Lamar Jefferson Trotti (October 18, 1900-August 28, 1952) was an American screenwriter, producer, and motion picture executive. October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ...

Trotti became an executive at Fox Film Corporation in 1933 and after its 1935 merger with Twentieth Century Pictures to become 20th Century Fox, he remained with the company until his death. During this time, he wrote about fifty films for the studio, producing many of them. He only wrote one screenplay for another studio, You Can't Buy Everything (1934) for MGM. The Fox Film Corporation was an American company which produced motion pictures, formed in 1915 when founder William Fox merged two companies he had established in 1913: Greater New York Film Rental, a distribution firm, which was part of the Independents; and Fox (or Box, depending on the source) Office... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Twentieth Century Pictures was an independent Hollywood motion picture production company created in 1932 by Joseph Schenck, the former president of United Artists, Darryl F. Zanuck from Warner Brothers, and William Goetz from Fox Films. ... 20th Century Fox logo Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ...

He won an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay in 1944 for Wilson and was nominated for Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) and There's No Business Like Show Business (1952). The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Wilson is a 1944 biographical film about President Woodrow Wilson. ... Young Mr. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Theres No Business Like Show Business is a 20th Century Fox film that was released on December 16, 1954. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Partial filmography

• The Man Who Dared (1933)
• Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
• The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
• The Razor's Edge (1946)
• Captain from Castile (1947)
• When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
• Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)