Pierre Collings

Collings started in the motion picture industry at 17 as a messenger boy and worked as a cameraman before becoming known for his writing.

[3] He was arrested for drunk driving in August 1935, a few months before starting work on The Story of Louis Pasteur.

Then, while working on the screenplay, his mother died unexpectedly, and upon its completion he suffered a nervous breakdown.

Unable to secure much work after Louis Pasteur, Collings started drinking heavily and eventually fell into poverty.

The Los Angeles Times attributed his death to "heartache and despair" due to lack of work.