Robert Carson (October 6, 1909 - January 19, 1983) was an American film and television screenwriter, novelist, and short story writer, who won an Academy Award in 1938 for his screenplay of A Star Is Born. He was married to Mary Jane Irving, a former child actress.
Born in Clayton, Washington and died in Los Angeles, California at age 73 in 1983.
A Star Is Born, 1937. Academy Award for best writing, original story, shared with William A. Wellman. Nominated for best writing, screenplay, shared with Alan Campbell and Dorothy Parker.
"Aloha Means Goodbye", a short story about a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in June 1941, six months before the actual attack occurred. The story was the basis for the film Across the Pacific (1942).
Stranger in Our Midst (1947). G.P. Putnam. Reprinted 1953, Popular Library.
The Magic Lantern (1952), a fictionalized account of Hollywood. Henry Holt
The Quality of Mercy (1954). Henry Holt.
Love Affair (1958). Henry Holt. reprinted 1959, Popular Library.
My Hero (1961) McGraw Hill. Reprinted 1962, Crest Books
An End to Comedy (1963) Bobbs-Merrill
The Outsiders (1966), Little, Brown. Reprinted 1970, Coronet
Jellybean (1974), a civil war period western. Little, Brown ISBN 0-316-13026-5