Marcus, Larry, 1917-2001

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Name (Latin)
Marcus, Larry, 1917-2001
Other forms of name
Marcus, Lawrence B
Date of birth
1917-07-19
Date of death
2001-08-28
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 9445939
Wikidata: Q666306
Library of congress: no 97011502
TAU10: 000497442
Sources of Information
  • Petulia, 1991
Wikipedia description:

Lawrence B. Marcus (July 19, 1917 – August 28, 2001) was an American screenwriter. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Adapted Screenplay for the film The Stunt Man. Marcus worked on newspapers in Illinois, Massachusetts, and Ohio before he took a class in writing for radio at the University of Chicago. After the establishment of the Federal Writers' Project, he was appointed to head the Illinois division's radio department. He also served in the United States Army Air Forces. His assignment there was to write radio programs that would increase enlistments. Marcus's work on radio included writing Dark Venture.

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