Draft:Robert Presnell Sr.

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 and touted the value and experiences of war time filmmakers.

Theater

 * The Urgent Air a play in three acts
 * Weep No More, a comedy drama adapted from an Italian play

Writer
by Richard Connell. Academy Award nominee for best original story
 * 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
 * The Guilty (1947), based on based on "Two Men in a Furnished Room" a 1941 story in Detective Fiction Weekly by Cornell Woolrich