Lawrence Edward Watkin (Writer)
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Works
The Riddle of Robin Hood
Promotional film for The Story of Robin Hood, featuring Walt Disney and production personnel; released in 1952.
Release Date1952-01-01
Charactersd Himself
The Adventures of Spin and Marty
Marty Markham, a rich orphan, attends summer camp at a dude ranch where he gradually learns to love outdoor life and becomes best friends with the popular Spin Evans.
Release Date1955-11-04
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Episode Count26
Vote Count5
The New Adventures of Spin and Marty
The boys (and girls) are back for another summer of ranch life.
Release Date1957-11-04
DepartmentWriting
JobBook
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
Treasure Island
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including Long John Silver.
Release Date1950-07-19
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count240
Further Adventures of Spin and Marty
About a freckle-faced Spin and wealthy city kid Marty at the Triple R Ranch summer camp. Adding to the fun are exclusive interviews with the original cast members and a special tour of the original filming site.
Release Date1956-11-15
DepartmentWriting
JobBook
Episode Count3
Vote Count2
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
Release Date1959-06-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count176
The Biscuit Eater
Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl Holliman) tells his son Lonnie that his dog, Moreover, is a good-for-nothing "biscuit eater."
Release Date1972-03-22
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count18
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing.
Release Date1952-05-26
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count73
The Light in the Forest
A young white man who spent his whole life raised by a Native American tribe is sent to live with his true family and must learn to fit in with the people he was taught to hate.
Release Date1958-07-08
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count19
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
Behind the scenes of Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
Release Date1959-05-29
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
Beaver Valley
The film depicts a young male beaver who must defend his new family against hungry predators, mischievous river otters, and the ever-impending threat of winter.
Release Date1950-07-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count20
Ten Who Dared
The John Wesley Powell expedition of 1869 explores the dangerous Colorado River, withstands internal dissension, and finally discovers the Grand Canyon.
Release Date1960-11-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count9
The Sword and the Rose
Tells the story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political reasons, determines to wed her to the King of France. She tries to flee to America with her love but is captured when she is "un-hatted" on board ship. In return for her consent to the marriage with France, Henry agrees to let her choose her second husband. When King Louis of France dies, Mary is kidnaped by the Duke of Buckingham. He tries to force her to marry him but she is rescued by her love in an exciting battle on the beach.
Release Date1953-07-23
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count24
On Borrowed Time
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.
Release Date1939-07-07
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count31
The Great Locomotive Chase
During the Civil War, a Union spy, Andrews, is asked to lead a band of Union soldiers into the South so that they could destroy the railway system. However, things don't go as planned when the conductor of the train that they stole is on to them and is doing everything he can to stop them. Based on a true story.
Release Date1956-06-08
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count35
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures, gets married, and eventually becomes enough of a nuisance to George I to be outlawed, and hunted by the English
Release Date1953-10-26
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count16
On Borrowed Time
Mr. Brink seems to bring death with him wherever he goes. But can a young boy and his grandfather change this dire situation?
Release Date1957-11-17
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel