Robert Buckner

Robert Buckner (May 28, 1906 – August, 1989) was an American film screenwriter, producer and short story writer. 2Biography Buckner studied at the University of Virginia and the University of Edinburgh. He began his professional writing career at age 20, as London correspondent for the New York World. He wrote a play An Affair of the State.Among his short stories were The Man Who Won the Great War. 3Screenwriter Bucker joined Warner Bros as a writer. His first credit was Gold Is Where You Find It (1938). He did some uncredited work on Jezebel (1938) and wrote Love, Honor and Behave (1938), Comet Over Broadway (1939), The Oklahoma Kid (1939), and You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939). Bucker had a big hit with Dodge City (1939) starring Errol Flynn, based on his original screenplay. He was credited on Angels Wash Their Faces (1939), and Espionage Agent (1939) was based on his story.Bucker wrote a follow up to Dodge City, Virginia City (1940) with Flynn, and worked on the script for My Love Came Back (1940). Bucker received acclaim for a biopic, Knute Rockne All American (1940