Wells Root
Writing · Writer · Screenplay · Story
Born Mar 21, 1900 · Buffalo, New York, USA
Active 1930–1993
Wells Crosby Root was an American screenwriter and lecturer. In the mid-1930s he was involved with the Screen Writers Guild and in the 1950s the University of Southern California asked him to teach Film and Television Writing Technique,…
Filmography
Magnificent Obsession (1954) — AdaptationThe Prisoner of Zenda (1937) — AdaptationThe Prisoner of Zenda (1952) — AdaptationThe Rogues (1964) — Writer · TeleplayTiger Shark (1932) — ScreenplayTexas Across the River (1966) — WriterBlack Moon (1934) — WriterNight Flight (1933) — WriterThe Man from Down Under (1943) — ScreenplaySalute to the Marines (1943) — AdaptationPolitics (1931) — AdaptationThe Bold Caballero (1936) — Director · Story · ScreenplayTennessee Johnson (1942) — ScreenplayPublic Hero Number 1 (1935) — Story · ScreenplaySergeant Madden (1939) — ScreenplayFlight Command (1940) — ScreenplayBird of Paradise (1932) — ScreenplayShadow of Doubt (1935) — ScreenplayTurned Out Nice Again (1941) — Theatre PlayThe Storm (1930) — ScreenplayThe Get-Away (1941) — ScreenplayPursuit (1935) — ScreenplayMokey (1942) — Director · ScreenplayThunder Afloat (1939) — Screenplay