J. Robert Bren

Escritor, Productor

23 de junio de 1903 — 1 de octubre de 1981 (78 años)
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J. Robert Bren (July 23, 1903 – October 1, 1981) was a Mexican-American screenwriter and producer who was active from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s. He wrote either the story or screenplay for thirty feature films, as well as producing at least two of those films. Born Jose Roberto Bustamante Gutierrez on July 23, 1903 in Guanajuato, Mexico, he entered the film industry, working on the sound crew for the 1933 film, Face in the Sky. The following year he began writing stories for films, the first of which was the 20th Century Fox film, Looking for Trouble, starring Spencer Tracy and Jack Oakie. He was also one of the story authors for The Band Plays On (1933), starring Robert Young. In 1937 he was one of three writers who expanded an unpublished Damon Runyon story which was turned into the screenplay for Racing Lady, which starred Ann Dvorak, Smith Ballew, and Harry Carey. Bren was one of the writers of the screenplay for The Man Who Found Himself, also in 1937, featuring Joan Fontaine in her first starring role, along with John Beal.

In 1942, Bren co-wrote the original story for the film, In Old California, starring John Wayne. Bren produced the 1945 film, First Yank into Tokyo, from a screenplay he wrote. The film stars Tom Neal and Barbara Hale, and was directed by Gordon Douglas. To open the film, Bren secured the rights to a tape of Japan's prime minister, Kuniaki Koiso, in which he exhorts the Japanese population to "sacrifice everything to repulse the enemy." Bren served on the California State Welfare Board in 1949. Also on the board was Hazel Hurst, a blind young lady who was famous for advocacy for the blind, especially for the use of guide dogs. She was one of the founders of the Hurst Foundation. Bren wrote a screenplay based on Hurst's life. The 1954 film, Naked Alibi, directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Sterling Hayden and Gloria Grahame, was based on a story by Bren and his long-time writing partner, Gladys Atwater. Bren's last big screen writing credit was again as story co-writer with Atwater for The Treasure of Pancho Villa, directed by George Sherman, and starring Rory Calhoun, Shelley Winters and Gilbert Roland.

Películas y series en Plex

  • Asedio en rio rojo
    Asedio en rio rojo1954
  • American Empire
    American Empire1942

Conocido por

  • La última coartada
    La última coartada1954
  • El tesoro de Pancho Villa
    El tesoro de Pancho Villa1955
  • En la vieja California
    En la vieja California1942
  • Asedio en rio rojo
    Asedio en rio rojo1954
  • American Empire
    American Empire1942
  • El primer yanqui en Tokio
    El primer yanqui en Tokio1945
  • El Paso
    El Paso1949
  • La carga de los indios Sioux
    La carga de los indios Sioux1953
  • Un hospital en las nubes
    Un hospital en las nubes1937
  • The Lone Wolf
    The Lone Wolf1 season
  • Amenaza en las vías
    Amenaza en las vías1954
  • Bad Guy
    Bad Guy1937
  • Casey Jones
    Casey Jones1 season

Filmography

1957
1954
Overland Pacific · as Screenplay
1942
American Empire · as ScreenplayEn Plex
1938
Crime Ring · as Screenplay
1938
This Marriage Business · as Screenplay
1938
Double Danger · as Screenplay
1938
Everybody's Doing It · as Screenplay
1937
Hideaway · as Screenplay
1937
Behind the Headlines · as Screenplay
1937
1937
China Passage · as Screenplay
1936
Without Orders · as Screenplay