Roy Chanslor (August 25, 1899 - April 16, 1964) was a novelist and screenwriter. Several of his works were filmed.
Chanslor was born in
Liberty, Missouri
Liberty is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Missouri, United States and is a suburb of Kansas City, located in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States Census the population was 30,167. Liberty is home to Willi ...
. He and his wife lived in
Carmel, California
Carmel-by-the-Sea (), often simply called Carmel, is a city in Monterey County, California, United States, founded in 1902 and municipal corporation, incorporated on October 31, 1916. Situated on the Monterey Peninsula, Carmel is known for its n ...
. He died in
Encino, California
Encino (Spanish language, Spanish for "oak") is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.
History
In 1769, the Spanish Portolá expedition, first Europeans to see inland areas of California, traveled north t ...
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Written works
*''Johnny Guitar'' (1953)
*''Trouble With Paradise (1954)
*''The Naked I'' (1953)
*''The Ballad of Cat Ballou'' (1956)
Filmography
*''Front Page Woman
''Front Page Woman'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz. The screenplay by Laird Doyle, Lillie Hayward and Roy Chanslor based on the novel ''Women Are Bum Newspapermen'' by Richard Macauley.
Plot
Ellen Garfield refuses t ...
'' (1935), co-writer
*''The Vigilantes Return
''The Vigilantes Return'' is a 1947 Western film directed by Ray Taylor. Produced by Universal Pictures in Cinecolor, it was shot in Iverson Ranch in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California.
Plot
Marshal Johnnie Taggart, posing as an outlaw n ...
'' (1947), script
*''Hazard
A hazard is a potential source of harm
Harm is a moral and legal concept.
Bernard Gert construes harm as any of the following:
* pain
* death
* disability
* mortality
* loss of abil ity or freedom
* loss of pleasure.
Joel Feinberg giv ...
'' (1948), novel and screenplay
*''The Steel Key
''The Steel Key'' is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Robert S. Baker and starring Terence Morgan, Joan Rice and Raymond Lovell.
Premise
Adventurer Johnny O'Flynn (Terence Morgan) attempts to track down thieves who have stolen a secret ...
'' (1953), story
*''Johnny Guitar
''Johnny Guitar'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Ernest Borgnine and Scott Brady. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. The screenplay ...
'' (1954)
*''Cat Ballou
''Cat Ballou'' is a 1965 American western comedy film starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual role. The story involves a woman who hires a notorious gunman to protect her father's ranch, and late ...
'' (1965)
References
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1899 births
1964 deaths
20th-century American screenwriters
American screenwriters