Samuel Shipman (1883 – February 9, 1937) was an American playwright. Several of his plays were adapted to film. He was Jewish. He visited the Lakewood Theater in Maine with

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Theater

*''East is West'' (1918), with

*''The Woman in Room 13'' (1919), with Max Marcin and Percival Wilde *''Lawful Larceny'' (1922) *''Crime'', with John B. Hymer *''Fast Life'' *''Creoles'' (1927) *''Trapped'' (1928) *''Fast Life'' (1928) *''Scarlet Pages'' (1929), with John B. Hymer *''She Means Business'' (1931) *''Alley Cat'' (1934) *''A Lady Detained'' (1935) *''Behind Red Lights'' (1937) *''Louisiana Lady'' (1947), based on ''Creoles'' *''Friendly Enemies'', with Aaron Hoffman

Filmography

*'' The Woman in Room 13'' (1920) *'' Lawful Larceny'' (1923), based on his play of the same name *'' Cheaper to Marry'' (1925) *'' Friendly Enemies'' (1925) *'' Fast Life'' (1929) *'' The Pay-Off'' (1929), based on his 1927 play, ''Crime'' *''

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'' (1930) *'' Lawful Larceny'' (1930), based on his 1922 play of the same name *'' Manhattan Parade'' (1931), based on Shipman's play *'' Friendly Enemies'' (1942)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shipman, Samuel 1883 births 1937 deaths 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male dramatists and playwrights Jewish American writers 20th-century American male writers