Samuel Shipman
{{short description|American dramatist}}
Samuel Shipman (1883 – February 9, 1937) was an American playwright.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/02/10/archives/samuel-shipman-playwiright-dead-he-wrote-or-collaborated-on-33.html|title=SAMUEL SHIPMAN, PLAYWIRIGHT, DEAD; He Wrote or Collaborated on 33 Dramas on Record, Many Others Not Listed|work=The New York Times |date=February 10, 1937|via=NYTimes.com}} Several of his plays were adapted to film. He was Jewish.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HrdNAAAAYAAJ&q=%22samuel+shipman%22&pg=PA433|title=The American Hebrew|date=February 18, 1924|publisher=American Hebrew|via=Google Books}}
He visited the Lakewood Theater in Maine with John B. Hymer.{{Cite web|date=2020-02-19|title=The History of the Colony House Inn at Lakewood — Colony House Inn|url=https://www.colonyhouseinn.com/colony-house-history|access-date=2021-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219002608/https://www.colonyhouseinn.com/colony-house-history|archive-date=2020-02-19}}
Theater
- East is West (1918), with John B. Hymer
- The Woman in Room 13 (1919), with Max Marcin and Percival Wilde
- Lawful Larceny (1922){{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3wJMAQAAMAAJ&q=d.+w.+griffith+samuel+shipman&pg=PA276-IA6|title=Theatre Magazine|first1=W. J.|last1=Thorold|first2=Arthur|last2=Hornblow|first3=Perriton|last3=Maxwell|first4=Stewart|last4=Beach|date=February 19, 1922|publisher=Theatre Magazine Company|via=Google Books}}
- Crime, with John B. Hymer
- Fast Life{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdjHDwAAQBAJ&q=d.+w.+griffith+samuel+shipman&pg=PA16|title=Chester Morris: His Life and Career|first1=Scott Allen|last1=Nollen|first2=Yuyun Yuningsih|last2=Nollen|date=January 3, 2020|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476638393|via=Google Books}}
- Creoles (1927)
- Trapped (1928)
- Fast Life (1928)
- Scarlet Pages (1929), with John B. Hymer
- She Means Business (1931)
- Alley Cat (1934)
- A Lady Detained (1935)
- Behind Red Lights (1937)
- Louisiana Lady (1947), based on Creoles{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/samuel-shipman-vault-0000013917|title=Samuel Shipman|website=Playbill}}
- Friendly Enemies, with Aaron Hoffman
Filmography
- The Woman in Room 13 (1920)
- Lawful Larceny (1923), based on his play of the same name{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlLbRAPOgP0C&q=%22samuel+shipman%22+film&pg=PA426|title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States|first1=Kenneth White|last1=Munden|first2=American Film|last2=Institute|date=February 18, 1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520209695|via=Google Books}}
- Cheaper to Marry (1925)
- Friendly Enemies (1925)
- Fast Life (1929)
- The Pay-Off (1929), based on his 1927 play, Crime{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/11300-THE-PAYOFF?sid=0e93234a-b11d-4c57-bb69-0d0d6fdfd658&sr=10.425139&cp=1&pos=0 |title= The Pay Off (1930) |work=AFI|date=15 October 1930}}
- Scarlet Pages (1930)
- Lawful Larceny (1930), based on his 1922 play of the same name
- Manhattan Parade (1931), based on Shipman's play
- Friendly Enemies (1942)
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Category:20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
Category:20th-century American Jews
Category:20th-century American male writers