Writing

Owen Crump

Born 1903-12-30 · Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA

Owen Crump was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer known for his work in propaganda films during World War II. Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, he worked alongside Warner Bros. Studios and made propaganda films for the United States Army Air Forces. In 1942, he helped form the United States Army Air Forces's First Motion Picture Unit, where he served as a commander. Crump's contributions to the film industry included both military and civilian projects, showcasing his versatility and dedication to filmmaking.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Silver River poster
6.2

Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be used again, ruthlessly works his way up to becoming one of the most powerful silver magnates in the west. His empire begins to fall apart as the other mining combines rise against him and his stubbornness loses him the support of his wife and old friends.

Silver River

1948

Gunn poster
5.6

The madam of a floating bordello hires private eye Peter Gunn to prove a gangster killed a crime boss.

Gunn

1967

Winter Paradise poster
9.0

Winter Paradise is a 1953 English language documentary directed by John Jay, starring Art Gilmore. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Winter Paradise

1953

Night Unto Night poster
5.4

A bleak mansion sits ominously on a cliff above the sea somewhere on Florida's east coast. In its shadows, two people meet: a scientist haunted by incurable illness and a beautiful woman haunted by the voice of her dead husband.

Night Unto Night

1949

Zeppelin poster
6.2

The outbreak of World War I places Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in an uncomfortable position. Although his allegiance is to Britain, his mother was from an aristocratic Bavarian family, and he spent his summers in Germany as a child. When Geoffrey is approached by a German spy who offers him a chance to defect, he reports the incident to his superiors, but instead of arresting the spy they suggest that he accept her offer--and become an Allied agent. In Germany, among old friends, Geoffrey discovers that loyalty is more complicated than he expected, especially when he finds himself aboard the maiden voyage of a powerful new prototype Zeppelin, headed for Scotland on a secret mission that could decide the outcome of the war.

Zeppelin

1971

Winning Your Wings poster
6.0

Winning Your Wings is a 1942 short American World War II recruitment film produced by Warner Bros. Studios for the US Army Air Forces, starring Jimmy Stewart. It was aimed at young men who were thinking about joining the Air Force.

Winning Your Wings

1942

Winning Your Wings poster
6.0

Winning Your Wings is a 1942 short American World War II recruitment film produced by Warner Bros. Studios for the US Army Air Forces, starring Jimmy Stewart. It was aimed at young men who were thinking about joining the Air Force.

Winning Your Wings

1942

Service with the Colors poster
5.4

Service with the Colors is a 1940 American short drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason. This drama is "dedicated to the soldiers of the United States Army." Men with diverse backgrounds enlist in the army and are all assigned to the same post. Some adapt easily to army life, while others have trouble making the adjustment. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 13th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).

Service with the Colors

1940

Alice in Movieland poster
6.4

Alice wins a free trip to Hollywood and dreams about her arrival.

Alice in Movieland

1940

The Couch poster
6.3

A psychopath calls the police before he kills, in between sessions with his father-figure analyst.

The Couch

1962

The Couch poster
6.3

A psychopath calls the police before he kills, in between sessions with his father-figure analyst.

The Couch

1962

Alex in Wonderland poster
9.0

In this Warner Bros. short film, Alex visits his sister Belinda and her husband Fred. It looks like Alex is going to be around for a while, much to Fred's displeasure. Alex in is New York to look for a job and he sees an ad for a champagne salesman. He decides to crash a swank party given by railroad tycoon J.D. Swinnerton and his wife. Alex has his own zany way of getting an introduction to the man. Mayhem ensues when several of the guests come as Robin Hood and one of them is a jewel thief.

Alex in Wonderland

1940

Cruise of the Zaca poster
6.0

Actor Errol Flynn takes a group of scientists from the California Institute of Oceanography on an expedition to the South Seas aboard his schooner, The Zaca.

Cruise of the Zaca

1952

Men of the Sky poster
5.8

A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S. Army Air Force pilots receiving their wings from Lt. General H.H. Arnold. An off-screen narrator introduces four of them to us; we see them before the war, during flight training, and in their first assignments as pilots.

Men of the Sky

1942

The Amazon Trader poster
10.0

An adventurer narrates four stories set in the South American jungle, including that of an escapee from Devil's Island who attempts to take advantage of a native tribe.

The Amazon Trader

1956

Wings of Steel poster
NR

A football hero joins the Army Air Corps.

Wings of Steel

1941

The Pink Panther in 'Pink at First Sight' poster
8.8

It is Valentine's Day and the hip feline has no love and no money except for seven cents. He goes to a messenger service for a job but messes his rehearsal up. He then buys a cassette player and pre-recorded cassettes with the seven cents he had left and goes back to the messenger service miming to "Vesti la giubba", an aria from Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci, and gets hired as a messenger on Valentine's Day

The Pink Panther in 'Pink at First Sight'

1981

Soldiers in White poster
6.0

A young intern is drafted and placed in the Army Medical Corps as a buck private and is none too happy about it. Injured, he is placed in the hospital where a Major comes by and explains how army doctors make important advances in medical science. The private is inspired and promises to make a good soldier. He is even more inspired when a nurse becomes his superior officer.

Soldiers in White

1942

The Seeing Eye poster
9.0

An updated Technicolor followup to a black & white Broadway Brevity (1941) tour of the Morristown, New Jersey seeing eye dog training program. Much of the narration comes from the canine's point of view. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

The Seeing Eye

1951

The River Changes poster
8.0

A European village lies close to a river, which is a boundary between two countries. A severe storm changes the course of the river, and the village is now in the boundary of the neighboring totalitarian country.

The River Changes

1956

The River Changes poster
8.0

A European village lies close to a river, which is a boundary between two countries. A severe storm changes the course of the river, and the village is now in the boundary of the neighboring totalitarian country.

The River Changes

1956

The Tanks Are Coming poster
5.7

Educational short about the status of battle tanks and tank training in the U.S. Army in pre-War 1941, featuring a comical Army trainee from the Bronx.

The Tanks Are Coming

1941

March On, America! poster
5.5

The story of America from the Pilgrims in 1620 to the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Americans always working for freedom.

March On, America!

1942

Meet the Fleet poster
6.4

The story of three recruits undergoing Navy bootcamp training.

Meet the Fleet

1940