---
name: "Robert Lord"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-lord"
fi1m_id: "robert-lord"
imdb_id: "nm0520501"
tmdb_id: 74879
wikidata_id: "Q2158073"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "1 May 1900"
died: "5 April 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T01:11:16.977699+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Robert Lord

## Identity

Robert Lord

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-lord
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-lord
- **IMDb ID:** nm0520501
- **TMDB ID:** 74879
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2158073
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lord_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2158073, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0520501/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74879

Writer and producer. Born 1 May 1900 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 5 April 1976.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 1 May 1900, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 5 April 1976
- **Active:** 1931–1950
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 2 writing, 3 producing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Dick Powell](https://film.one/person/dick-powell.md), [James Seymour](https://film.one/person/james-seymour.md), [Joan Blondell](https://film.one/person/joan-blondell.md), [Ruby Keeler](https://film.one/person/ruby-keeler.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 71 (5), 1940s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lord_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2158073, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0520501/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74879

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Footlight Parade*](https://film.one/film/footlight-parade.md) (70)

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## Biography

Robert Lord (1 May 1900 – 5 April 1976) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote for more than seventy films between 1925 and 1940, often for Warner Bros., and later produced films for Humphrey Bogart's Santana Productions.

He received an Academy Award for Best Original Story for *One Way Passage* (1932) and was nominated in the same category for *Black Legion* (1937). His credits include story work on *Footlight Parade* (1933), on which he also served as producer, and producing *In a Lonely Place* (1950). A Harvard graduate who studied playwriting, Lord began his career contributing stories and adaptations before taking on producing roles.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Footlight Parade* (1933), Fi1m 70, Story, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/footlight-parade.md)
- *Five Star Final* (1931), Fi1m 70, Adaptation — [page](https://film.one/film/five-star-final.md)

### Produced (3)

- *The Letter* (1940), Fi1m 78, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-letter.md)
- *Flirtation Walk* (1934), Fi1m 57, Production Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/flirtation-walk.md)
- *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933), Fi1m 82, Producer, Production Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/gold-diggers-of-1933.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Little Caesar* (1931), Fi1m 74, Additional Writing — [page](https://film.one/film/little-caesar.md)

## Complete filmography (96)

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

- *The Family Secret* (1951), Producer
- *Sirocco* (1951), Producer
- *In a Lonely Place* (1950), Producer
- *And Baby Makes Three* (1949), Producer
- *Tokyo Joe* (1949), Producer
- *Knock on Any Door* (1949), Producer
- *Wings for the Eagle* (1942), Producer
- *Dive Bomber* (1941), Associate Producer
- *Footsteps in the Dark* (1941), Associate Producer
- *The Letter* (1940), Associate Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-letter.md)
- *No Time for Comedy* (1940), Associate Producer
- *'Til We Meet Again* (1940), Story
- *The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex* (1939), Associate Producer
- *Dodge City* (1939), Associate Producer
- *The Dawn Patrol* (1938), Associate Producer
- *The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse* (1938), Producer
- *Tovarich* (1937), Associate Producer
- *That Certain Woman* (1937), Associate Producer
- *Black Legion* (1937), Producer, Story
- *Give Me Your Heart* (1936), Supervising Producer
- *Stage Struck* (1936), Story, Supervising Dialogue Editor
- *The Singing Kid* (1936), Story
- *Colleen* (1936), Story
- *Dr. Socrates* (1935), Screenplay
- *Page Miss Glory* (1935), Screenplay
- *The Girl from 10th Avenue* (1935), Producer
- *Gold Diggers of 1935* (1935), Story
- *Bordertown* (1935), Story
- *Flirtation Walk* (1934), Production Supervisor — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/flirtation-walk.md)
- *Dames* (1934), Story
- *Housewife* (1934), Story, Supervising Producer
- *The Man with Two Faces* (1934), Producer
- *He Was Her Man* (1934), Story, Producer
- *Fog Over Frisco* (1934), Production Supervisor
- *The Merry Frinks* (1934), Producer
- *Merry Wives of Reno* (1934), Story, Screenplay
- *Harold Teen* (1934), Supervising Producer
- *Jimmy the Gent* (1934), Producer
- *Convention City* (1933), Screenplay
- *The World Changes* (1933), Producer
- *Footlight Parade* (1933), Producer, Story — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/footlight-parade.md)
- *Mary Stevens, M.D.* (1933), Screenplay
- *Heroes for Sale* (1933), Screenplay
- *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933), Producer, Production Supervisor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/gold-diggers-of-1933.md)
- *The Little Giant* (1933), Screenplay
- *The Mind Reader* (1933), Screenplay
- *Hard to Handle* (1933), Screenplay
- *Frisco Jenny* (1933), Screenplay
- *20,000 Years in Sing Sing* (1932), Adaptation
- *You Said a Mouthful* (1932), Screenplay
- *The Conquerors* (1932), Screenplay
- *One Way Passage* (1932), Story, Producer
- *The Purchase Price* (1932), Writer
- *Winner Take All* (1932), Adaptation
- *Man Wanted* (1932), Story
- *It's Tough to Be Famous* (1932), Screenplay
- *Fireman, Save My Child* (1932), Adaptation, Story
- *Taxi!* (1932), Producer
- *Manhattan Parade* (1931), Adaptation
- *Her Majesty, Love* (1931), Screenplay
- *Local Boy Makes Good* (1931), Adaptation
- *Five Star Final* (1931), Adaptation — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/five-star-final.md)
- *The Ruling Voice* (1931), Adaptation
- *Big Business Girl* (1931), Adaptation
- *Little Caesar* (1931), as Additional Writing — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/little-caesar.md)
- *Hold Everything* (1930), Screenplay
- *She Couldn't Say No* (1930), Writer
- *The Aviator* (1929), Scenario Writer
- *The Sap* (1929), Screenplay
- *So Long Letty* (1929), Writer
- *Gold Diggers of Broadway* (1929), Story
- *On With the Show!* (1929), Scenario Writer
- *The Time, the Place and the Girl* (1929), Scenario Writer
- *No Defense* (1929), Writer
- *Hardboiled Rose* (1929), Writer
- *Kid Gloves* (1929), Screenplay
- *The Million Dollar Collar* (1929), Writer
- *The Greyhound Limited* (1929), Dialogue
- *My Man* (1928), Writer
- *On Trial* (1928), Screenplay
- *Beware of Bachelors* (1928), Writer
- *Beyond the Sierras* (1928), Screenplay
- *Women They Talk About* (1928), Writer
- *Detectives* (1928), Story, Screenplay
- *Five and Ten Cent Annie* (1928), Scenario Writer
- *The Lion and the Mouse* (1928), Writer
- *The Matinee Idol* (1928), Story
- *Powder My Back* (1928), Writer
- *The Little Snob* (1928), Scenario Writer
- *If I Were Single* (1927), Scenario Writer, Story
- *A Reno Divorce* (1927), Scenario Writer
- *The Swell-Head* (1927), Scenario Writer, Story
- *His New York Wife* (1926), Writer
- *Tony Runs Wild* (1926), Scenario Writer
- *The Johnstown Flood* (1926), Writer
- *The Lucky Horseshoe* (1925), Story

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 1938: Best Story (nominated), for *Black Legion*
- 1934: Best Story (won), for *One Way Passage*
- 1933: Best Story (nominated), for *One Way Passage*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Significant Contribution to the Theatre 2013: Significant Contribution to the Theatre (won)
- Robert Burns Fellowship 1987: Robert Burns Fellowship (won)

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

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