Biography
Charles A. "Cap" Palmer was an American screenwriter and producer of business-sponsored documentary films. He joined Walt Disney Pictures in 1943 and over the next five years was a major contributor to the early story development of ALICE IN WONDERLAND and LADY AND THE TRAMP (ultimately released in 1951 and 1955, respectively). In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Palmer wrote for Louis deRochemont, Jesse L. Lasky, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Palmer collaborated with Dore Schary on the book "Case History of a Movie," about the production of the film THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR... (1950). Palmer formed Parthenon Pictures, a major producer of business-sponsored documentary films, in 1954.
