Robert Carson (October 6, 1909, Clayton, Washington – January 19, 1983,

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) was an American film and television screenwriter, novelist, and short story writer, who won an Academy Award in 1938 for his screenplay of '' A Star Is Born.'' He was married to

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, a former child actress.

Film screenwriting credits

*''A Star Is Born'' (1937). Academy Award for best writing, original story, shared with William A. Wellman. Nominated for best writing, screenplay, shared with Alan Campbell and

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. *''

The Last Gangster ''The Last Gangster'' (also called ''Another Public Enemy'') is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Edward G. Robinson and James Stewart. The supporting cast features Rose Stradner, Lionel Stander and John C ...

'' (1937) *'' Men with Wings'' (1938) *''

Beau Geste ''Beau Geste'' is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a rel ...

'' (1939) *''

The Light That Failed ''The Light That Failed'' is the first novel by the Nobel Prize-winning English author Rudyard Kipling, first published in ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine'' in January 1891. Most of the novel is set in London, but many important events through ...

'' (1939) *''

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'' (1941) *'' The Desperadoes'' (1943) *'' Once More, My Darling'' (1949) *'' Just for You'' (1952) *'' Bundle of Joy'' (1956)

Television screenwriting credits

*''

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'', 1948 (various episodes)

Bibliography

*''The Revels Are Ended'' (1936). Doubleday. *"Aloha Means Goodbye", a serialized short novel about a

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, ju ...

, published in ''

The Saturday Evening Post ''The Saturday Evening Post'' is an American magazine, currently published six times a year. It was issued weekly under this title from 1897 until 1963, then every two weeks until 1969. From the 1920s to the 1960s, it was one of the most widely ...

'' in June/July 1941, six months before the actual attack occurred. The story was the basis for the film ''

Across the Pacific ''Across the Pacific'' is a 1942 American spy film set on the eve of the entry of the United States into World War II. It was directed first by John Huston, then by Vincent Sherman after Huston joined the United States Army Signal Corps. It sta ...

'' (1942). *''Stranger in Our Midst'' (1947). G.P. Putnam. Reprinted 1953,

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. *''The Magic Lantern'' (1952), a fictionalized account of Hollywood. Henry Holt *''The Quality of Mercy'' (1954). Henry Holt. *''Love Affair'' (1958). Henry Holt. reprinted 1959, Popular Library. *''My Hero'' (1961)

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. Reprinted 1962, Crest Books *''An End to Comedy'' (1963) Bobbs-Merrill *''The Outsiders'' (1966),

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. Reprinted 1970, Coronet''The Outsiders'' at Google Books
/ref> *''Jellybean'' (1974), a

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period

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. Little, Brown

References

External links

*
Carson at Variety
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