screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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Warner Brothers
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American Film studio, film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, Califo ...
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Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...
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Selected filmography
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A Dog of the Regiment
''A Dog of the Regiment'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman. This film is presumed lost.One-Round Hogan'' (1927)
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Jaws of Steel
''Jaws of Steel'' is a 1927 American silent family adventure film directed by Ray Enright and featuring dog star Rin Tin Tin and Jason Robards, Sr. Warner Bros. produced and distributed the film. Darryl Zanuck, under the alias Gregory Rogers, ...
Five and Ten Cent Annie
''Five and Ten Cent Annie'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Louise Fazenda, Clyde Cook and William Demarest.
Cast
* Louise Fazenda as Annie
* Clyde Cook as Elmer Peck
* William Demarest as Brig ...
Red Wine
Red wine is a type of wine made from dark-colored grape varieties. The color of the wine can range from intense violet, typical of young wines, through to brick red for mature wines and brown for older red wines. The juice from most purple grap ...
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A Race for Life
''A Race for Life'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman. Originally, the film was presumed to be lost. However, according to the Library of Congress Database, the film was found in the Netherlands. The film was rel ...
Brothers
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Soldiers of the Storm
''Soldiers of the Storm'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Regis Toomey, Anita Page and Robert Ellis.
Synopsis
When a new airport opens in a town close to the Mexican border, the Border Patro ...
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The Crime of Helen Stanley
''The Crime of Helen Stanley'' is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey and Gail Patrick. The film is also known as ''Murder in the Studio''. It was the third in a series of f ...
'' (1934)
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The Three Mesquiteers
''The Three Mesquiteers'' is the umbrella title for a Republic Pictures series of 51 American Western B-movies released between 1936 and 1943. The films, featuring a trio of Old West adventurers, was based on a series of Western novels by W ...
'' (1936)
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Headline Crasher
''Headline Crasher'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Leslie Goodwins from a screenplay by Sherman L. Lowe and Charles R. Condon. The film stars Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, and Muriel Evans.
Cast
* Frankie Darro as Jimmy Tallant
* K ...
'' (1936)
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The Devil Diamond
''The Devil Diamond'' is a 1937 American film directed by Leslie Goodwins.
The film is also known as ''Peter B. Kyne's The Devil Diamond'' (American complete title).
Plot summary
A group of thugs tries to steal the cursed title gem from a jewel ...
'' (1937)
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Death in the Air
''Death in the Air'' (aka ''Pilot X'' and ''The Mysterious Bombardier'') is a 1937 American film directed by Elmer Clifton and stars Lona Andre, John Carroll, Leon Ames and Henry Hall. The film is also known as ''Murder in the Air'' in the Unit ...
'' (1937)
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Ten Laps to Go
''Ten Laps to Go'' (''King of the Speedway'') is a 1938 American action/drama film directed by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Rex Lease as a champion race car driver, Duncan Renaldo as his rival, and Muriel Evans
Muriel Evans (born Muriel Adel ...
'' (1938)
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Daredevil Drivers
''Daredevil Drivers'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by Sherman L. Lowe. The film stars Beverly Roberts, Dick Purcell, Gloria Blondell, Gordon Oliver, Charley Foy and Donald Briggs. The film was released by ...
Oklahoma Renegades
''Oklahoma Renegades'' is a 1940 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Nate Watt.
Cast
* Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke
* Raymond Hatton as Rusty Joslin
* Duncan Renaldo as Renaldo
* Lee 'Lasses' White as Jim Keith
* F ...
Cody of the Pony Express
''Cody of the Pony Express'' is a 1950 American Western serial film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. It starred Jock Mahoney, Dickie Moore, Peggy Stewart and William Fawcett.
Plot
The plot centers on a young Cody joining forces with the Li ...
'' (1950)
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Pirates of the High Seas
''Pirates of the High Seas'' is a 1950 American adventure serial film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Carr and starring Buster Crabbe, Lois Hall and Tommy Farrell.
Plot
Adventurer Jeff Drake sails to a Pacific island in aid of Kel ...
'' (1950)
References
Bibliography
* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.