Lawrence novel

Lawrence Roman (born May 30, 1921 in Jersey City , † May 18, 2008 in Woodland Hills ) was an American screenwriter .

Career

After studying at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Roman's career began with radio. In 1953 he wrote scripts for the television series Sittenpolizei . In the course of the 1950s, books followed, including for westerns and crime films . He wrote the screenplay for And If Love Wasn't ... with Rock Hudson and Anne Baxter (1955), and the following year for the thriller A Kiss Before Death, based on the novel by Ira Levin .

In the following decades Roman wrote significantly less, in the 1960s and 1970s there were only three films each. Initially comedies , including A Marriage Bed for Rehearsal with Jack Lemmon (1963), later the crime film McQ Strikes (1974) with John Wayne , among other things .

After that he only wrote occasionally for television productions.

Roman was as a playwright of years, including on Broadway and in Hollywood known (Ger. As successful farce "Under the Yum-Yum Tree" (1960) for the film 1963 A double bed to the sample ), he also wrote the screenplay.

Filmography (selection)

• 1954: Weak Alibi (Naked Alibi)
• 1955: Duel with the Devil (The Man from Bitter Ridge)
• 1955: And if it weren't for love ... (One Desire)
• 1956 A kiss before death (A Kiss Before Dying)
• 1956: Sharks attack (The Sharkfighters)
• 1957: Three Steps from Hell (Slaughter on Tenth Avenue)
• 1958: Day of the Badman
• 1963: A marriage bed for rehearsal (Under the Yum Yum Tree)
• 1968: Paper Lion (Paper Lion)
• 1971: Rivals under the red sun (Soleil Rouge)
• 1973: A Warm December
• 1974: McQ strikes (McQ)
• 1984: The fight against hopelessness (Anatomy of an Illness)
• 1993: Riots in Little Rock (The Ernest Green Story)

Web links

• Lawrence novel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• “Lawrence Roman, 86; Film, TV screenwriter crafted 'Under the Yum-Yum Tree' ” , Los Angeles Times , May 24, 2008 (English)