- Country: N/A
- Genres: Documentary, Short
- Release: 1950-09-13
- Director: Jerry Webb
- Writers: Paul Gangelin , Jack Roberts , Lyle Robertson
- Language: English
- Stars: Franklyn Farnum , Wilton Graff , Wilton Graff , Raymond Largay , Vera Miles , Tom Moore , Robert Patten , Dan Riss
- Runtime: 10 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: The Screen Writer (United States of America) , The Screen Writer
- Plot: This short focuses on the job of the screenwriter, who adapts a story into a screenplay. It is his screenplay that is transformed into the movie we see at theaters. An original story may come from literary agents or studio story editors. Novels and plays also provide story ideas. Some screenwriters became directors and producers. Others even became studio production heads such as Darryl F. Zanuck and Dore Schary.
- IMDB:tt0265714
The Screen Writer Cast · · · ALL
Charles Brackett
Self (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Screenwriter (uncredited)
Wilton Graff
Producer / Screenwriter (uncredited)
Raymond Largay
Producer (uncredited)
Vera Miles
Young Actress (uncredited)
Tom Moore
Bit Role (uncredited)
Robert Patten
Young Actor (uncredited)
Dan Riss
The Screen Writer
Dore Schary
(1905–1980)
Self (uncredited)
Darryl F. Zanuck
Self (uncredited)