W.L. River(1903-1981)

Writer

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W.L. River was born on 15 December 1903 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer, known for Les aventures de Martin Eden (1942), L'inspiratrice (1941) and Le tombeur du Michigan (1941). He died on 1 November 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Known for

Glenn Ford and Claire Trevor in Les aventures de Martin Eden (1942)

Les aventures de Martin Eden

5.8

Writer

1942

Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Donlevy, and Joel McCrea in L'inspiratrice (1941)

6.6

Writer

1941

Eddie Bracken, Ellen Drew, and Joel McCrea in Le tombeur du Michigan (1941)

Le tombeur du Michigan

6.5

Writer

1941

Wallace Beery, John Gilbert, and Leila Hyams in Way for a Sailor (1930)

Way for a Sailor

5.7

Writer

1930

Credits

Writer

The Great Moment
6.2
- Writer (1939 version, uncredited)
- 1944
Cité sans hommes
5.2
- screenplay
- 1943
Les aventures de Martin Eden
5.8
- screenplay
- 1942
L'inspiratrice
6.6
- screenplay
- 1941
Le tombeur du Michigan
6.5
- screenplay
- 1941
Way for a Sailor
5.7
- scenario and dialogue
- 1930
Billy le Kid
6.0
- Writer (uncredited)
- 1930
Navy Blues
5.5
- dialogue
- 1929

Personal details

Alternative names
- Leslie River
Height
- 1.80 m
Born
- December 15, 1903
- San Francisco, California, USA
Died
- November 1, 1981
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Other works
Novel (as Walter Leslie River): "Death of a Young Man".

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Trivia
He was blacklisted during the anticommunist crusade.

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