Owen Crump

Owen Edward Crump (December 30, 1903 – February 13, 1998) was an American screenwriter, film director, film producer, radio personality, and stage actor. He worked alongside Warner Bros. Studios and made propaganda films for the United States Army Air Forces. He helped form the United States Army Air Forces's First Motion Picture Unit in 1942, where he served as a commander. His father was Arkansas politician and judge William Jackson Crump. His mother was Dora Owen, and his maternal uncle was Thomas Horner Owen. In 1936, he obtained copyrights for installments in the Death's Diary series.

He worked as a screenwriter for Jack Warner at Warner Bros. Studios. He made a series of "pro-American" propaganda short films for the U.S. government. After World War II, Warner chose him to helm the production of a series of four films.

Crump was a writer for the 1950 stage show, Southern Exposure on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre. He worked on The Bell System Science Series films in the 1950s and 1960s.

In 1952, Crump was nominated for an Academy Award in "Best Documentary, Short Subjects" for his work as producer on the, One Who Came Back (1951).

Crump was interviewed by Douglas Bell from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which was recorded in 1991, 1992, and 1994.

Personal life He married Jean Foster in 1930, and they lived in Shreveport, Louisiana. Crump was engaged to Isabel Jewell in 1936,

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