One Who Came Back (1951)

Writer, producer and director of short and, later, feature films who entered American film -- after some uncredited crew work in 1934 and 1937 -- as the writer of the Warner Bros. short Western musical, THE ROYAL RODEO (1939). Other short scripts followed: 6 of the them in 1940 (ALEX IN WONDERLAND, THE LADY AND THE LUG, etc.), 3 in 1941 (including the Oscar-nominated THE TANKS ARE COMING), and 3 more in 1942. After World War II, Crump began producing features at Warner Bros.: Raoul Walsh's SILVER RIVER (1948) with Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan, and Don Siegel's NIGHT UNTO NIGHT (1949) with Ronald Reagan and Viveca Lindfors. In 1951, he returned to the documentary and short form with the Oscar-nominated short ONE WHO CAME BACK, Errol Flynn's CRUISE OF THE ZACA (1952), CEASE FIRE! (1953), the W. German production THE RIVER CHANGES (also director), THE AMAZON TRADER and CHASING THE SUN (all 1956) and DEEP ADVENTURE (1957). In 1962, Crump wrote, produced and directed THE COUCH at Warners. This began a string of more successful films: He exec. produced Blake Edwards' WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR, DADDY? (1966) for Mirisch-UA; he produced Edward's GUNN and William A. Graham's WATERHOLE #3 at Paramount (both 1967); and he worked with Edwards again at Paramount with DARLING LILI (1970). His last project was producing the World War I adventure drama ZEPPELIN, with Michael York and Elke Sommer, in the UK. At one time, Crump was married to actress Isabel Jewell. Around 1942, he married Lucile Fairbanks, who was the niece of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford.  Nominated for Documentary (Short Subjects) 1951: ONE WHO CAME BACK - Producer (Disabled American Veterans) 1 nomination