Robert Lord – Scripts on Screen

The Mind Reader Script

Year:1933

Director:Roy Del Ruth

Written by:Robert Lord (Screenplay), Wilson Mizner (Screenplay), Vivian Cosby (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:Chandler, a con-man, and his helper Frank decide to create a clairvoyant act for the carny circuit, as a little research reveals Ameicans spent $125 million on mind-readers and astrology. The carny, renamed Chandra, falls for one of his marks, Sylvia, but their love is tested when he brings tragedy to other peoples' lives and she asks him to go straight.

The Mind Reader Script Resources:

The Mind Reader Script PDF - NO DATE at Script City ($)
The Mind Reader Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Black Legion Script

Year:1937

Director:Michael Curtiz, Archie Mayo

Written by:Robert Lord (Story), Abem Finkel (Screenplay), William Wister Haines (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.

Black Legion Script Resources:

Black Legion Script PDF - at Script Fly ($)
Black Legion Script PDF - XL 9/15/36 REVISED*msg8pgs at Script City ($)
Black Legion Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

Year:1932

Director:Michael Curtiz

Written by:Lewis E. Lawes (Novel), Courtney Terrett (Adaptation), Robert Lord (Adaptation), Wilson Mizner (Screenplay), Brown Holmes (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

20,000 Years in Sing Sing Script Resources:

20,000 Years in Sing Sing Script PDF - 5/13/1932 at Script Fly ($)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing Script PDF - NO DRAFT DATE at Script City ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.