Larry Darmour enlisted in the US Army during World War I and served in the Signal Corps as a cameraman.
12 Facts About Larry Darmour
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Larry Darmour had the distinction of being the first American soldier on the battlefield at Chateau-Thierry; he had been taking a stroll along the front the night before the Allied forces were scheduled to attack.
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Larry Darmour awoke to find himself in the middle of a barrage, the only soldier on the field.
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Larry Darmour joined Lewis J Selznick's company as editor of its newsreel, and was promoted to vice president of Selznick's distributing arm.
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In 1925 Darmour organized Standard Cinema Corporation, best known today for releasing short comedies produced by Joe Rock and starring Stan Laurel.
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Larry Darmour gave these films higher production values than the usual independent features, with expensive-looking sets and big-name casts familiar from major motion pictures.
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Larry Darmour withdrew from Republic and arranged to release his films through Columbia Pictures.
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Larry Darmour produced dozens of action and western features for Columbia.
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Larry Darmour produced Columbia's "Ranger" westerns with Bob Allen and a companion series of westerns with Bill Elliott.
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In 1940 Larry Darmour was entrusted with production of Columbia's serials.
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Larry Darmour was assigned Columbia's Ellery Queen series of detective-mystery features, which he produced through 1942.
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Larry Darmour underwent an abdominal operation in late 1941 and never recovered; he died three months later.