Robert Hopkins

Robert E. Hopkins was a screenwriter. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story for the 1936 film San Francisco. Hopkins was born in Ottawa, Kansas, and died in Hollywood, California, aged 80. According to the book, "The Genius of the System," Hopkins was known for "zingers" and other one liners. Lacking talent in plot construction, he would "literally prowl the lot and supply bits of dialogue as needed.