Samuel Shipman (1883 – February 9, 1937) was an American playwright. Several of his plays were adapted to film. He was Jewish.

He visited the Lakewood Theater in Maine with John B. Hymer.

Theater East is West (1918), with John B. Hymer The Woman in Room 13 (1919), with Max Marcin and Percival Wilde Lawful Larceny (1922) Crime, with John B. Hymer Fast Life Creoles (1927) Trapped (1928) Fast Life (1928) Scarlet Pages (1929), with John B. Hymer She Means Business (1931) Alley Cat (1934) A Lady Detained (1935) Behind Red Lights (1937) Louisiana Lady (1947), based on Creoles Friendly Enemies, with Aaron Hoffman

Filmography The Woman in Room 13 (1920) Lawful Larceny (1923), based on his play of the same name Cheaper to Marry (1925) Friendly Enemies (1925) Fast Life (1929) The Pay-Off (1929), based on his 1927 play, Crime Scarlet Pages (1930) Lawful Larceny (1930), based on his 1922 play of the same name Manhattan Parade (1931), based on Shipman's play Friendly Enemies (1942)

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