Fred Myton (November 15, 1885 – June 6, 1955) was an American

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. He wrote 168 films between 1916 and 1952, mostly low-budget "B" pictures for Poverty Row studios and independent producers. He wrote many films for

Producers Releasing Corporation Producers Releasing Corporation (generally known as PRC) was the smallest and least prestigious of the 11 Hollywood film companies of the 1940s. It was considered a prime example of what was called " Poverty Row": a low-rent stretch of Gower St ...

Partial filmography

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Barriers of Society ''Barriers of Society'' is a 1916 American silent film, silent Romance film, romantic Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Lloyd B. Carleton. Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Universal based the film on the story written by C ...

'' (1916) *'' The Social Buccaneer'' (1916) *'' Triumph'' (1917) *'' Come Through'' (1917) *'' The Empty Gun'' (1917) * '' Fighting Mad'' (1917) * '' Love Aflame'' (1917) * '' Fear Not'' (1917) * ''

The Lash of Power ''The Lash of Power'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harry Solter and starring Kenneth Harlan, Carmel Myers and Helen Wright.Shull p.218 Cast * Kenneth Harlan as John Rand * Carmel Myers as Marion Sherwood * Helen Wright a ...

'' (1917) * '' The Spotted Lily'' (1917) * '' Follow the Girl'' (1917) * ''

The Terror The Reign of Terror (French: ''La Terreur'', literally "The Terror") was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to ...

'' (1917) * '' The Devil's Pay Day'' (1917) * '' Heart Strings'' (1917) * '' Fighting for Love'' (1917) * '' Mr. Dolan of New York'' (1917) * '' Princess Virtue'' (1917) *'' The Charmer'' (1917) *'' All Night'' (1918) *'' Maid o' the Storm'' (1918) * '' Shackled'' (1918) *'' The Prince and Betty'' (1919) *'' Fighting Cressy'' (1919) * '' Desert Gold'' (1919) * '' The Gray Wolf's Ghost'' (1919) *'' The Deadlier Sex'' (1920) *'' Dice of Destiny'' (1920) *'' Felix O'Day'' (1920) *'' The Land of Hope'' (1921) *'' A Game Chicken'' (1922) *'' South of Suva'' (1922) *''

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'' (1923) *'' The Brass Bottle'' (1923) *'' Torment'' (1924) *'' The Heart Bandit'' (1924) *'' Midnight Molly'' (1925) *'' Forbidden Cargo'' (1925) *'' Lady Robinhood'' (1925) *'' Smooth as Satin'' (1925) * ''

Flaming Waters ''Flaming Waters'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by F. Harmon Weight and starring Malcolm McGregor, Pauline Garon, and Mary Carr. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Danny O'Neil moves to Oil City with his mother, se ...

'' (1925) *'' Alias Mary Flynn'' (1925) *'' Three of a Kind'' (1925) *'' Broadway Lady'' (1925) *'' Parisian Nights'' (1925) *'' The Isle of Retribution'' (1926) *'' Queen o'Diamonds'' (1926) *'' The Mysterious Rider'' (1927) *'' The Wreck of the Singapore'' (1928) *'' The Air Legion'' (1929) *'' The Voice of the Storm'' (1929) * '' Smoke Bellew'' (1929) *'' The Great Divide'' (1929) *'' The Gambling Terror'' (1937) *'' Harlem on the Prairie'' (1937) * ''

Two Gun Justice ''Two Gun Justice'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by Alan James from a screenplay by Fred Myton. The film stars Tim McCoy and Betty Compson. Plot Cast *Tim McCoy as Tim Carson *Betty Compson as Kate * Joan Barclay as Nancy Brown ...

'' (1938) *'' Hitler, Beast of Berlin'' (1939) *'' Prairie Schooners'' (1940) *'' The Pinto Kid'' (1941) *'' White Eagle'' (1941) *'' Gentleman from Dixie'' (1941) *'' The Lone Prairie'' (1942) *''

The Mad Monster ''The Mad Monster'' is a 1942 American black and white horror film, produced and distributed by "Poverty Row" studio Producers Releasing Corporation. The film stars George Zucco, Glenn Strange, Johnny Downs, and Anne Nagel. The film's storyline ...

'' (1942) *'' Dead Men Walk'' (1943) *'' Black Hills Express'' (1943) *'' Thundering Gun Slingers'' (1944) *''

Apology for Murder ''Apology for Murder'' is a 1945 American film noir directed by Sam Newfield and starring Ann Savage, Hugh Beaumont, Russell Hicks and Charles D. Brown. The plot of ''Apology for Murder'' is a blatant rip-off of the seminal film noir ''Doub ...

'' (1945) *'' Lady Chaser'' (1946) *'' Murder Is My Business'' (1946) *'' Too Many Winners'' (1947) *'' Western Pacific Agent'' (1950) *'' The Gunman'' (1952)

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* 1885 births 1955 deaths American male screenwriters People from Garden City, Kansas Screenwriters from Kansas 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screen-writer-1880s-stub