Lindsley Parsons (1905–1992) was an American

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He worked throughout his career at the low-budget

Monogram Pictures Monogram Pictures Corporation was an American film studio that produced mostly low-budget films between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram was among the smaller studios i ...

and its successor, Allied Artists. He generally produced cheap gangster, action and

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

films.Ashdown & Caudill p.180-81 He was the father of film producer

Lindsley Parsons Jr. Lindsley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley (1814–1885), businessman, politician, member of the Tennessee Senate from 1868 to 1869 *Blake Lindsley (born 1973), American actress *James Girard Linds ...

Selected filmography

Producer

* '' Frontier Town'' (1938) * '' The Gang's All Here'' (1941) * ''

King of the Zombies ''King of the Zombies'' is a 1941 American zombie comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, and Mantan Moreland. The film was produced by Monogram Pictures, and was typical of its B films produced by the ...

'' (1941) * ''

Campus Rhythm ''Campus Rhythm'' is a 1943 American musical film directed by Arthur Dreifuss and starring Johnny Downs, Gale Storm and Robert Lowery.Tucker p.75 Cast * Johnny Downs as 'Scoop' Davis * Gale Storm as Joan Abbott, aka Susie Smith * Robert Lowe ...

'' (1943) *''

The Crime Smasher ''The Crime Smasher'' is a 1943 American crime comedy film directed by James Tinling and starring Edgar Kennedy, Richard Cromwell and Gale Storm.Tucker p.67 It is based on the Radio program ''Cosmo Jones'' featuring Frank Graham. The film's set ...

'' (1943) * ''

Detective Kitty O'Day ''Detective Kitty O'Day'' is a 1944 American comedy mystery film directed by William Beaudine and starring Jean Parker, Peter Cookson and Tim Ryan. The film was intended as an attempt to create a new low-budget detective series, but only one se ...

'' (1944) * '' Adventures of Kitty O'Day'' (1945) * '' South of the Rio Grande'' (1945) * '' The Lonesome Trail'' (1945) *''

Ginger Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'') is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices ...

'' (1946) * ''

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

'' (1947) * '' Tuna Clipper'' (1949) * '' The Wolf Hunters'' (1949) * ''

Trail of the Yukon ''Trail of the Yukon'' is a 1949 American Northern film directed by William Beaudine and starring Kirby Grant, Suzanne Dalbert and Bill Edwards. It was based on a novel by James Oliver Curwood about a North-West Mounted Police officer and his ...

'' (1949) * ''

Call of the Klondike ''Call of the Klondike'' is a 1950 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Anne Gwynne, and Lynne Roberts. The film was the fourth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Dre ...

'' (1950) * ''

Snow Dog ''Snow Dog'' is a 1950 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Elena Verdugo and Rick Vallin. It was the third of a series of ten films featuring Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225. Plot Cast * ...

'' (1950) * ''

Yukon Manhunt ''Yukon Manhunt'' is a 1951 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Gail Davis and Margaret Field. The film was the sixth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 22 ...

'' (1951) * ''

Northwest Territory The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest and formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was formed from unorganized western territory of the United States after the American Revolutionary War. Established in 1 ...

'' (1951) * ''

Fangs of the Arctic ''Fangs of the Arctic'' is a 1953 American Northern film directed by Rex Bailey and starring Kirby Grant, Lorna Hanson and Warren Douglas. The film was the eighth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, ...

'' (1953) * '' Tangier Incident'' (1953) * ''

Mexican Manhunt ''Mexican Manhunt'' is a 1953 American crime film directed by Rex Bailey and starring George Brent, Hillary Brooke and Morris Ankrum.Fetrow p.273 The screenplay concerns a Los Angeles-based author who travels to Mexico to search for a celebrated j ...

'' (1953) * ''

Northern Patrol The Northern Patrol, also known as Cruiser Force B and the Northern Patrol Force, was an operation of the British Royal Navy during the First World War and Second World War. The Patrol was part of the British "distant" blockade of Germany. Its ma ...

'' (1953) * ''

Jack Slade Joseph Alfred "Jack" Slade, (January 22, 1831 – March 10, 1864), was a stagecoach and Pony Express superintendent, instrumental in the opening of the American West and the archetype of the Western gunslinger. Born in Carlyle, Illinois, he w ...

'' (1953) * ''

Dragoon Wells Massacre ''Dragoon Wells Massacre'' is a 1957 American CinemaScope DeLuxe Color Western film directed by Harold D. Schuster starring Barry Sullivan, Dennis O'Keefe, Mona Freeman and Katy Jurado. The supporting cast features Sebastian Cabot, Jack Elam a ...

'' (1957)

Screenwriter

* ''

The Man from Utah ''The Man from Utah'' is a 1934 pre-Code Monogram Western film starring John Wayne, Polly Ann Young and the stuntman/actor Yakima Canutt. It was written by Lindsley Parsons and directed by Robert N. Bradbury. Wayne has a "singing cowboy scene" ...

'' (1934) starring

John Wayne Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke or Duke Wayne, was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood's Gol ...

and

George "Gabby" Hayes George Francis "Gabby" Hayes (7 May 1885 – 9 February 1969) was an American actor. He began as something of a leading man and a character player, but he was best known for his numerous appearances in B-Western film series as the bewhiskered, c ...

* ''

The Trail Beyond ''The Trail Beyond'' is a 1934 Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring John Wayne, Noah Beery Sr., and Noah Beery Jr. The motion picture was based on the novel ''The Wolf Hunters'' by James Oliver Curwood, which was also ada ...

'' (1934) starring

, Noah Beery Sr. and Noah Beery Jr. * ''

The Desert Trail ''The Desert Trail'' is a 1935 American Monogram Western film starring John Wayne and directed by Lewis D. Collins (credited as Cullin Lewis). The movie also features Eddy Chandler, Mary Kornman, and Paul Fix. Plot Rodeo star John Scott an ...

'' (1935) starring John Wayne * ''

Trouble in Texas ''Trouble in Texas'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury (as R.N. Bradbury) and starring Tex Ritter, his horse White Flash, Rita Hayworth (billed as "Rita Cansino") and Yakima Canutt. The supporting cast features Earl ...

'' (1937) starring

Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a popular singer and actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John, grandsons Jason and ...

and

Rita Hayworth Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918May 14, 1987) was an American actress, dancer and producer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years. The press coined th ...

(original story by Lindsley Parsons)

References

Bibliography

* Ashdown, Paul & Caudill, Edward, ''The Mosby Myth: A Confederate Hero in Life and Legend''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2002.

External links

* 1905 births 1992 deaths American male screenwriters Writers from Tacoma, Washington 20th-century American businesspeople Screenwriters from Washington (state) Film producers from Washington (state) 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-film-bio-stub