Joel Sayre

Joel Grover Sayre, Jr (December 13, 1900 – September 9, 1979) was an American reporter, screenwriter, and novelist. During Prohibition, he was a crime reporter for the ''New York Herald Tribune''. He later served as a World War II correspondent for ''The New Yorker''. In his time in Hollywood, he was best known as chief script writer for the successful 1939 film ''Gunga Din''. Provided by Wikipedia