Lindsley Parsons

Lindsley Parsons (1905–1992) was an American film producer and screenwriter. He worked throughout his career at the low-budget Monogram Pictures and its successor, Allied Artists. He generally produced cheap gangster, action and Western films. He was the father of film producer Lindsley Parsons Jr.

Selected filmography

Producer

• Frontier Town (1938)
• The Gang's All Here (1941)
• King of the Zombies (1941)
• Campus Rhythm (1943)
• The Crime Smasher (1943)
• Detective Kitty O'Day (1944)
• Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1945)
• South of the Rio Grande (1945)
• The Lonesome Trail (1945)
• Ginger (1946)
• Louisiana (1947)
• Tuna Clipper (1949)
• The Wolf Hunters (1949)
• Trail of the Yukon (1949)
• Call of the Klondike (1950)
• Snow Dog (1950)
• Yukon Manhunt (1951)
• Northwest Territory (1951)
• Fangs of the Arctic (1953)
• Tangier Incident (1953)
• Mexican Manhunt (1953)
• Northern Patrol (1953)
• Jack Slade (1953)
• Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957)

Screenwriter

• The Man from Utah (1934) starring John Wayne and George "Gabby" Hayes
• The Trail Beyond (1934) starring John Wayne, Noah Beery Sr. and Noah Beery Jr.
• The Desert Trail (1935) starring John Wayne
• Trouble in Texas (1937) starring Tex Ritter and Rita Hayworth (original story by Lindsley Parsons)

References

Bibliography

• Ashdown, Paul & Caudill, Edward, The Mosby Myth: A Confederate Hero in Life and Legend. Rowman & Littlefield, 2002.

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