Writing

Wells Root

Born — Died

1900-03-21 — 1993-03-09

Place of birth

Buffalo, New York, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

29 titles

Known for

Texas Across the River poster
5.6

The Louisiana wedding of debutante Phoebe Ann Naylor to Don Andrea de Baldasar, El Duce de la Casala is stopped by the Cavalry over a matter of honor. Don Andrea flees across the river to Texas, where he meets up with Sam Hollis and his Indian sidekick, Kronk, who are carrying rifles to the town of Moccasin Flats. Don Andrea rescues an Indian maiden, Lonetta, tames some longhorns, competes with Sam for Phoebe's affections, eludes a Comanche war party and the cavalry and ultimately saves the town and gets his girl.

Texas Across the River

1966

Bird of Paradise poster
5.1

When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of Johnny and Luana. Though Luana is promised to another man, Johnny whisks her away, and for a brief time the lovers live very happily together. But, when a local volcano threatens their lives, Luana knows that she must sacrifice herself to the volcanic gods in order to save her island.

Bird of Paradise

1932

Flight Command poster
5.9

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane and parachute to safety when he arrives at the base but is unable to land due to heavy fog. On his first day on the job, his poor shooting skills results in the Hellcats losing an air combat competition. His fellow pilots accept him anyways but they think he's crossed the line when they erroneously conclude that while their CO Billy Gray is away, Drake has an affair with his wife Lorna. Drake is now an outcast and is prepared to resign from the Navy but his extreme heroism in saving Billy Gray's life turns things around.

Flight Command

1940

Hell Ship Mutiny poster
5.5

A ship's captain in the South Seas battles a villainous pearl trader who uses island natives as slaves for his business.

Hell Ship Mutiny

1957

Night Flight poster
5.6

Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.

Night Flight

1933

Public Hero Number 1 poster
6.3

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.

Public Hero Number 1

1935

Behind the camera

Texas Across the River poster
5.6

The Louisiana wedding of debutante Phoebe Ann Naylor to Don Andrea de Baldasar, El Duce de la Casala is stopped by the Cavalry over a matter of honor. Don Andrea flees across the river to Texas, where he meets up with Sam Hollis and his Indian sidekick, Kronk, who are carrying rifles to the town of Moccasin Flats. Don Andrea rescues an Indian maiden, Lonetta, tames some longhorns, competes with Sam for Phoebe's affections, eludes a Comanche war party and the cavalry and ultimately saves the town and gets his girl.

Texas Across the River

1966

Bird of Paradise poster
5.1

When a young South Seas sailor falls overboard, the beautiful daughter of a Polynesian king dives in and saves his life. Thus begins the romance of Johnny and Luana. Though Luana is promised to another man, Johnny whisks her away, and for a brief time the lovers live very happily together. But, when a local volcano threatens their lives, Luana knows that she must sacrifice herself to the volcanic gods in order to save her island.

Bird of Paradise

1932

Flight Command poster
5.9

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane and parachute to safety when he arrives at the base but is unable to land due to heavy fog. On his first day on the job, his poor shooting skills results in the Hellcats losing an air combat competition. His fellow pilots accept him anyways but they think he's crossed the line when they erroneously conclude that while their CO Billy Gray is away, Drake has an affair with his wife Lorna. Drake is now an outcast and is prepared to resign from the Navy but his extreme heroism in saving Billy Gray's life turns things around.

Flight Command

1940

Hell Ship Mutiny poster
5.5

A ship's captain in the South Seas battles a villainous pearl trader who uses island natives as slaves for his business.

Hell Ship Mutiny

1957

Night Flight poster
5.6

Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.

Night Flight

1933

Public Hero Number 1 poster
6.3

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.

Public Hero Number 1

1935

Man of Conquest poster
5.6

The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.

Man of Conquest

1939

Black Moon poster
5.5

Juanita returns to her childhood home on the fictional Caribbean island of San Christopher, accompanied by her husband Stephen, their daughter Nancy, and Stephen's secretary Gail. Traumatized and influenced by voodoo exposure from her past, Juanita becomes drawn into local rituals and is elevated by the islanders to the status of a voodoo goddess.

Black Moon

1934

The Man from Down Under poster
7.0

An Australian blowhard raises two orphaned children as his own in the years leading up to WWII.

The Man from Down Under

1943

The Storm poster
7.0

Burr and Dave, two close friends who have backed each other up in countless difficulties, are torn apart by the arrival of a woman, Manette, who becomes stranded with them in their cabin during a raging blizzard.

The Storm

1930

I Cover the Waterfront poster
5.1

An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.

I Cover the Waterfront

1933

Tennessee Johnson poster
6.6

Follows the tumultuous presidency of the 19th President of the United States, Andrew Johnson, whose story begins with his boyhood and early life. During the Civil War, Johnson remains a staunch Unionist and, upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President. After Lincoln is assassinated, Johnson becomes the first U.S. President ever to be impeached.

Tennessee Johnson

1942

The Bold Caballero poster
6.0

The Commandant is making life rough for the colonials in Spanish California. While trying to help, Zorro is charged with the murder of the new Governor, but in the end he triumphs over the evil Commandant.

The Bold Caballero

1936

The Bold Caballero poster
6.0

The Commandant is making life rough for the colonials in Spanish California. While trying to help, Zorro is charged with the murder of the new Governor, but in the end he triumphs over the evil Commandant.

The Bold Caballero

1936

Stronghold poster
5.8

In 1850s Mexico, the beautiful owner of a silver mine is kidnapped by a bandit leader, who needs money to finance his revolt against the Emperor Maximilian.

Stronghold

1951

Sworn Enemy poster
5.8

A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.

Sworn Enemy

1936

Paris Interlude poster
4.0

Expatriates and foreign correspondents mix in a Paris bistro...

Paris Interlude

1934

Thunder Afloat poster
6.1

A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.

Thunder Afloat

1939

Tiger Shark poster
6.4

A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.

Tiger Shark

1932

Peacock Alley poster
5.0

Claire Tree spends the night in the hotel room of her friend and confidante, saying goodbye to him before her impending marriage the following day. When she returns to the hotel with her husband the following night, the house detective accuses her of prostitution and throws them out. Now Claire must explain everything to her unsympathetic husband.

Peacock Alley

1930

Sergeant Madden poster
7.5

A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.

Sergeant Madden

1939

Pursuit poster
6.5

"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of California into Mexico. He is accompanied by Maxine Rush, the secretary of the head of a private-detective agency who has been hired to care for the kid until the suit is over. (Overview written by Les Adams )

Pursuit

1935

The Get-Away poster
6.0

A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.

The Get-Away

1941

Mokey poster
6.7

A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.

Mokey

1942

Mokey poster
6.7

A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.

Mokey

1942

The Prodigal poster
4.0

An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his wealthy southern family.

The Prodigal

1931

Shadow of Doubt poster
6.7

When a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the victim's fiancee.

Shadow of Doubt

1935

Furia roja poster
4.0

Mother and daughter return to Mexico to escape the US Civil War... and get caught up in the conflict between the French army and the fighters for independence.

Furia roja

1951

The Bad Man poster
5.9

Lopez is a bandit who has stolen the herd at Gil's ranch, so Hardy is about to foreclose. But Lucia has come back from New York and Gil is happy until he meets her husband, Morgan.

The Bad Man

1941