Biography
Jimmy Starr (3 February 1904 – August 13, 1990) was an American screenwriter and columnist.
Star began his career in Hollywood at 15 as an office boy at MGM. In 1923, Starr was hired as motion-picture editor of the now defunct Los Angeles Evening Post-Record, to which he contributed the “Cinematters” column through 1930. Starr worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood during the 1930s. From the 1940s he worked as a film writer and columnist, providing reviews and insights into the film world, and made occasionally appeared in cameo roles in film. His novel The Corpse Came C.O.D. was made into a 1947 film.
After retirement from the Hollywood scene, Starr moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he worked for many years as Director of Advertising and Public Relations for Ramada Inn, which was then headquartered in Phoenix.He gave many of his papers and photographs to Arizona State University in the 1970s.
Filmography
all 44
Movies 44
Writer 40
self 2
A New Kind of Love (1963)
The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)
Out California Way (1946)
A Night for Crime (1943)
Foreign Agent (1942)
That's Right - You're Wrong (1939)
Sleepless Hollow (1936)
365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)
Sky Devils (1932)
Up a Tree (1930)
Don't Give Up (1930)
Sweethearts on Parade (1930)
Rough Waters (1930)
The Man Hunter (1930)
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
Spring Is Here (1930)
The Hollywood Mask (1930)
The Other Tomorrow (1930)
Wide Open (1930)
In the Next Room (1930)
Is Everybody Happy? (1929)
In the Headlines (1929)
Pink Pajamas (1929)
Frozen River (1929)
Sonny Boy (1929)
Stolen Kisses (1929)
The Million Dollar Collar (1929)
Fancy Baggage (1929)
My Man (1928)
The Little Wildcat (1928)
The Lion and the Mouse (1928)
Rinty of the Desert (1928)
The Crimson City (1928)
A Race for Life (1928)
Husbands for Rent (1927)
Love in a Police Station (1927)
Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
For Sale, a Bungalow (1927)
Smith's Cook (1927)
Smith's Pony (1927)
Smith's Candy Shop (1927)
The College Kiddo (1927)
Catalina, Here I Come (1927)
Flirty Four-Flushers (1926)
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GenderMale
Birthday1904-02-03
Deathday1990-08-13 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceTexas, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJames Atherton Starr, James A. Starr, James Starr, Jimmie Starr
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