John W. Krafft

John W. Krafft was born on Jul 13, 1888 in USA. John W. Krafft's big-screen debut came with The Crackerjack directed by Charles Hines in 1925. John W. Krafft is known for Annapolis directed by Christy Cabanne, Johnny Mack Brown stars as Bill and Hugh Allan as Herbert. The upcoming new movie John W. Krafft plays is Tell It to a Star which will be released on Aug 16, 1945.

John W. Krafft was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was the son of Ernest L. and Mary E. Krafft. He graduated from Indianapolis' Manual Training H.S. in 1907, and wrote and produced the senior play for the school. He went to work for the Indianapolis News as an editorial writer and did stage and movie reviews. Universal Pictures sent him a telegram inviting him to join their writing staff, and for a year he was a title and advertising writer. Fox then hired him and he did similar work there for five years. He contributed to such magazines as Puck, Life, Film Fun and Judge. His proficiency in smoothing out unfinished or otherwise problematic scripts earned him a reputation as a "script doctor", and in 1928 he signed a contract with producer/director