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Laurence Tucker Stallings (November 25, 1894 – February 28, 1968) was an American playwright, screenwriter, lyricist, literary critic, journalist, novelist, and photographer.
Laurence Stallings, who graduated with a Master’s degree from the School of Foreign Service in 1922, turned his experience as a wounded veteran in the First World War into inspiration for a career as a journalist, author, and playwright.
Laurence Tucker Stallings was an American playwright, screenwriter, lyricist, literary critic, journalist, novelist, and photographer. The World War I veteran was noted for his anti-war book The First World War: A Photographic History. Stallings was born Laurence Tucker Stallings in Macon, Georgia.
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IN the obituary published in the New York Times (29 February 1968), Laurence Stallings was quoted as offering up a painfully honest account and appraisal of his own literary career. Stallings
Sep 14, 2010 · Stallings, Laurence, 1894-1968, ed. Publication date 1962 Topics World War, 1914-1918 Publisher New York, Simon and Schuster Collection internetarchivebooks ...
A novelist, short-story writer, playwright, screenwriter, editor, and historian, Stallings authored the war novel Plumes (1924), co-authored the popular drama What Price Glory (1924)—which was made into a film in 1926—and supplied the plot outline for The Big Parade (1925), one of the most successful films of the silent era.
Laurence Stallings (1894-1968) was an American writer. He is probably best known for his 1924 play, "What Price Glory," co-written with Maxwell Anderson, and his autobiographical novel, Plumes, which narrated his military service during World War I. Stallings was born in Macon, Georgia in 1894.
