Robert Lord

1900-05-01 Chicago, Illinois, USA 93 Credits

Biography

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.

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The Family Secret

The Family Secret

1951

Producer

5.7
Producing

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

Sirocco

Sirocco

1951

Producer

5.8
Producing

A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.

In a Lonely Place

In a Lonely Place

1950

Producer

7.6
Producing

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

And Baby Makes Three

And Baby Makes Three

1949

Producer

4.9
Producing

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

Tokyo Joe

Tokyo Joe

1949

Producer

6.1
Producing

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 an...

Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949

Producer

6.1
Producing

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

Wings for the Eagle

Wings for the Eagle

1942

Producer

5.7
Producing

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

Footsteps in the Dark

Footsteps in the Dark

1941

Associate Producer

6.9
Producing

A high-society gent has a secret life - he writes murder mysteries and hangs out with the police attempting to solve crimes. This causes him no end of...

Dive Bomber

Dive Bomber

1941

Associate Producer

6.3
Producing

A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a ste...

The Letter

The Letter

1940

Associate Producer

7.3
Producing

After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.

No Time for Comedy

No Time for Comedy

1940

Associate Producer

5.4
Producing

An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.

'Til We Meet Again

'Til We Meet Again

1940

Story

6.2
Writing

Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. J...

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

1939

Associate Producer

6.3
Producing

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

Dodge City

Dodge City

1939

Associate Producer

6.9
Producing

In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.

The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol

1938

Associate Producer

6.8
Producing

In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty r...

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

1938

Producer

7.2
Producing

A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceed...

Tovarich

Tovarich

1937

Associate Producer

6.2
Producing

When upper-class Parisian Charles Dupont and his family hire Tina and Michel as their servants, they have no idea that the domestics are in fact Tatia...

That Certain Woman

That Certain Woman

1937

Associate Producer

5.7
Producing

A gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.

Black Legion

Black Legion

1937

Story, Producer

6.6
Writing Producing

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

Give Me Your Heart

Give Me Your Heart

1936

Supervising Producer

6.0
Producing

An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.

Stage Struck

Stage Struck

1936

Story, Supervising Dialogue Editor

4.0
Writing

A Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway actress with a contract.

The Singing Kid

The Singing Kid

1936

Story

4.0
Writing

Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl ...

Colleen

Colleen

1936

Story

5.3
Writing

Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees

Dr. Socrates

Dr. Socrates

1935

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor...

Page Miss Glory

Page Miss Glory

1935

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

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.

The Girl from 10th Avenue

The Girl from 10th Avenue

1935

Producer

6.5
Producing

When his fiancée Valentine dumps him, prominent lawyer Geoffrey Sherwood goes on a bender and winds up married to a stranger, Miriam Brady. They decid...

Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

1935

Story

6.4
Writing

Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.

Bordertown

Bordertown

1935

Story

5.9
Writing

An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.

Flirtation Walk

Flirtation Walk

1934

Production Supervisor

5.6

A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years ...

Dames

Dames

1934

Story

6.4
Writing

A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.

Housewife

Housewife

1934

Story, Supervising Producer

7.7
Writing Producing

Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patric...

The Man with Two Faces

The Man with Two Faces

1934

Producer

6.6
Producing

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 apartme...

He Was Her Man

He Was Her Man

1934

Story, Producer

6.7
Writing Producing

A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals".

Fog Over Frisco

Fog Over Frisco

1934

Production Supervisor

6.2

Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of her half-sister Arlene, a wealthy socialite who is...

The Merry Frinks

The Merry Frinks

1934

Producer

3.7
Producing

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

Merry Wives of Reno

Merry Wives of Reno

1934

Screenplay, Story

4.8
Writing

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

Harold Teen

Harold Teen

1934

Supervising Producer

6.0
Producing

A young reporter pines for his high-school sweetheart, but she's preoccupied with appearing in their small town's community musical show. This 1934 co...

Jimmy the Gent

Jimmy the Gent

1934

Producer

6.3
Producing

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

Convention City

Convention City

1933

Screenplay

3.7
Writing

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 sale...

The World Changes

The World Changes

1933

Producer

4.8
Producing

Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr....

Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade

1933

Producer, Story

6.9
Producing Writing

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 ...

Mary Stevens, M.D.

Mary Stevens, M.D.

1933

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.

Heroes for Sale

Heroes for Sale

1933

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Tom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his batt...

The Little Giant

The Little Giant

1933

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

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 soc...

The Mind Reader

The Mind Reader

1933

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

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 cha...

Hard to Handle

Hard to Handle

1933

Screenplay

6.9
Writing

A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.

Frisco Jenny

Frisco Jenny

1933

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the ...

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

1932

Adaptation

6.3

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

You Said a Mouthful

You Said a Mouthful

1932

Screenplay

5.0
Writing

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 cler...

The Conquerors

The Conquerors

1932

Screenplay

4.8
Writing

A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.

One Way Passage

One Way Passage

1932

Story, Producer

7.3
Writing Producing

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 se...

The Purchase Price

The Purchase Price

1932

Writer

6.5
Writing

Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationshi...

Winner Take All

Winner Take All

1932

Adaptation

5.3

Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with Peggy and her sickly son. Once recovered, Jim leaves ...

Man Wanted

Man Wanted

1932

Story

5.5
Writing

A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.

It's Tough to Be Famous

It's Tough to Be Famous

1932

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

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...

Fireman, Save My Child

Fireman, Save My Child

1932

Adaptation, Story

5.0
Writing

Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to play in a big team and hopes to get more money for hi...

Taxi!

Taxi!

1931

Producer

6.8
Producing

Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered...

Manhattan Parade

Manhattan Parade

1931

Adaptation

2.0

Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.

Her Majesty, Love

Her Majesty, Love

1931

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

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 bre...

Local Boy Makes Good

Local Boy Makes Good

1931

Adaptation

6.0

John is a timid student who works at the University Book Store. He is studying to be a botanist and has a secret crush on the lovely Julia. One day, o...

Five Star Final

Five Star Final

1931

Adaptation

6.7

Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman in...

The Ruling Voice

The Ruling Voice

1931

Adaptation

6.0

A mob boss has a change of heart when his daughter convinces him to move on from crime.

Big Business Girl

Big Business Girl

1931

Adaptation

6.0

A young woman goes to New York and finds success in advertising thanks to her legs while her boyfriend spends the summer in Europe with his band.

Hold Everything

Hold Everything

1930

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A man is mistaken for a champion fighter.

She Couldn't Say No

She Couldn't Say No

1930

Writer

Writing

A night club singer falls for a gangster.

The Aviator

The Aviator

1929

Scenario Writer

Writing

Brooks, a publisher and his publicist decide to boost the sales of a wartime book of flying experiences. They credit the book to popular author Robert...

The Sap

The Sap

1929

Screenplay

Writing

A small town dimwit takes the blame for his brother-in-law's crime.

So Long Letty

So Long Letty

1929

Writer

5.9
Writing

Uncle Claude comes to the Ardmore Beach Hotel to see Tommy and his wife. At the hotel, with his two granddaughters Ruth and Sally, Uncle Claude meets ...

Gold Diggers of Broadway

Gold Diggers of Broadway

1929

Story

7.0
Writing

Three Broadway chorus girls seek rich husbands.

On With the Show!

On With the Show!

1929

Scenario Writer

5.0
Writing

With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the l...

The Time, the Place and the Girl

The Time, the Place and the Girl

1929

Scenario Writer

Writing

A musical comedy that follows the progress of a college All America football player whose swollen head is deflated when, after graduating , he takes a...

No Defense

No Defense

1929

Writer

Writing

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 V...

Hardboiled Rose

Hardboiled Rose

1929

Writer

Writing

A Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to suicide. She then meets a man who sweeps her off her ...

Kid Gloves

Kid Gloves

1929

Screenplay

Writing

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 injur...

The Million Dollar Collar

The Million Dollar Collar

1929

Writer

Writing

Bill Holmes rescues Rinty from a car wreck not realizing that there is a stolen $50,000 diamond necklace hidden in the dog's collar.

The Greyhound Limited

The Greyhound Limited

1929

Dialogue

A train engineer and his fireman are best friends until the engineer breaks up a romance between his pal and a trampy girl he knows is no good for him...

My Man

My Man

1928

Writer

Writing

Fannie Brand, an industrious girl who supports her brother and sister by working in a theatrical costume house, falls in love with Joe Halsey, a young...

On Trial

On Trial

1928

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

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 in...

Beware of Bachelors

Beware of Bachelors

1928

Writer

Writing

A young doctor is accused by his pretty wife of paying too much attention to one of his woman patients when she makes a pass at him. Ferris, assuming ...

Beyond the Sierras

Beyond the Sierras

1928

Screenplay

Writing

A masked avenger takes on claim jumpers.

Women They Talk About

Women They Talk About

1928

Writer

Writing

Women They Talk About is a part-talkie Vitaphone film, with talking, music and sound effects sequences, starring Irene Rich, directed by Lloyd Bacon a...

Detectives

Detectives

1928

Screenplay, Story

Writing

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 bellh...

Five and Ten Cent Annie

Five and Ten Cent Annie

1928

Scenario Writer

Writing

Street cleaner Elmer Peck (Clyde Cook) inherits a million dollars from his uncle Adam Peck (Tom Ricketts) on the conditions that he retains the uncle'...

The Lion and the Mouse

The Lion and the Mouse

1928

Writer

Writing

Judge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him, unaware that a smaller company in which he owns consider...

The Matinee Idol

The Matinee Idol

1928

Story

6.3
Writing

The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. There, calling himself Harry Mann, he accidentally ...

Powder My Back

Powder My Back

1928

Writer

Writing

Rex Hale, a reform mayor, closes the musical comedy "Powder My Back" because he feels that it is immoral. Indignant, Fritzi Foy, star of the comedy, d...

The Little Snob

The Little Snob

1928

Scenario Writer

Writing

May Banks (May McAvoy) is a working-class girl who gets ideas above her station in life when her father, Colonel Banks (Aleck B. Francis), a Coney Isl...

If I Were Single

If I Were Single

1927

Story, Scenario Writer

Writing

Rich girl Joan Whitney does her flirtatious best to break up the marriage of May and Ted Howard and almost succeeds, but not before May Howard has a l...

A Reno Divorce

A Reno Divorce

1927

Scenario Writer

Writing

An attractive heiress, Carla (May McAvoy), and David (Ralph Graves), a successful artist, fall in love following an automobile accident. and are marri...

The Swell-Head

1927

Story, Scenario Writer

Writing

Businessman Lefty Malone decides to become a prizefight, has his head turned by instant success, falls for the wrong woman, Kitty, then realizes the e...

Tony Runs Wild

Tony Runs Wild

1926

Scenario Writer

Writing

Tom Grant saves Grace Percival from being tromped by a herd of stampeding horses,led by Tony, and they become friends. Grace tells Slade, a renegade w...

The Johnstown Flood

The Johnstown Flood

1926

Writer

6.8
Writing

A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

The Lucky Horseshoe

The Lucky Horseshoe

1925

Story

Writing

Based on a story by Robert Lord, the film is about a ranch foreman who assumes responsibility for the ranch following the owner's death. He also cares...