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Nebraska Authors

Don Weldon

AKA: Weldon D. Melick

Born ≈ 1908 Lincoln, NE (USA)

"Don Weldon" wrote for Prairie Schooner as Weldon D. Melick. He went directly to Hollywood after his studies at the University of Nebraska, and got his start writing (as "Don Weldon") articles and celebrity portraits for Popular Science magazine, including interviews of famous Hollywood figures that made him well-known in the movie community. He then enjoyed great success as a contract writer, with some fifty movie credits and membership in the Writers' Guild of America.

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Places Lived

Lincoln, NE
Los Angeles, CA
New York, NY

Author Of

  • Fiction
  • Journalism
  • Nonfiction
  • Play/Screenplay

Keywords

Screenwriters; Feature Films

Education

Graduate, Lincoln High School, Lincoln, NE
Bachelor's Degree, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

Occupation

Journalist
Screen Writer
Ghost Writer

Places Worked

Hollywood, CA

Associations

Radio Writers Guild
Writers Guild of America

Bibliography

Screenplays:
Escape to Paradise. 1939.

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