George Bruce (15 September 1898 – 6 September 1974) was an American writer, best known for his screenplays for film and television. He started writing when nine years old and began writing professionally for magazines in 1920. Bruce was a hugely prolific and popular writer of books and stories for pulp magazines.[1] At one stage he was earning $50,000 a year from the pulps.[2]
Bruce started writing screenplays in the mid-1930s when he sold stories to Hollywood. He was a regular writer for producer Edward Small, particularly of swashbucklers.[3][4]
Quentin Tarantino called him "a terrific screenwriter".[5]
He was married to actress Inez Torrens.[3]
Select films
edit- Navy Blue and Gold (1937) - writer, original story
- The Crowd Roars (1938) - writer, original story
- The Duke of West Point (1938) - writer
- King of the Turf (1939) - writer
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) - writer
- The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) - writer
- Kit Carson (1940) - writer
- South of Pago Pago (1940) - writer
- The Corsican Brothers (1941) - writer
- Miss Annie Rooney (1942) - writer
- Stand by for Action (1942) - writer
- Salute to the Marines (1943) - writer
- Two Years Before the Mast (1946) - writer
- Killer McCoy (1947) - writer
- Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) - writer
- Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950) - writer
- Kansas City Confidential (1952) - writer
References
edit- ^ "30 Million Readers". The Los Angeles Times. 5 June 1938. p. 9 magazine.
- ^ "Pulp story writer nopw ace in films". The Charlotte Observer. 30 June 1940. p. 62.
- ^ a b "Noted writer now busy". The Desert Sun. 6 December 1946. p. 8.
- ^ Schallert, Edwin (23 May 1938). ""Christmas Carol" Will Ring Out Ere Yuletide: "Beau Brummell" Slated Wanger-Dieterle Deal Donat Signs for Term Hope Hampton Records". Los Angeles Times. p. A14.
- ^ Campbell, Scott (2 September 2024). "The movie Quentin Tarantino thinks is better than the "fucking terrible" book". Far Out Magazine.
External links
edit- George Bruce at IMDb