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Richard Schayer (December 13, 1880 – March 13, 1956) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for more than 100 films between 1916 and 1956. He was born in Washington, D.C., son of Col. George Frederick Schayer and writer Julia Schayer, and died in Hollywood, California.
Richard Schayer. Writer: Frankenstein. Richard Schayer was an American screenwriter from Washington, D.C., active from 1916 to his death in 1956. He wrote or co-wrote the scripts for nearly a 100 films, and he was a prolific writer of Westerns.
- Richard Schayer
- March 15, 1956
- December 13, 1880
Schayer worked on over 100 films between 1916 and 1956 as screenwriter and dialogue editor. He is associated with a wide range of actors from this period, including Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Hoot Gibson, William Haines, Sessue Hayakawa, William Holden, Tab
Richard Schayer is known as an Writer, Screenplay, Scenario Writer, Story, Adaptation, Continuity, Teleplay, Associate Producer, Script Editor, Dialogue, Screenstory, Other, and treatment. Some of his work includes Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Cameraman, Waterloo Bridge, Kim, Arizona Raiders, Black Magic, and Tell It to the Marines.
In mid-1932, Universal writers John Huston and studio scenario editor Richard Schayer attempted new treatments for the film. By July 18, there was still no officially approved script and Universal loaned Karloff to MGM to shoot The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932).
Aug 30, 2022 · Richard Schayer was primarily a "Scenario Director", editing out unnecessary words and sentences from a screenplay, as he did for 1931's "Frankenstein". As a story writer, Schayer had just created the story for the sports drama, 1932's, "The All-American", starring Richard Arlen.
Richard Schayer's scenario editor credit was a standard one that he received as head of the Universal story department; in this capacity he made suggestions or arbitrated disputes but was not a collaborator.
