Biography

Laurence Stallings was born on November 25, 1894 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was a writer, known for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Jungle Book (1942) and Song of the West (1930). He was married to Louise St. Leger Vance and Helen Purefoy Poteat. He died on February 28, 1968 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.

Awarded the Croix de Guerre after service on the Western Front during World War I.

Screenwriting contract at MGM, 1934-39.

Stallings was a Marine Captain who lost his leg fighting in WWI, and wrote "What Price Glory" about his deep anti-war feelings. The spirit of the play is subverted in the film adaptations.

American playwright, screenwriter, lyricist, literary critic, journalist, novelist and photographer. His first job after leaving school was for the Royal Insurance Company of Atlanta. He later completed his education and graduated from Georgetown University, then worked for several New York newspapers, while at the same time writing plays and musicals. He was best known for his 1924 play "What Price Glory?", co-written with Maxwell Anderson.

Father: Larkin Tucker Stallings; Mother: Aurora Brooks.