Rob Wagner(1872-1942)
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Director
Rob Wagner moved to Santa Barbara from Detroit in 1906. He settled in
Los Angeles about 1909. His first scenario for a film, "The Artist's
Sons," was produced by Selig Studios in 1911. Between 1915 and 1918 he
wrote a series of articles on the film industry for the Saturday
Evening Post. Wagner was Charlie Chaplin's publicity man and confidant
for many years. He was a director of Will Rogers film shorts. He was
founder, editor and publisher of Rob Wagner's Script, a literary
magazine for the film community. The magazine was published from 1929
to 1949.
