Robert Presnell Sr.
{{Short description|American journalist and filmmaker}}
{{redirect|Robert Presnell|his son, also a screenwriter|Robert Presnell Jr.}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Robert Presnell Sr.
|birth_date = {{birth date|1894|04|29}}
|birth_place = Lake View, Iowa, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1969|02|12|1894|04|29}}
|death_place = Burbank, California, U.S.
|occupation = Journalist, screenwriter, filmmaker
|children = Robert Presnell Jr.
}}
Robert Presnell Sr. (April 29, 1894 – February 12, 1969) was an American journalist, screenwriter, and filmmaker who worked on Hollywood films, made war propaganda films for the military during World War II, and worked on documentaries. He was the father of Robert Presnell Jr.
He served in the signal corps during World War II. He lauded the value and experiences of war time filmmakers.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4bnQBQAAQBAJ&dq=robert+presnell+sr.&pg=PA87|title=The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild|page=87|first=Miranda J.|last=Banks|date=January 14, 2015|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=9780813571409 |via=Google Books}}
At the 14th Academy Awards, he was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Story for the film Meet John Doe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942|title=The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners|work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=December 22, 2024}}
Theater
- The Urgent Air a play in three acts{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50whAQAAIAAJ&dq=robert+presnell+sr.&pg=PA93|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series|first=Library of Congress Copyright|last=Office|date=September 22, 1947|via=Google Books}}
- Weep No More, a comedy drama adapted from an Italian play
Filmography
=Writer=
- The Big Pond (1930), co-wrote screenplay
- Terror Aboard (1933), co-wrote screenplay
- Money and the Woman (1940)
- Meet John Doe (1941),{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/432518908/|title='Meet John Doe' Full Of Surprise|work=Daily News|location=New York, New York|date=March 23, 1941|access-date=December 22, 2024|page=31|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} based on "A Reputation" a 1922 story in Century Magazine by Richard Connell. Academy Award nominee for best original story
- The Guilty (1947),{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zfy0SKwDQwcC&dq=robert+presnell+sr.&pg=PA97|title=Cornell Woolrich from Pulp Noir to Film Noir|first=Thomas C.|last=Renzi|date=January 24, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786482818 |via=Google Books}} based on based on "Two Men in a Furnished Room" a 1941 story in Detective Fiction Weekly by Cornell Woolrich
=Producer=
- Left Over Ladies (1931)
- Massacre (1934)
- The Girl on the Front Page (1936)
- Four Days' Wonder (1936)
- Girl Overboard (1937){{Cite web|url=https://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6954|title=Girl Overboard: Detail View|work=American Film Institute|access-date=December 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911072003/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6954|archive-date=September 11, 2017|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}
- When Love Is Young (1937)
- Night Key (1937)
- Carnival Queen (1937)
- That's My Story (1937)
- For You I Die (1947)
- Sofia (1948)
- Girl on the Run (1953)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0696190}}
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Category:Screenwriters from Iowa
Category:American male screenwriters