Larry Darmour
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- January 8, 1895
- Died
- March 17, 1942 (aged 47)
- Birthplace
- Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lawrence J. Darmour (1895–1942) 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Valley of Vanishing Men
Movie · Producer
Perils of the Royal Mounted
Movie · Producer
The Iron Claw
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Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
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The Spider Returns
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Passport to Alcatraz
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The Great Plane Robbery
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The Shadow
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The Law Comes to Texas
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Lone Star Pioneers
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The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
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In Early Arizona
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Ranger Courage
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Outlaws of the Orient
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The Rangers Step In
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Law of the Ranger
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The Unknown Ranger
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Rio Grande Ranger
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The Cattle Thief
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The Fugitive Sheriff
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Shadows of the Orient
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Lawless Riders
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Western Courage
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Western Frontier
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Heir to Trouble
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Motive for Revenge
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Night Alarm
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Unknown Blonde
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The Scarlet Letter
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Mickey's Medicine Man
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The Sin of Nora Moran
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The World Gone Mad
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The Vampire Bat
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What Price Decency
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Mickey's Race
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Mickey's Touchdown
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Mickey's Tent Show
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Mickey's Ape Man
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Mickey's Covered Wagon
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Manhattan Tower
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Air Eagles
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Mickey's Thrill Hunters
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Mickey's Stampede
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Mickey's Rebellion
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Runnin' Through the Rye
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Mickey's Great Idea
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Mickey's Explorers
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Mickey's Brown Derby
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Mickey the Detective
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Mickey's Movies
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Mickey's Little Eva
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Mickey's Big Game Hunt
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Mickey's Circus
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Mickey's Pals
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Mickey's Eleven
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Mickey's Battle
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