Michael L. Simmons Explained

Michael L. Simmons
Birth Date:	April 5, 1896
Birth Place:	New York City, New York, United States
Death Date:	February 1980
Death Place:	Maplewood, New Jersey, United States
Occupation:	Writer
Yearsactive:	1931–1946 (film)

Michael L. Simmons (1896–1980) was an American screenwriter and novelist.^{[1] [2]} The 1933 film The Bowery was based on his novel Chuck Connors.^[3]

Filmography

• First Aid (1931)
• The Honor of the Press (1932)
• The Bowery (1933)
• The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935)
• The Raven (1935)
• Girl of the Ozarks (1936)
• Venus Makes Trouble (1937)
• All American Sweetheart (1937)
• Murder in Greenwich Village (1937)
• Little Miss Roughneck (1938)
• Juvenile Court (1938)
• Flight to Fame (1938)
• Squadron of Honor (1938)
• The Little Adventuress (1938)
• Tropic Fury (1939)
• Missing Daughters (1939)
• Romance of the Redwoods (1939)
• Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939)
• Scattergood Baines (1941)
• Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941)
• Scattergood Rides High (1942)
• Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942)
• Eyes of the Underworld (1942)
• Cinderella Swings It (1943)
• The Crime Smasher (1943)
• Two Weeks to Live (1943)
• They Live in Fear (1944)
• Landrush (1946)

Bibliography

• Erickson, Hal. From Radio to the Big Screen: Hollywood Films Featuring Broadcast Personalities and Programs. McFarland, 2014.
• Kinnard, Roy & Crnkovich, Tony . The Films of Fay Wray. McFarland, 2005.
• Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.

Notes and References

1. Erickson p.194
2. Pitts p.347
3. Kinnard & Crnkovich p.112