John W. Krafft
John W. Krafft (1888–1958) was an American journalist and screenwriter. He worked for newspapers before becoming a titles writer during the silent film era and then a screenwriter.[1]
He graduated from Manual Training High School in Indianapolis in 1907. He worked at the Indianapolis News and then the Indianapolis Star.[2]
Filmography
- The Angel of Broadway (1927), intertitles
- Stand and Deliver (1928 film)
- The Cop (1928 film), co-writer
- Celebrity (1928 film) co-wrote film adaptation
- Love Over Night (1928), titles
- Strange Cargo (1929 film), co-writer
- A Blonde for a Night (1928), co-writer
- The Spieler (1928), co-writer
- The Blue Danube (1928 film), titles
- Death from a Distance (1935), original story and screenplay[3]
- Men of Action (1935)[4]
- The 13th Man (1937)
- Streamlined Swin (1937), dialogue, an M-G-M musical short directed by Buster Keaton
- Telephone Operator (film) (1937), story
- Here's Flash Casey (1937), screenplay
- Convict's Code (1939), writer[5]
- In Old Cheyenne (1941), original story[6]
- Man from Headquarters (1942), screenwriter[6]
- Foreign Agent (1942), screenwriter[6]
- Deerslayer (1943), adaptation[6]
- Smart Guy (1943), screenwriter[6]
- Tell It to a Star (1945)[6]
References
- ↑ Smith, David L. (March 20, 2006). Hoosiers in Hollywood. Indiana Historical Society. ISBN 9780871951946 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Editor & Publisher". Editor & Publisher Company. March 20, 1918 – via Google Books.
- ↑ A Risky Business Crime in the Movies. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781329436206.
- ↑ Katchmer, George A. (March 20, 1991). Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known. McFarland. ISBN 9780899504940 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Motion Picture Review Digest". H.W. Wilson Company. March 20, 1939 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "John W. Krafft". Archived from the original on March 20, 2022.
Categories:
- 20th-century American journalists
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- Writers from Indianapolis
- 1888 births
- Journalists from Indiana
- 1958 deaths
- American male screenwriters
- Screenwriters from Indiana
- 20th-century American male journalists
- American screenwriter stubs, 1880s birth stubs