DeWitt Bodeen

Emerging from a theatrical background in Fresno, California, Homer DeWitt Bodeen first acted on stage and authored more than twenty plays before a chance encounter with producer Val Lewton led to a research assistant role for Aldous Huxley and a transition into Hollywood. At RKO he progressed to screenwriting, penning such classics as the atmospheric horror Cat People (1942) and its sequel The Cur… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources