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Maurice Zimring (June 19, 1909 – November 17, 2005), known as Maurice Zimm, was an American radio, television and film writer, whose most famous creation was the Creature from the Black Lagoon. The son of Jewish immigrants who settled in Iowa shortly after the turn of the century, Zimring moved to Los Angeles in the 1930s, and wrote for such ...
Maurice Zimm was born on 19 June 1909 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Jeopardy (1953) and Perry Mason (1957). He was married to Molly Zimring. He died on 17 November 2005 in Westwood, California, USA.
- Writer
- June 19, 1909
- Maurice Zimm
- November 17, 2005
Maurice Zimm was born on 19 June 1909 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Jeopardy (1953) and Perry Mason (1957). He was married to Molly Zimring.
Mar 19, 2018 · “The Maurice Zimm creation was powerful, but not predatory, innocent about the motives of those in pursuit of him, but only inclined to use force in self-defense,” writes his son. When he took ...
- Features Columnist
Feb 12, 2024 · With a screenplay written by Harry Essex and Arthur A. Ross, Creature from the Black Lagoon is based on a story by Maurice Zimm, which, in turn, builds on an idea by William Alland.
- Carl Rinsch
- Senior Features Writer
Mar 19, 2018 · Maurice Zimm, who put the ‘create’ into the movie ‘creature’ Franklin Zimring quoted by San Francisco Chronicle, March 19, 2018. There is always a local angle, and “in this digital age,” writes UC Berkeley law school Professor Franklin Zimring, “a good idea can have a half-life of 60 years.”
Oct 28, 2021 · He jotted down some notes for a story called “The Sea Monster”. Shortly after this, in December 1952, Alland hired screenwriter Maurice Zimm (Perry Mason) to produce a story treatment for the project. The treatment Zimm wrote was fifty-nine pages long and was then turned over to screenwriters Arthur A. Rose (Brubaker) and Harry Essex ...
