Wells Root
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Wells Root was an American screenwriter known for adapting popular novels and crafting screenplays for mid-20th-century Hollywood films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wells Root canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American screenwriter
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human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1960s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930s ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1900-03-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1993-09-09 ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia Pictures
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Paramount Pictures ⓘ RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
Western film
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adventure film ⓘ historical film ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | adapting popular novels for film ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Captain Blood (1935 film)
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The Big Land (1957 film) ⓘ The Black Shield of Falworth ⓘ
surface form:
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954 film)
The Canadians (1961 film) ⓘ The Fighting Seabees ⓘ
surface form:
The Fighting Seabees (1944 film)
The Flame and the Arrow ⓘ
surface form:
The Flame and the Arrow (1950 film)
The Jayhawkers! ⓘ
surface form:
The Jayhawkers! (1959 film)
The Mississippi Gambler (1953 film) ⓘ The Oklahoma Kid ⓘ
surface form:
The Oklahoma Kid (1939 film)
The Prisoner of Zenda ⓘ
surface form:
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 film)
Proud Rebel ⓘ
surface form:
The Proud Rebel (1958 film)
The Rawhide Years ⓘ
surface form:
The Rawhide Years (1955 film)
The Restless Breed (1957 film) ⓘ The Spoilers (1930 film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Spoilers (1942 film)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936 film) ⓘ The Virginian (television series) ⓘ Wagon Train ⓘ
surface form:
Wagon Train (television series)
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| occupation |
film producer
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screenwriter ⓘ television producer ⓘ television writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Buffalo
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surface form:
Buffalo, New York, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| workPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)