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.
He graduated from Manual Training High School in Indianapolis in 1907. He worked at the Indianapolis News and then the Indianapolis Star.
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
- Men of Action (1935)
- The 13th Man (1937)
- Telephone Operator (film) (1937), story
- Here's Flash Casey (1937), screenplay
- Convict's Code (1939), writer
- In Old Cheyenne (1941), original story
- Man from Headquarters (1942), screenwriter
- Foreign Agent (1942), screenwriter
- Deerslayer (1943), adaptation
- Smart Guy (1943), screenwriter
- Tell It to a Star (1945)
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.
- ^ "John W. Krafft".
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