Robert Lord

For other people named Robert Lord, see Robert Lord (disambiguation).

Robert Lord
Born	May 1, 1900(1900-05-01) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	April 5, 1976(1976-04-05) (aged 75) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter, film producer
Years active	1927–1947

Robert Lord (May 1, 1900 – April 5, 1976) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote for 71 films between 1925 and 1940. He won an Academy Award in 1933 in the category Best Writing, Original Story for the film One Way Passage. He was nominated in the same category in 1938 for the film Black Legion.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack.

Selected filmography

• The Johnstown Flood (1926)
• The Lion and the Mouse (1928)
• On Trial (1928)
• On With the Show (1929)
• The Aviator (1929)
• Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
• Hardboiled Rose (1929)
• She Couldn't Say No (1930)
• Hold Everything (1930)
• Little Caesar (1931)
• Five Star Final (1931)
• Manhattan Parade (1931)
• Winner Take All (1932)
• One Way Passage (1932) also producer
• 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) producer
• The World Changes (1933) producer
• Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) producer
• Footlight Parade (1933) also producer
• Convention City (1933)
• Dames (1934)
• Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
• Page Miss Glory (1935)
• Colleen (1936)
• Black Legion (1937) also producer
• Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) producer
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) producer
• 'Til We Meet Again (1940)
• Footsteps in the Dark (1941) producer
• High Wall (1947) producer
• Tokyo Joe (1949) producer

External links

• Robert Lord at the Internet Movie Database
• Robert Lord at AllRovi