Anderson Lawler

Anderson Lawler

From Wikipedia, the free encycloped Anderson Lawler (May 5, 1902 – April 6, 1959) was an American film and stage actor and producer, who had a career lasting from the 1920s through the 1950s. He began on Broadway, before moving to featured and supporting roles in Hollywood over a ten-year career at the very beginning of the talking picture era. After the end of his acting career, Lawler would move to the production end of the film industry, as well as becoming a producer of legitimate theater in the late 1940s and 1950s. Life and career Lawler was born Sidney Lawler on May 5, 1902 in Russellville, Alabama to Earnest H. and Dona C. Lawler. Prior to 1927, Lawler would move to New York City, and change his professional name to Anderson. In 1927 he would have a featured role in the Broadway production Her First Affaire, which premiered at the Nora Bayes Theatre in August 1927. In 1929 he would move to Los Angeles, where he would begin his career in the film industry. His first role would be in 1929's River of Romance. While in Hollywood, he appeared in almost thirty films during this time, mostly in supporting roles, before moving behind the scenes in 1939. Aside from his professional career, he was also popular with many Hollywood luminaries, such as William Haines, George Cukor, Gary Cooper and Katharine Hepburn. Lawler was a homosexual, although he was frequently linked with women. In 1935 he accompanied Kay Francis on a trip to Europe, ostensibly sent by the studios to keep her out of trouble. At one point, Walter Winchell started a rumor that the two were engaged. He produced the 1946 film, Somewhere in the Night, which was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and starred John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, and Lloyd Nolan. Lee Strasberg adapted the screenplay, and was an assistant director on the project. Shortly after this, both Lawler and Strasberg were transferred to the New York office of Twentieth Century-Fox. Lawler and Strasberg had a close friendship, Lawler becoming the Godfather of Strasberg's daughter, Susan Strasberg. In New York, Lawler worked in Fox's talent department, but he also began a second career as a producer of legitimate theater. At least one of those plays, Oh Men, Oh Women, would be turned into a film by Fox in 1957. On April 6, 1959, Lawler would die suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack.

  • Popularity : 0.994
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1902-05-05
  • Place of Birth : Russellville, Alabama, USA
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Anderson Lawler Movies

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    Night After Night

    Night After Night

    6.2 1932 HD

    A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl.

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  • 1931
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    Girls About Town

    Girls About Town

    6.4 1931 HD

    A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhattan.

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  • 1938
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    Maid's Night Out

    Maid's Night Out

    6.2 1938 HD

    A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While delivering milk he falls in love with a young debutante whom...

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  • 1937
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    Confession

    Confession

    6.1 1937 HD

    Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's...

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    Ace of Aces

    Ace of Aces

    5.6 1933 HD

    A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and...

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  • 1929
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    Half Marriage

    Half Marriage

    5.2 1929 HD

    A young couple marries in secret. Judy's afraid her parents won't approve of Dick and she'll lose her generous allowance. Her parents bring her home...

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  • 1933
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    Let's Fall in Love

    Let's Fall in Love

    7.5 1933 HD

    A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.

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  • 1938
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    Mystery House

    Mystery House

    4.9 1938 HD

    When a banker is found shot dead with a gun in his hand, his daughter refuses to believe it is a suicide. With the help of a detective, she hopes to...

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  • 1933
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    Men Must Fight

    Men Must Fight

    5.7 1933 HD

    Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.

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  • 1930
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    A Lady to Love

    A Lady to Love

    4.167 1930 HD

    Middle-aged Napa Valley grape-grower Tony posts a marriage proposal to San Francisco waitress Lena enclosing a photo of his handsome younger brother...

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  • 1929
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    The River of Romance

    The River of Romance

    1 1929 HD

    Mississippi, 1830's. Tom Rumsford comes back to Magnolia Landing, his parents'estate. Having been brought up in the North by Quaker relatives, he...

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  • 1938
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    The Invisible Menace

    The Invisible Menace

    4.1 1938 HD

    Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of...

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  • 1937
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    Ever Since Eve

    Ever Since Eve

    5.8 1937 HD

    Madge Winton (Marion Davies), a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer,...

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    Sinners in the Sun

    Sinners in the Sun

    4.9 1932 HD

    A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.

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  • 1930
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    Only Saps Work

    Only Saps Work

    4 1930 HD

    Rubber-legged comedian Leon Errol made his talkie starring bow in Paramount's Only Saps Work. Based on a play by Owen Davis Sr., the film casts...

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  • 1931
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    Born to Love

    Born to Love

    5 1931 HD

    A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her...

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  • 1938
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    The Daredevil Drivers

    The Daredevil Drivers

    5 1938 HD

    To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for her rival.

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    Heart of the North

    Heart of the North

    3.7 1938 HD

    A two-fisted Canadian Mountie leads lawmen in pursuit of the thieves who stole an Edmonton-bound freighter's cargo.

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    Fly Away Baby

    Fly Away Baby

    6.1 1937 HD

    Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.

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    Empty Holsters

    Empty Holsters

    1 1937 HD

    Ace owns just about everything around except for the Bank, which is owned by John Ware. Ace also has his eye on Judy, but Judy only has eyes for...

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  • 1939
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    Torchy Blane in Chinatown

    Torchy Blane in Chinatown

    6 1939 HD

    Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector...

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  • 1933
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    The Cheyenne Kid

    The Cheyenne Kid

    1 1933 HD

    Chasing a gambler that stole money, Tom Larkin gets his horse shot out from under him. Meeting an outlaw with a horse, after a fight Tom rides away...

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  • 1938
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    Over the Wall

    Over the Wall

    5 1938 HD

    When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.

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  • 1938
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    Accidents Will Happen

    Accidents Will Happen

    6 1938 HD

    A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retaliate by targeting his wife.

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  • 1931
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    The Road to Reno

    The Road to Reno

    4 1931 HD

    Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact...

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  • 1937
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    The Adventurous Blonde

    The Adventurous Blonde

    5.4 1937 HD

    The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his...

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  • 1934
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    Let's Talk It Over

    Let's Talk It Over

    1 1934 HD

    A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be...

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  • 1935
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    Public Hero Number 1

    Public Hero Number 1

    6.2 1935 HD

    G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the...

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  • 1937
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    Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

    Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

    5.333 1937 HD

    A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.

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  • 1932
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    Hollywood Speaks

    Hollywood Speaks

    1 1932 HD

    The darkest side of Tinseltown is depicted in this drama that centers upon a Hollywood columnist determined to reveal the awful truth about...

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  • 1937
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    Alcatraz Island

    Alcatraz Island

    4.9 1937 HD

    A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.

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  • 1934
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    Beloved

    Beloved

    1 1934 HD

    Story about four generations in a family of musicians.

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  • 1932
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    American Madness

    American Madness

    7.075 1932 HD

    Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery...

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  • 1946
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    Somewhere in the Night

    Somewhere in the Night

    6.8 1946 HD

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