Lawrence Weingarten

Lawrence Weingarten established himself as a great producer of numerous titles over the course of his Hollywood career. Weingarten started his entertainment career producing films, including the Buster Keaton comedy "Spite Marriage" (1929), the comedy "Sidewalks of New York" (1931) with Buster Keaton and the comedy "Speak Easily" (1932) with Buster Keaton. He also appeared in "The Mystery of Mr. X" (1934), "Sadie McKee" (1934) and "The Rendezvous" (1935) with William Powell. Weingarten continued to focus on film through the thirties, producing movies like the suspenseful adaptation "The Unguarded Hour" (1936) with Loretta Young, "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" (1937) with Joan Crawford and the Clark Gable comedy "Too Hot to Handle" (1938). He also appeared in the adaptation "Balalaika" (1939) with Nelson Eddy. Weingarten then focused on film, producing "I'll Cry Tomorrow" (1955) with Susan Hayward, the comedy adaptation "The Tender Trap" (1955) with Frank Sinatra and "Don't Go Near the Water" (1957). He followed this recognition with a producer credit on the Glenn Ford comedic adaptation "The Gazebo" (1960). Weingarten more recently produced "Signpost to Murder" (1965). Weingarten was married to Sylvia Thalberg. Weingarten passed away in February 1975 at the age of 80.