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Jimmy Starr is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 3 february 1904

Jimmy Starr

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Birth name James A. Starr
Nationality USA
Birth 3 february 1904
Death 13 august 1990 (at 86 years)

Jimmy Starr, né le 3 février 1904 au Texas et décédé le 13 août 1990 à Phoenix, Arizona, est un scénariste, un journaliste et un auteur américain de roman policier.

Biography

Dans les années 1930, il rédige les scénarios de nombreux courts métrages de comédie, notamment plusieurs de la série de la famille Smith. Il travaille pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale dans le milieu de la presse, devient un échotier de Hollywood et, à ce titre, fait de courtes apparitions dans quelques films.

Il publie également trois romans policiers, où son héros récurrent, le reporter Joe Medford, se trouve mêlé à des enquêtes criminelles dans le monde des stars du cinéma. Le premier de la série, non traduit en France, est adapté au cinéma en 1947 par Henry Levin sous le titre L'assassin ne pardonne pas (The Corpse Came C.O.D.), avec George Brent, Joan Blondell et Adele Jergens. Le seul traduit en français Ma tête à couper (Heads You Lose) est « après un début prometteur et rapide, ce roman sombre quelque peu dans un ronron verbal, et certaines répliques supposées humoristiques et hilarantes tombent à plat. Heureusement le dénouement est rondement mené malgré certaines invraisemblances » selon Paul Maugendre.

Usually with

David Butler
David Butler
(2 films)
Jon Favreau
Jon Favreau
(1 films)
Hedda Hopper
Hedda Hopper
(3 films)
Matt Reeves
Matt Reeves
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jimmy Starr (18 films)

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Actor

The Batman
The Batman (2022)

Directed by Matt Reeves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Batman films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Robert Pattinson, Zoë Naelle Kravitz, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Andy Serkis
Roles Funeral Mourner
Rating77% 3.899183.899183.899183.899183.89918
Batman fait sa première apparition en solo de l'Univers Cinématographique DC.
Chef
Chef (2014)
, 1h54
Directed by Jon Favreau
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Cooking films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau, Scarlett Johansson, Sofía Vergara, Dustin Hoffman, John Leguizamo
Roles Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.648763.648763.648763.648763.64876
Miami-born Carl Casper is the head chef of Gauloise in Brentwood, California. While popular with his kitchen staff and hostess Molly, the restaurant owner Riva wants Carl to stick to tired "classics" rather than innovative dishes. Carl has a strained relationship with his tech-savvy preteen son Percy and rich ex-wife Inez.
Transporter 2, 1h28
Directed by Louis Leterrier
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Martial arts films, Road movies, Children's films, Chase films
Actors Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassmann, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, François Berléand, Keith David
Roles Tourist (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.150163.150163.150163.150163.15016
Frank Martin (Jason Statham) has relocated from southern France to Miami, Florida. As a favor, he becomes a temporary chauffeur for the wealthy Billings family. The marriage of Jefferson (Matthew Modine) and Audrey Billings (Amber Valletta) is under great strain due to the demands of his high-profile government job. Frank bonds with their son, Jack (Hunter Clary), whom he drives to and from elementary school in his new Audi A8 W12. Later, a somewhat drunk Audrey shows up at Frank's home and tries to seduce him, but he tactfully sends her home.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, 1h26
Directed by Tom Shadyac
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films about cats, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young, Tone Loc, Noble Willingham, Udo Kier
Roles Stadium Vendor
Rating68% 3.447423.447423.447423.447423.44742
Ace Ventura is a private investigator living in Miami, Florida, who specializes in retrieval of tame or captive animals. Despite the success of his methods, he does not receive many assignments and therefore cannot pay rent or repair his battered 1970s Chevrolet Monte Carlo; furthermore, his eccentricities make him the laughing stock of the Miami-Dade Police Department.
A New Kind of Love, 1h50
Directed by Melville Shavelson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Thelma Ritter, Eva Gabor, George Tobias, Marvin Kaplan
Rating58% 2.904652.904652.904652.904652.90465
A womanizing American reporter assigned in Paris (Paul Newman) mistakes a cynical fashion copycat designer (Joanne Woodward) for a prostitute after she receives a makeover. He decides to interview her for a series of articles, then falls in love with her. The girl goes along with it, first out of revenge as he snubbed her during a past encounter, then out of feelings of her own.
The Corpse Came C.O.D., 1h27
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors George Brent, Joan Blondell, Adele Jergens, Jim Bannon, Leslie Brooks, Grant Mitchell
Roles Himself
Rating60% 3.000773.000773.000773.000773.00077
Two reporters who are in love (Brent and Blondell) compete with each other when covering the story about the discovery of a corpse found at the mansion of a famous Hollywood movie actress.
That's Right – You're Wrong, 1h34
Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Lucille Ball, Dennis O'Keefe, Roscoe Karns, Moroni Olsen
Roles Jimmy Starr (Uncredited)
Rating60% 3.049053.049053.049053.049053.04905

Scriptwriter

Rough Waters, 53minutes
Directed by Jean Daumery
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lane Chandler, Rintintin (acteur canin), Jobyna Ralston, Edmund Breese, Walter Miller, William Irving

The film begins with a parked car with drawn curtains inside of which three gangsters (played by Walter Miller, Richard Alexander and Skeets Noyes) and silently waiting for their prey. When a large closed vehicle approaches the car with gangsters it crashes and the gangsters quickly rush to the vehicle, kill the chauffeur and two guards and steal a satchel with 100,000 dollars.
The Other Tomorrow, 1h5
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Billie Dove, Grant Withers, Kenneth Thomson, Otto Hoffman, Frank Sheridan

The story takes place in a small town in Georgia. Edith (Dove) is a girl who has loved Jim Carter (Withers) since childhood. One day they get into a quarrel and an older and very wealthy man, Norton Larrison (Thomson), seizes the opportunity to court Edith.