question:  I Stole a Million is a 1939 film written by an American author, screenwriter and what?
answer: satirist
context: Title: Joel Sayre
  Passage: Joel Sayre (December 13, 1900 – September 9, 1979) was an American novelist, war reporter, and screenwriter born in Marion, Indiana.  He was the chief screenwriter for the 1939 film Gunga Din.  He died on the September 9, 1979 of heart failure.
  Title: I Stole a Million
  Passage: I Stole a Million is a 1939 film noir crime film starring George Raft as a cab driver turned small-time crook who makes a big score and lives to regret it.  The supporting cast includes Claire Trevor, Dick Foran, and Victor Jory.  The movie was written by Nathanael West based on a story idea by Lester Cole, which in turn was based on the life story of bank robber Roy Gardner.  It was directed by Frank Tuttle, and released by Universal Pictures.
  Title: Nathanael West
  Passage: Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein; October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940) was an American author, screenwriter and satirist.
  Title: Noel Langley
  Passage: Noel Langley (25 December 1911 – 4 November 1980) was a South African (later naturalised American) novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director.  He wrote the screenplay which formed the basis for the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" and is one of the three credited screenwriters for the film.  His finished script for the film was revised by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf, the other credited screenwriters.  Langley objected to their changes and lamented the final cut upon first seeing it, but later revised his opinion.  He attempted to write a sequel based on "The Marvelous Land of Oz" using many of the concepts he had added to its predecessor, but this was never realised.
  Title: Florence Ryerson
  Passage: Florence Ryerson (September 20, 1892 – June 8, 1965) was a playwright, screenwriter, and co-author of the script for the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz".
  Title: Milton Lazarus
  Passage: Milton Lazarus (born in 1898 or 1899 - died March 1, 1955) was an American playwright and screenwriter.  He began his career as a Press Agent before pursuing a career as a writer.  He wrote the book for the Broadway musicals "Shoot the Works" (1931), "New Faces of 1936" (1936), and "Song of Norway" (1944).  Several of his stage plays were also mounted on Broadway, including "Whatever Goes Up" (1935), "I Want a Policeman" (1936), "Every Man for Himself" (1940), and "The Sun Field" (1942).  His play "Sudden Money" was adapted into a 1939 film.  He wrote the screenplays to the films "When the Lights Go On Again" (1944) and "Paris Follies of 1956" (1955).  He died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 56.
  Title: Fan Vavřincová
  Passage: Fan Vavřincová (November 17, 1917 – December 16, 2012) was a Czech screenwriter, novelist, and author.  Her credits as a screenwriter include the early 1970s television series, "Taková normální rodinka".  In addition to screenwriting, Vavřincová authored novels, often written specifically for girls, as well as short stories, detective stories, thrillers, and mysteries.  Among her most well-known novels is "Eva tropí hlouposti" (1934), which was adapted into the 1939 film by the same name (directed by Martin Frič).
citations: I Stole a Million Nathanael West