About

Known credits:
72
Birthday:
1900-10-18
Place of birth:
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Lamar Trotti

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lamar Jefferson Trotti (October 18, 1900 – August 28, 1952) was an American screenwriter, producer, and motion picture executive.

In the silent film era, he was a reporter for the daily Atlanta Georgian, where he interviewed many show business people, such as Viola Dana. Later, Trotti became an executive at Fox Film Corporation in 1933 and after its 1935 merger with Twentieth Century Pictures to become 20th Century Fox, he remained with the company until his death. He wrote about fifty films for the studio, producing many of them. He only wrote one screenplay for another studio, You Can't Buy Everything (1934) for MGM.

He won an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay in 1944 for Wilson and was nominated for Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) and There's No Business Like Show Business (1952). He received the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, the lifetime achievement award of the WGA, in 1983.

Trotti was in ill heath towards the end of his life and had taken six months leave from Fox when he died of a heart attack at hospital near his summer home in St Malo. He was survived by a widow, a son and a daughter. His eldest son had died in a car crash in 1950. Henry Koster later wrote that he thought Trotti died of "a broken heart" because of his son's death.

He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Known for

Writing
1967 The Jackals Writing Screenplay 58
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1954 There's No Business Like Show Business Writing Story 59
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1952 Stars and Stripes Forever Writing Screenplay 59
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1952 O. Henry's Full House Writing Screenplay 59
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1952 With a Song in My Heart Writing Writer 58
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1951 As Young as You Feel Writing Writer 59
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1951 I'd Climb the Highest Mountain Writing Screenplay 59
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1950 American Guerrilla in the Philippines Writing Screenplay 58
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1950 Cheaper by the Dozen Writing Screenplay 59
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1949 You're My Everything Writing Writer 58
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1948 Yellow Sky Writing Screenplay 60
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1948 The Walls of Jericho Writing Writer 59
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1948 When My Baby Smiles at Me Writing Writer 58
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1947 Captain from Castile Writing Writer 59
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1947 Mother Wore Tights Writing Screenplay 58
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1946 The Razor's Edge Writing Screenplay 60
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1945 A Bell for Adano Writing Writer 58
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1944 Wilson Writing Writer 58
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1943 Guadalcanal Diary Writing Screenplay 58
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1943 Immortal Sergeant Writing Screenplay 58
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1942 The Ox-Bow Incident Writing Screenplay 66
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1942 To the Shores of Tripoli Writing Screenplay 58
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1942 Thunder Birds Writing Screenplay 59
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1942 Tales of Manhattan Writing Writer 59
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1941 Belle Starr Writing Screenplay 58
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1941 Hudson's Bay Writing Writer 59
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1940 Brigham Young Writing Screenplay 58
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1939 Drums Along the Mohawk Writing Screenplay 59
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1939 Young Mr. Lincoln Writing Story 62
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1939 Young Mr. Lincoln Writing Writer 62
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1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell Writing Screenplay 58
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1938 Kentucky Writing Screenplay 59
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1938 Gateway Writing Writer 59
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1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band Writing Screenplay 59
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1938 In Old Chicago Writing Screenplay 59
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1937 Wife, Doctor and Nurse Writing Writer 58
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1937 Slave Ship Writing Screenplay 58
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1937 This Is My Affair Writing Story 59
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1937 This Is My Affair Writing Screenplay 59
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1936 Career Woman Writing Screenplay 59
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1936 Can This Be Dixie? Writing Screenplay N/A
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1936 Can This Be Dixie? Writing Story N/A
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1936 Ramona Writing Screenplay 58
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1936 Pepper Writing Screenplay 58
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1936 The Country Beyond Writing Writer N/A
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1936 Gentle Julia Writing Screenplay N/A
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1936 The First Baby Writing Story N/A
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1936 The First Baby Writing Screenplay N/A
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1935 This Is the Life Writing Screenplay 59
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1935 Steamboat Round the Bend Writing Screenplay 59
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1935 Life Begins at Forty Writing Screenplay N/A
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1934 Judge Priest Writing Screenplay 59
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1934 Call It Luck Writing Screenplay 58
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1934 Hold That Girl Writing Writer N/A
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1934 You Can't Buy Everything Writing Screenplay 59
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1933 The Man Who Dared Writing Writer 59
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Production
1952 Stars and Stripes Forever Production Producer 59
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1952 With a Song in My Heart Production Producer 58
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1951 As Young as You Feel Production Producer 59
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1951 I'd Climb the Highest Mountain Production Producer 59
Average
1950 American Guerrilla in the Philippines Production Producer 58
Average
1950 Cheaper by the Dozen Production Producer 59
Average
1949 You're My Everything Production Producer 58
Average
1948 Yellow Sky Production Producer 60
Fair
1948 The Walls of Jericho Production Producer 59
Average
1947 Captain from Castile Production Producer 59
Average
1947 Mother Wore Tights Production Producer 58
Average
1946 Colonel Effingham's Raid Production Producer 59
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1945 A Bell for Adano Production Producer 58
Average
1943 Immortal Sergeant Production Producer 58
Average
1942 The Ox-Bow Incident Production Producer 66
Fair
1942 Thunder Birds Production Producer 59
Average