Ed Earl Repp (May 22, 1901 – February 14, 1979) was an American writer, including screenwriter and novelist. His stories appeared in several of the early

pulp magazines Pulp magazines (also referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 until around 1955. The term "pulp" derives from the wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed, due to their cheap nature. ...

including '' Air Wonder Stories'', ''

Science Wonder Stories ''Wonder Stories'' was an early American science fiction magazine which was published under several titles from 1929 to 1955. It was founded by Hugo Gernsback in 1929 after he had lost control of his first science fiction magazine, ''Amazing Sto ...

'' and ''

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''. After

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, he began working as a screenwriter for several western movies.

Works

* ''Beyond Gravity'' (August 1929) * '' The Radium Pool'' (1949) * '' The Stellar Missiles'' (1949) * '' Science-Fantasy Quintette'' (1953)

Selected filmography

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The Man from Hell ''The Man from Hell'' is a 1934 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Reb Russell, Fred Kohler and George 'Gabby' Hayes. Plot Cast *Lafayette Russell, Reb Russell as Clint Mason *Fred Kohler as Mayor ...

'' (1934) * '' The Old Wyoming Trail'' (1937) * ''

Outlaws of the Prairie ''Outlaws of the Prairie'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson, starring Charles Starrett, Donald Grayson, and Iris Meredith. Plot Cast * Charles Starrett as Dart Collins * Donald Grayson as Slim Grayson * Iris Meredith as ...

'' (1937) * '' West of Cheyenne'' (1938) * '' Call of the Rockies'' (1938) * '' Saddles and Sagebrush'' (1943) * '' The Vigilantes Ride'' (1943) * '' Trigger Trail'' (1944) * '' Terror Trail'' (1946) * '' Gunning for Vengeance'' (1946) * '' Galloping Thunder'' (1946) * '' The Lone Hand Texan'' (1947) * '' Guns of Hate'' (1948) * ''

Challenge of the Range ''Challenge of the Range'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and written by Ed Earl Repp. The film stars Charles Starrett, Paula Raymond, Billy Halop, Steve Darrell, Henry Hall, Robert Filmer and Smiley Burnette. The fi ...

'' (1949) * ''

The Pecos Pistol ''The Pecos Pistol'' is a short 1949 American Western film directed by Will Cowan and starring Tex Williams, Smokey Rogers, and Barbara Payton. This is a black-and-white film, a partial remake of 1941's '' Rawhide Rangers'' by Ray Taylor. Plo ...

'' (1949)

References

*Air Wonder Stories (August, 1929). Stellar Publishing Corporation. Illois. p. 114 * * *

External links

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