in Bakersfield, California, USA. Died 3 September 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 September 1904, Bakersfield, California, USA
- **Died:** 3 September 1977
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Kimble, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21069989, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453885/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113708

## Biography

Lawrence Kimble (21 September 1904 – 3 September 1977) was an American screenwriter. Born in Bakersfield, California, he worked as a reporter for The Bakersfield Californian from 1924 before making his screenwriting debut in 1936 with All American Chump. He was a charter member of the Screen Writers Guild.

Kimble contributed to numerous films in the 1930s and 1940s, including Four Daughters (1938), It All Came True (1940) and Zombies on Broadway (1945). From the early 1950s he wrote extensively for television, with credits on series such as Big Town, State Trooper and 77 Sunset Strip.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Four Daughters* (1938), Fi1m 75, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/four-daughters-1938.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Two of a Kind* (1951), Screenplay
- *Hit Parade of 1951* (1950), Screenplay
- *The Avengers* (1950), Writer
- *One Way Street* (1950), Story, Screenplay
- *Cover Up* (1949), Additional Dialogue
- *Angel on the Amazon* (1948), Screenplay
- *Mystery in Mexico* (1948), Screenplay
- *I, Jane Doe* (1948), Screenplay
- *The Flame* (1947), Screenplay
- *Beat the Band* (1947), Screenplay
- *San Quentin* (1946), Screenplay
- *Criminal Court* (1946), Writer
- *The Bamboo Blonde* (1946), Writer
- *The Truth About Murder* (1946), Screenplay
- *Zombies on Broadway* (1945), Screenplay
- *Pan-Americana* (1945), Writer
- *Music in Manhattan* (1944), Screenplay
- *Seven Days Ashore* (1944), Screenplay
- *Tahiti Honey* (1943), Screenplay
- *Johnny Doughboy* (1942), Writer
- *Bells of Capistrano* (1942), Screenplay
- *Pierre of the Plains* (1942), Screenplay
- *Moonlight Masquerade* (1942), Screenplay
- *The Bugle Sounds* (1942), Story
- *Devil Pays Off* (1941), Screenplay
- *Gangs Of The City* (1941), Screenplay
- *It All Came True* (1940), Screenplay
- *No Place to Go* (1939), Screenplay
- *The Adventures of Jane Arden* (1939), Screenplay
- *Off the Record* (1939), Screenplay
- *Four Daughters* (1938), Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/four-daughters-1938.md)
- *The Beloved Brat* (1938), Screenplay
- *Love, Honor and Behave* (1938), Screenplay
- *Submarine D-1* (1937), Screenplay
- *All American Chump* (1936), Screenplay

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