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Instructions · What links here · Robert Presnell Sr. (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 15 days ago by FloridaArmy (talk: D · +) · Last edited 15 days ago by FloridaArmy

Robert Presnell Sr. was a journalist, screenwriter, and filmmaker who worked on Hollywood films, made war propaganda films for the military during World War II, and worked on documentaries. Robert Presnell Jr. was his son.

He served in the signal corps during World War II. He lauded the value and experiences of war time filmmakers.^[1]

Theater

The Urgent Air a play in three acts^[2]
Weep No More, a comedy drama adapted from an Italian play^[2]

Filmography

Writer

The Big Pond (1930), co-wrote screenplay
Terror Aboard (1933), co-wrote screenplay
Money and the Woman (1940)
Meet John Doe (1941), based on "A Reputation" a 1922 story in Century Magazine by Richard Connell. Academy Award nominee for best original story
The Guilty (1947),^[3] based on based on "Two Men in a Furnished Room" a 1941 story in Detective Fiction Weekly by Cornell Woolrich

Producer

References

^ Banks, Miranda J. (January 14, 2015). The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813571409 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b Office, Library of Congress Copyright (September 22, 1947). "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series" – via Google Books.
^ Renzi, Thomas C. (January 24, 2015). Cornell Woolrich from Pulp Noir to Film Noir. McFarland. ISBN 9780786482818 – via Google Books.

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[1] Banks, Miranda J. (January 14, 2015). The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their Guild. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813571409 – via Google Books.

[the-2] Office, Library of Congress Copyright (September 22, 1947). "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series" – via Google Books.

[3] Renzi, Thomas C. (January 24, 2015). Cornell Woolrich from Pulp Noir to Film Noir. McFarland. ISBN 9780786482818 – via Google Books.

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