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| | Register of Jonathan Latimer, Miscellaneous Scripts and Screenplays - MSS 0133 |
 | | His first novel, Murder in a Madhouse, became a 1935 best-seller and introduced Bill Crane, the hard-drinking detective and hero of five of Latimer's novels. |
 | | After serving in the U.S. Navy between 1942 and 1945, Latimer became a successful Hollywood screenwriter, producing scripts for such movies as "Lady in the Morgue," "Topper Returns," and the "Glass Key," as well as ten films directed by John Farrow. |
 | | Latimer later wrote television scripts for forty-five episodes of the "Perry Mason" show, 1960-1965. |
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