Writing

Robert Lord

Born — Died

1900-05-01 — 1976-04-05

Place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Known for

Behind the camera

In a Lonely Place poster
7.6

A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.

In a Lonely Place

1950

Footlight Parade poster
6.8

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

Footlight Parade

1933

Sirocco poster
6.0

A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.

Sirocco

1951

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse poster
7.0

A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from its extremely resentful leader.

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

1938

Gold Diggers of 1933 poster
7.2

When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to keep their show going.

Gold Diggers of 1933

1933

Jimmy the Gent poster
6.4

An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.

Jimmy the Gent

1934

Tokyo Joe poster
6.1

An American veteran returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.

Tokyo Joe

1949

Knock on Any Door poster
6.2

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

Knock on Any Door

1949

Black Legion poster
6.6

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

Black Legion

1937

One Way Passage poster
7.3

A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.

One Way Passage

1932

Convention City poster
4.2

Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City. President J.B. Honeywell is to choose a new company sales manager. T.R. Kent and George Ellerbe are two salesmen who both want the job. However, they both get into trouble: T.R. is discredited when jealous saleswoman, Arlene Dale, interferes with his attempted seduction of Honeywell's daughter, Claire, and George attempts to seduce Nancy Lorraine. The position of sales manager is bestowed upon a drunken employee as a bribe after he catches J.B. about to visit "Daisy La Rue, Exterminator." Considered a lost film.

Convention City

1933

Taxi! poster
6.8

Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.

Taxi!

1932

The Purchase Price poster
6.5

Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.

The Purchase Price

1932

The Girl from 10th Avenue poster
6.8

When his fiancée Valentine dumps him, prominent lawyer Geoffrey Sherwood goes on a bender and winds up married to a stranger, Miriam Brady. They decide to give their marriage a chance. Their landlady, a one-time Floradora girl, offers to help Miriam become refined. Successful again, Geoffrey is approached ("if only we were free") by Valentine. Miriam tells Valentine off in no uncertain terms. Geoffrey moves into his club where Valentine's husband tells him he is a fool to leave Miriam

The Girl from 10th Avenue

1935

The World Changes poster
4.8

Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.

The World Changes

1933

No Defense poster
10.0

No Defense is a 1929 romantic drama directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Monte Blue. It was a silent film with part talking and sound-effects by the Vitaphone Company. It was distributed by Warner Brothers.

No Defense

1929

On Trial poster
7.0

A man is put on trial for the murder of his best friend. A young attorney wants to become successful and decides to defend him. However, he is very inexperienced.

On Trial

1928

Heroes for Sale poster
7.1

World War I veteran Tom Holmes is marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his battle wounds. Over the years, he comes to experience both the pain of misfortune and a love for other human beings.

Heroes for Sale

1933

The Little Giant poster
7.0

Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.

The Little Giant

1933

Wings for the Eagle poster
6.1

Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.

Wings for the Eagle

1942

Her Majesty, Love poster
6.7

The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred's fiancée Lia juggles desserts at a formal dinner. They encourage Fred to break the engagement. Lia goes to Berlin to marry a Baron von Schwarzdorf, and Fred goes to stop the marriage.

Her Majesty, Love

1931

You Said a Mouthful poster
5.8

Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the clerk is the inventor of an unsinkable swim suit, she enters him in a 20 mile swim race.

You Said a Mouthful

1932

Hard to Handle poster
6.9

A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.

Hard to Handle

1933

The Man with Two Faces poster
6.8

Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Vance is around. When Vance takes her to the apartment of a theatrical producer she comes home incoherent and Vance is found dead in the vanished producer's hotel suite.

The Man with Two Faces

1934

He Was Her Man poster
6.5

A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals". He then flees from killers with a San Francisco fisherman's fiancee.

He Was Her Man

1934

The Merry Frinks poster
4.8

An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.

The Merry Frinks

1934

And Baby Makes Three poster
5.1

A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.

And Baby Makes Three

1949

Kid Gloves poster
10.0

When a taxi carrying socialite Ruth Darrow drives into the middle of a gun battle between hijacker Kid Gloves and a trio of bootleggers, Ruth is injured. She is taken to a nearby apartment, and The Kid helps to care for her. John Stone, Ruth's fiance and a bootlegger with a respectable front, finds them together and blackmails The Kid into marrying the girl.

Kid Gloves

1929

Detectives poster
10.0

Lois, a stenographer at a luxury hotel, is being pursued by the hotel's house detective and a bellhop. When some valuable jewels are stolen, the bellhop--who has always dreamed of being a detective--sees his chance to both solve the jewel robbery and impress the woman he loves. The house detective, however, has other ideas.

Detectives

1928

The Family Secret poster
6.1

When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.

The Family Secret

1951

It's Tough to Be Famous poster
6.4

Scotty, an unwilling Navy war hero is cast into the limelight. He wants to get married and be an engineer, but is forced to fulfil the expectations of the public, his employer and his PR agent, which he hates. Although he and his long time girlfriend Janet love each other, they are pressured to marry before they are ready. The strain takes its toll on both of them.

It's Tough to Be Famous

1932

Mary Stevens, M.D. poster
6.2

Lifelong friends and medical school graduates Mary Stevens and Don Andrews decide to set up office together. While Mary struggles to earn respect because of her gender, Don gets caught up in his ambitions for a bigger life.

Mary Stevens, M.D.

1933

His New York Wife poster
10.0

Lured to New York with false promises of having her play produced, Lila Lake is forced to accept a secretarial position with Mrs. Julia Hewitt, a dashing young widow secretly married to Jimmy Duval, son of Alice Duval, a prominent society leader. Alice seeks the aid of young lawyer Philip Thorne, who hires detectives to follow Julia; the latter, however, has left town with Jimmy, and Lila has agreed to impersonate her.

His New York Wife

1926

The Mind Reader poster
6.2

Con-man Chandler and his partner Frank decide to start a clairvoyant act. Chandler falls for Sylvia, one of their marks, but their relationship is challenged when his deception impacts others' lives and Sylvia urges him to reform.

The Mind Reader

1933

Page Miss Glory poster
6.7

A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.

Page Miss Glory

1935

She Couldn't Say No poster
10.0

A night club singer falls for a gangster.

She Couldn't Say No

1930

So Long Letty poster
6.3

Uncle Claude goes on vacation with his granddaughters and meets and dislikes boisterous Letty. When he finds nephew Tommy, he mistakes Grace for his wife, unaware that he is married to Letty. To get a check from Uncle Claude, the two couples switch spouses.

So Long Letty

1929

Dr. Socrates poster
6.6

Dr. Socrates gives up his brilliant surgical career at a prominent hospital following the death of his betrothed under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.

Dr. Socrates

1935

Women They Talk About poster
7.0

Women They Talk About is a part-talkie Vitaphone film, with talking, music and sound effects sequences, starring Irene Rich, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It is considered to be a lost film.

Women They Talk About

1928

Merry Wives of Reno poster
4.4

Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.

Merry Wives of Reno

1934