Title: The Ape (1940 film)
Content:  The film was to be one of Monogram's "top bracket productions" for the 1940–41 year. Curt Siodmak was hired to write the script on 9 July 1940. Siodmark later argued the only element he kept from the play was of a character disguising himself as an ape; the notion of fluid taken from the spine to cure a crippled girl was all Siodmak's.
Title: The Ape (2009 film)
Content:  The Ape (Apan) is a 2009 Swedish drama film directed by Jesper Ganslandt. It is Ganslandt's second feature film, following Falkenberg Farewell from 2006. Inspired by British director Mike Leigh, the film uses an unconventional method where the lead actor, Olle Sarri, wasn't allowed to read the script. Instead he was led to locations and instructed before the filming of each scene, unaware of the full plot until filming was completed. The title comes from an anecdote composer Erik Enocksson once told the director, where he while travelling on a packed bus suddenly got the feeling that all people around him were apes.
Title: The Ape (2005 film)
Content:  The Ape is a 2005 American comedy film directed by James Franco in his directorial debut. Franco also starred in, wrote, and served as executive producer of the film.
Title: Ape (2012 film)
Content:  Ape is a 2012 American independent black comedy film written and directed by Joel Potrykus, starring Joshua Burge as Trevor Newandyke. The film was a precursor to Potrykus's later film, Buzzard, which also starred Burge.
Title: Ape (2012 film)
Content: Joshua Burge as Trevor Newandyke 
Title: The Ape (1940 film)
Content:  The film was based on a play by Adam Hull Shirk. It made its debut in 1924 by the Paul Gershon drama school in Hollywood. The Los Angeles Times praised a 1926 production saying "it has thrills galore and rather more of a plot than average." Critics claimed it was in the same genre as the plays The Cat and the Canary and The Bat, noting its similarities to The Gorilla and Rudyard Kipling's short story The Mark of the Beast. The play had a prologue set in India, where an Englishman has killed a sacred ape and a Hindu priest puts a curse on him. Thirty years later, the Englishman has become a nervous wreck and sent to Los Angeles to be looked after by his family. Film rights were bought by Monogram Pictures who filmed the play as The House of Mystery (1934).
Title: The Ape (2005 film)
Content: James Franco as Harry Walker ; Brian Lally as The Ape ; Allison Bibicoff as Cathy ; Stacey Miller as Beth ; Vince Jolivette as Steve ; Nori Jill Phillips as Judy ; Danny Molina as Raoul ; David Markey as Flies With Eagles 
Title: Planet of the Apes (TV series)
Content: "Episode One" (written by Rod Serling as pilot episode; radically different from what was broadcast). ; "Episode Two" (written by Rod Serling as follow-up to his version of the pilot). ; "Hostage" (written by Stephen Kandel). ; "A Fallen God" (written by Anthony Lawrence). ; "The Trek" (written by Jim Byrnes). ; "Freedom Road" (written by Arthur Rowe). ; "The Mine" (written by Paul Savage). ; "The Trial" (written by Edward J. Lakso).  The scripts for "Episode One", "Episode Two", "Hostage" and "A Fallen God" are available online at Hunter's Planet of the Apes Archive. Details regarding "The Trek," "Freedom Road," "The Mine," and "The Trial" were provided in issue 12 of Simian Scrolls (a Planet of the Apes-based magazine), reprinted from the television series writer's bible.
Title: The Ape (2009 film)
Content: Olle Sarri as Krister ; Françoise Joyce as the mother ; Sean Pietrulewicz as the son ; Niclas Gillis as Jonas ; Samuel Haus as Jonas' friend ; Eva Rexed as driving school student ; Lennart Andersson as the neighbour ; Lena Carlsson as the wife ; Thore Flygel as salesman ; Anders Johannisson as man in the square ; Sonny Johnson as Police 
Title: The Ape (1940 film)
Content:  The Ape is a 1940 American horror film directed and produced by William Nigh, co-written by Curt Siodmak, and starring Boris Karloff. Produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures, it was the last film in Karloff's six-picture contract with Monogram.

Question: Who was the screenwriter for The Ape?
Answer: Curt Siodmak.