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William Marien Conselman (July 10, 1896 – May 25, 1940) was an American screenwriter who also wrote newspaper comic strips under his Bill Conselman byline and sometimes under the pseudonym Frank Smiley.
William M. Conselman. Writer: The Mad Game. William Marien Conselman was at the time of his death one of Hollywood's best-paid writers. Like many others, he came from the ranks of newspaper writers, having worked on papers in both Los Angeles and New York.
- Writer, Additional Crew, Producer
- July 10, 1896
- William M. Conselman
- May 25, 1940
William Conselman, screen writer and comics artist, (Los Angeles?), 1927-1929 — Calisphere. UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library. Connell (Will) Papers.
American screenwriter William Conselman came up from the newspaper comic-strip mills. In 1925, Conselman and artist Charles Plumb created the popular funny-pages attraction Ella Cinders. The following year, Conselman came to Hollywood to help write the screen version of his comic-strip creation.
1932 Business and Pleasure (adaptation - as William Conselman) / (dialogue - as William Conselman) 1932 Stepping Sisters. 1931 Heartbreak (titles) 1931 Young Sinners.
Lone Star Ranger. Lone Star Ranger is a 1942 American Western film directed by James Tinling and written by William Conselman Jr., Irving Cummings Jr. and George Kane. The film stars John Kimbrough, Sheila Ryan, Jonathan Hale, William Farnum, Truman Bradley and George E. Stone. The film was released on March 20, 1942, by 20th Century-Fox.
William M. Conselman is known as an Writer, Screenplay, Story, Adaptation, Additional Writing, Co-Writer, Treatment, and Comic Book. Some of his work includes The Little Colonel, Bright Eyes, Stowaway, Ella Cinders, Pigskin Parade, Whoopee!, George White's Scandals, and A Connecticut Yankee.
