Robert Lord (May 1, 1900 – April 5, 1976) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote for more than 70 films between 1925 and 1940. He won an

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in 1933 in the category Best Writing, Original Story for the film ''

One Way Passage ''One Way Passage'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic film starring William Powell and Kay Francis as star-crossed lovers, directed by Tay Garnett and released by Warner Bros. The screenplay by Robert Lord won the Academy Award for Best St ...

''. He was nominated in the same category in 1938 for the film '' Black Legion''. He was born in

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and died in Los Angeles from a heart attack.

Partial filmography

* '' The Lucky Horseshoe'' (1925) (story) * '' The Johnstown Flood'' (1926) (also story) * '' The Swell-Head'' (1927) * '' For Ladies Only'' (1927) * '' The Little Snob'' (1928) * '' The Lion and the Mouse'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) (also story) * '' On Trial'' (1928) * ''

The Million Dollar Collar ''The Million Dollar Collar'' is a 1929 American part-talkie crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman. It was a part-talkie released in Vitaphone with music and sound effects. The film is in unknown status which suggests that it may be lost. Acco ...

'' (1929) (also story) * ''

Hardboiled Rose ''Hardboiled Rose'' is a 1929 American part-talkie romantic drama film directed by F. Harmon Weight and released by Warner Bros. It starred Myrna Loy, William Collier, Jr., and John Miljan. Plot A Southern belle (Loy) must work in a gambling ...

'' (1929) * '' No Defense'' (1929) * ''

On With the Show! ''On with the Show!'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film produced by Warner Bros. Filmed in two-color Technicolor, the film is noted as the first all-talking, all-color feature length film, and the second color film released by Warner B ...

'' (1929) (scenario) * '' Gold Diggers of Broadway'' (1929) * '' The Aviator'' (1929) * '' She Couldn't Say No'' (1930) * '' Hold Everything'' (1930) * '' Little Caesar'' (1931) (uncredited) * '' Big Business Girl'' (1931) * ''

Five Star Final ''Five Star Final'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film about the excesses of tabloid journalism directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Edward G. Robinson, Aline MacMahon (in her screen debut) and Boris Karloff. The screenplay was by Rober ...

'' (1931) * ''

Manhattan Parade ''Manhattan Parade '' is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was originally intended to be released, in the United States, early in 1931, but was shelved due to public apathy towards musicals. De ...

'' (1931) * '' So Big'' (1932) * '' Winner Take All'' (1932) * ''

'' (1932) (story; also producer) * '' The Conquerors'' (1932) * ''

Frisco Jenny ''Frisco Jenny'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Ruth Chatterton and Louis Calhern, and directed by William A. Wellman. Its storyline bears a resemblance to Chatterton's previous hit film, ''Madame X''. Plot In 1906 San Fran ...

'' (1932) * '' 20,000 Years in Sing Sing'' (1932) (also producer) * '' Heroes for Sale'' (1933) * '' The World Changes'' (1933) (producer) * ''

Gold Diggers of 1933 ''Gold Diggers of 1933'' is a pre-Code Warner Bros. musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy with songs by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics), staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It stars Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline M ...

'' (1933) (producer) * '' Mary Stevens, M.D.'' (1933) * ''

Footlight Parade ''Footlight Parade'' is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell and featuring Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert and Ruth Donnelly. The film was written by Manuel Seff and Ja ...

'' (1933) (uncredited story; also producer) * ''

Convention City ''Convention City'' is a 1933 American pre-Code sex comedy film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, Dick Powell, Mary Astor and Adolphe Menjou. The film was produced by Henry Blanke and First National Pictures and ...

'' (1933) * '' The Little Giant'' (1933) * '' Jimmy the Gent'' (1934) (producer) * ''

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'' (1934) (story) * ''

Gold Diggers of 1935 ''Gold Diggers of 1935'' is an American musical film directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley, and starring Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart and Alice Brady. Winifred Shaw, Hugh Herbert and Glenda Farrell are also featured. The son ...

'' (1935) (story) * '' Page Miss Glory'' (1935) * '' Dr. Socrates'' (1935) * '' Stage Struck'' (1936) * '' Colleen'' (1936) (story) * '' Black Legion'' (1937) (story; also producer) * ''

Confessions of a Nazi Spy ''Confessions of a Nazi Spy'' is a 1939 American spy political thriller film directed by Anatole Litvak for Warner Bros. It was the first explicitly anti-Nazi film to be produced by a major Hollywood studio, being released in May 1939, several ...

'' (1939) (producer) * ''

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex ''The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex'' is a 1939 American historical romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, and Olivia de Havilland. Based on the play '' Elizabeth the Queen'' by Maxwell Anders ...

'' (1939) (producer) * '' 'Til We Meet Again'' (1940) (story) * '' Footsteps in the Dark'' (1941) (producer) * '' High Wall'' (1947) (producer) * '' Tokyo Joe'' (1949) (producer)

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