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Lawrence J. Darmour (1895β1942) was an American film producer, operator of Larry Darmour Productions from 1927, and a significant figure in Hollywood's Poverty Row.
Darmour was born in Flushing, Queens. In September 1927 he released the first entry in the Mickey McGuire series of short subjects, starring a young Mickey Rooney. This series would run for seven years, through about 23 silent shorts and another 40 sound shorts. They were released through Joseph P. Kennedy's FBO, then RKO Radio Pictures. From 1927 to 1929, Darmour also produced the Toots and Casper series, co-starring Thelma Hill and Bud Duncan.
Rooney's popularity provided a base for Darmour to expand into short subjects featuring Karl Dane, Alberta Vaughn, Louise Fazenda, and others, and eventually into low-budget features, using owned studio space at 5821 Santa Monica Boulevard. The company's first feature was Sea Devils (1931), starring Molly O'Day.
Into the 1930s the company began producing a stream of formulaic westerns, serials, and mystery film series like The Whistler, the ten Crime Doctor films, and Ellery Queen. Simultaneously Darmour also began producing for the higher-budget Majestic Pictures, until 1935, when Majestic was absorbed into Republic Pictures. Darmour then arranged a releasing deal with Columbia Pictures, and completely took over its serial unit in 1938.
Darmour died unexpectedly in 1942. He is buried alongside his wife Alice at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City. The production company continued operations until 1949.
Filmography
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Mickey the Great (1945)
The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942)
Perils of the Royal Mounted (1942)
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942)
A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941)
The Iron Claw (1941)
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941)
The Spider Returns (1941)
The Great Swindle (1941)
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941)
The Great Plane Robbery (1940)
Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
Fugitive from a Prison Camp (1940)
Deadwood Dick (1940)
Passport to Alcatraz (1940)
Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940)
The Shadow (1940)
Trapped in the Sky (1939)
Whispering Enemies (1939)
Lone Star Pioneers (1939)
Frontiers of '49 (1939)
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade (1938)
Crime Takes a Holiday (1938)
Phantom Gold (1938)
Pioneer Trail (1938)
Reformatory (1938)
Stagecoach Days (1938)
Flight Into Nowhere (1938)
Making the Headlines (1938)
Under Suspicion (1937)
Trapped by G-Men (1937)
Outlaws of the Orient (1937)
Shadows of the Orient (1937)
The Rangers Step In (1937)
Law of the Ranger (1937)
Trouble in Morocco (1937)
Ranger Courage (1937)
Rio Grande Ranger (1936)
North of Nome (1936)
The Fugitive Sheriff (1936)
The Unknown Ranger (1936)
The Cattle Thief (1936)
Heir to Trouble (1935)
Lawless Riders (1935)
Western Courage (1935)
Western Frontier (1935)
Motive for Revenge (1935)
The Perfect Clue (1935)
Mutiny Ahead (1935)
Night Alarm (1934)
She Had to Choose (1934)
The Scarlet Letter (1934)
Mickey's Medicine Man (1934)
Unknown Blonde (1934)
Mickey's Rescue (1934)
Mickey's Minstrels (1934)
The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
Mickey's Covered Wagon (1933)
Mickey's Tent Show (1933)
Mickey's Touchdown (1933)
The World Gone Mad (1933)
Mickey's Race (1933)
The Vampire Bat (1933)
Manhattan Tower (1932)
The Unwritten Law (1932)
Air Eagles (1931)
Mickey's Helping Hand (1931)
Mickey's Wildcats (1931)
The Mystery Train (1931)
Mickey's Rebellion (1931)
Mickey's Stampede (1931)
Sea Devils (1931)
Mickey's Warriors (1930)
Mickey's Whirlwinds (1930)
Mickey's Luck (1930)
Mickey's Champs (1930)
Mickey's Big Moment (1929)
Mickey's Surprise (1929)
Mickey's Midnite Follies (1929)
Mickey's Northwest Mounted (1929)
Mickey's Brown Derby (1929)
A Horse on Barney (1929)
Mickey's Menagerie (1929)
Casper's Night Out (1929)
Mickey's Explorers (1929)
Mickey's Great Idea (1929)
Runnin' Through the Rye (1929)
Smile, Buttercup, Smile (1929)
Mickey's Big Game Hunt (1928)
Casper's Week End (1928)
Mickey the Detective (1928)
Mickey's Rivals (1928)
The Arabian Fights (1928)
Fooling Casper (1928)
Mickey's Movies (1928)
Standing Pat (1928)
Mickey's Wild West (1928)
Mickey's Little Eva (1928)
3 Missing Links (1927)
Mickey's Battle (1927)
Mickey's Eleven (1927)
Mickey's Pals (1927)
Mickey's Circus (1927)
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GenderMale
Birthday1895-01-08
Deathday1942-03-17 (47 years old)
Birth PlaceFlushing, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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