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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.

Lamar Trotti

Lamar Trotti Biography / Wiki

NameLamar Trotti
Also Know
GenderMale
Known ForWriting
Place of BirthAtlanta, Georgia, USA
Date of Birth1900-10-18
Age(as in 2022)51
Deathday1952-08-28

Lamar Trotti Production Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The Ox-Bow IncidentProducer1942-12-04Gil Carter and Art Croft ride into a small Nevada town plagued by cattle thieves. Initially suspected of being the rustlers themselves, Carter and Cro…
Yellow SkyProducer1948-12-24In 1867, a gang led by James “Stretch” Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sk…
As Young as You FeelProducer1951-06-15Sixty-five-year-old John Hodges must retire from Acme Printing. He later impersonates the president of the parent company and arrives at his old plant…
Thunder BirdsProducer1942-10-28On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Sta…
Captain from CastileProducer1947-12-25Spain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to f…
Cheaper by the DozenProducer1950-03-31“Cheaper by the Dozen”, based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and…
With a Song in My HeartProducer1952-04-03Jane Froman (Susan Hayward), an aspiring songstress, lands a job in radio with help from pianist Don Ross (David Wayne), whom she later marries. Jane’…
Immortal SergeantProducer1943-04-29During WWII, a corporal in the desert reminisces about the love he left behind and faces uncertainty about his strength as a leader….
Colonel Effingham’s RaidProducer1946-01-01The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America’s entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there i…
Mother Wore TightsProducer1947-08-20In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus lin…
American Guerrilla in the PhilippinesProducer1950-11-08American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back….
A Bell for AdanoProducer1945-06-21Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without int…
The Walls of JerichoProducer1948-11-22After County Attorney Dave Connors helps Julian Norman with her shiftless father, Jefferson Norman, she leaves Jericho, Kansas to college to study for…
You’re My EverythingProducer1949-07-22In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O’Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and …

Writing

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The Ox-Bow IncidentScreenplay1942-12-04Gil Carter and Art Croft ride into a small Nevada town plagued by cattle thieves. Initially suspected of being the rustlers themselves, Carter and Cro…
There’s No Business Like Show BusinessStory1954-12-16Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart….
O. Henry’s Full HouseScreenplay1952-08-07Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critic’s acclaim was “The Cop and the Anthem”. Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is…
Stars and Stripes ForeverScreenplay1952-01-01Marine bandmaster John Philip Sousa (Clifton Webb) becomes famous for his marches and inspires the sousaphone….
Guadalcanal DiaryScreenplay1943-01-01Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalca…
Young Mr. LincolnWriter1939-06-09In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first l…
Captain from CastileWriter1947-12-25Spain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to f…
The Story of Alexander Graham BellScreenplay1939-04-04Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. …
Belle StarrScreenplay1941-09-12After her family’s mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr (Scott) Belle Shirley (Tierney) vows to tak…
You’re My EverythingWriter1949-07-22In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O’Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and …
Steamboat Round the BendScreenplay1935-09-06A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hange…
Drums Along the MohawkScreenplay1939-11-10Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosper…
WilsonWriter1944-08-01The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, an…
The Razor’s EdgeScreenplay1946-11-19An adventuresome young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop…
Brigham YoungScreenplay1940-09-27Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settl…
To the Shores of TripoliScreenplay1942-11-09Chronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally becomes a battle-wise soldier. Academy Award Nominations…
In Old ChicagoScreenplay1938-04-15The O’Leary brothers — honest Jack and roguish Dion — become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire….
Thunder BirdsScreenplay1942-10-28On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Sta…
Mother Wore TightsScreenplay1947-08-20In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus lin…
Hudson’s BayWriter1941-01-03Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson’s Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the F…
RamonaScreenplay1936-09-25Half-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family’s wishes and loves another Indian employed by t…
KentuckyScreenplay1938-12-30Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with …
When My Baby Smiles at MeWriter1948-11-10Bonny Kane and ‘Skid’ Johnson are vaudeville performers in the 1920s. The two of them suffer marital difficulties when Skid gets an offer to appear on…
Alexander’s Ragtime BandScreenplay1938-05-24Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls …
As Young as You FeelWriter1951-06-15Sixty-five-year-old John Hodges must retire from Acme Printing. He later impersonates the president of the parent company and arrives at his old plant…
I’d Climb the Highest MountainAdaptation1951-02-17A minister from the Deep South is assigned a new parish and moves with his wife to a town in Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, where he tends to the spi…
Cheaper by the DozenScreenplay1950-03-31“Cheaper by the Dozen”, based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island, to Montclair, New Jersey, and…
The Country BeyondWriter1936-04-24A Canadian Northwest Mounted Policeman suspects his girlfriend’s father of theft and murder….
Slave ShipScreenplay1937-06-16Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo….
Wife, Doctor and NurseWriter1937-09-17Social butterfly marries Park Avenue doctor and learns that his nurse is in love with him….
GatewayWriter1938-08-05Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in h…
With a Song in My HeartWriter1952-04-03Jane Froman (Susan Hayward), an aspiring songstress, lands a job in radio with help from pianist Don Ross (David Wayne), whom she later marries. Jane’…
Tales of ManhattanWriter1942-08-05Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video relea…
Immortal SergeantScreenplay1943-04-29During WWII, a corporal in the desert reminisces about the love he left behind and faces uncertainty about his strength as a leader….
Judge PriestScreenplay1934-09-15Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense…
The Man Who DaredWriter1933-06-30An “imaginative biography” of Anton Cermak, mayor of Chicago who was killed in the line of fire during an assassination attempt on President-elect Fra…
Hold That GirlWriter1934-03-23“That girl” is newspaper sob-sister Tony Bellamy (Claire Trevor), whose nose for news gets her into one jam after another, especially when she poses a…
This Is My AffairStory1937-05-28President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Pa…
This Is My AffairScreenplay1937-05-28President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Pa…
Call It LuckScreenplay1934-07-09A London taxicab driver cashes in on a big sweepstakes ticket and becomes the prey of a confidence-gang that sells him a nag of a cavalry horse on the…
Yellow SkyScreenplay1948-12-24In 1867, a gang led by James “Stretch” Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sk…
American Guerrilla in the PhilippinesScreenplay1950-11-08American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back….
A Bell for AdanoWriter1945-06-21Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without int…
You Can’t Buy EverythingScreenplay1934-01-26A scorned woman dreams of revenge on the man who betrayed her….
The Walls of JerichoWriter1948-11-22After County Attorney Dave Connors helps Julian Norman with her shiftless father, Jefferson Norman, she leaves Jericho, Kansas to college to study for…
This Is the LifeScreenplay1935-10-07A popular child star, exploited and overworked by her greedy guardians, decides enough is enough–and takes it on the lam….
Gentle JuliaScreenplay1936-04-10A shy newspaperman nearly gives up when his girlfriend falls for the new guy in town till Withers sets things right….
PepperScreenplay1936-08-08Young Pepper Jolly enters the life of sour old millionaire John Wilkes. She convinces him to take her gang to Coney Island and prevents his daughter f…
Can This Be Dixie?Story1936-11-13A young girl and her uncle who run a traveling medicine show lend their efforts to salvage an old plantation….
Can This Be Dixie?Screenplay1936-11-13A young girl and her uncle who run a traveling medicine show lend their efforts to salvage an old plantation….
Life Begins at FortyScreenplay1935-03-22A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft fr…
The JackalsScreenplay1967-11-11Bandits target a gold miner and his granddaughter in 19th century South Africa. Robert Gunnar is the bandit with a heart of gold, who is after Price’s…
Career WomanScreenplay1936-12-18A young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and finds her first case is defending a childhood friend accus…
The First BabyStory1936-04-02When a couple become parents for the first time, they discover grandmothers can be almost as demanding as a newborn….
The First BabyScreenplay1936-04-02When a couple become parents for the first time, they discover grandmothers can be almost as demanding as a newborn….

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