Carl Krusada

Carl Krusada
Born	August 15, 1879 Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	January 25, 1951 (aged 71) Los Angeles, California, United States
Other names	Val Cleveland
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1919–1940 (film)

Carl Krusada (1879–1951) was an Austrian-born American screenwriter. He began his career in the silent era, sometimes using the name Val Cleveland. During the 1930s he worked prolifically writing screenplays for B Westerns produced by a variety of Poverty Row companies.

Selected filmography

• The Scoffer (1920)
• White Eagle (1922)
• The Timber Queen (1922)
• Solomon in Society (1922)
• The Truth About Wives (1923)
• Winning a Woman (1925)
• Ridin' Thunder (1925)
• Lorraine of the Lions (1925)
• King of the Saddle (1926)
• The Valley of Bravery (1926)
• The Trail of the Tiger (1927)
• The Arizona Whirlwind (1927)
• The Golden Stallion (1927)
• Heroes of the Wild (1927)
• Three Miles Up (1927)
• Won in the Clouds (1928)
• The Price of Fear (1928)
• The Vanishing Rider (1928)
• How to Handle Women (1928)
• Beauty and Bullets (1928)
• The Gate Crasher (1928)
• The Crimson Canyon (1928)
• Thunder Riders (1928)
• The Sky Skidder (1929)
• The Phantom of the North (1929)
• Grit Wins (1929)
• Eyes of the Underworld (1929)
• Wolves of the City (1929)
• The Smiling Terror (1929)
• Born to the Saddle (1929)
• Beyond the Rio Grande (1930)
• The Phantom of the Desert (1930)
• Slim Fingers (1929)
• Firebrand Jordan (1930)
• Westward Bound (1930)
• Lariats and Six-Shooters (1931)
• 45 Calibre Echo (1932)
• Dance Hall Hostess (1933)
• Ridin' Thru (1934)
• Mystery Ranch (1934)
• Terror of the Plains (1934)
• Fighting Hero (1934)
• Unconquered Bandit (1935)
• The Cactus Kid (1935)
• Silent Valley (1935)
• Texas Jack (1935)
• The Silver Bullet (1935)
• The Laramie Kid (1935)
• North of Arizona (1935)
• Wolf Riders (1935)
• The Live Wire (1935)
• The Phantom Cowboy (1935)
• Loser's End (1935)
• Born to Battle (1935)
• Coyote Trails (1935)
• Skull and Crown (1935)
• Rio Rattler (1935)
• Fast Bullets (1936)
• Santa Fe Bound (1936)
• Fangs of the Wild (1939)
• Law of the Wolf (1939)
• El Diablo Rides (1939)
• Feud of the Range (1939)
• Riders of the Sage (1939)
• The Pal from Texas (1939)
• Pinto Canyon (1940)
• Wild Horse Valley (1940)
• Wild Horse Range (1940)
• Land of the Six Guns (1940)
• The Kid from Santa Fe (1940)
• Riders from Nowhere (1940)
• Broken Strings (1940)

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
• Zmuda, Michael. The Five Sedgwicks: Pioneer Entertainers of Vaudeville, Film and Television. McFarland, 2015.

External links

• Carl Krusada at IMDb