Laurence Stallings

Laurence Stallings
Stallings c. 1918. Photo by Arnold Genthe. Note the Croix de Guerre.
Born	Laurence Tucker Stallings (1894-11-25)November 25, 1894 Macon, Georgia
Died	February 28, 1968(1968-02-28) (aged 73) Pacific Palisades, California
Occupation	Playwright novelist screenwriter
Notable works	Plumes What Price Glory
Notable awards	Croix de Guerre Silver Star Photoplay Gold Medal • The Big Parade (1925)
Spouse	Helen Purefoy Poteat Louise St. Leger Vance

Laurence Tucker Stallings (November 25, 1894 – February 28, 1968) was an American playwright, screenwriter, lyricist, literary critic, journalist, novelist, and photographer. Best known for his collaboration with Maxwell Anderson on the 1924 play What Price Glory, Stallings also produced a groundbreaking autobiographical novel, Plumes, about his service in World War I, and published an award-winning book of photographs, The First World War: A Photographic History.