Douglas Bronston
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Occupation(s) | screenwriter and writer |
Douglas Bronston (1887 – 1951) was an American screenwriter and writer.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Born in 1887 in Richmond, Kentucky, Bronston worked at newspapers before joining the Balboa Amusement Producing Company's scenario department as one of several newspaper men recruited into the film industry.[3] He wrote the stories for various films and film serials as well as screenplays based on stories written by others.
He died in 1951 in Santa Monica, California.
Filmography
[edit]- Neal of the Navy (1915)
- The Grip of Evil (1916), a serial
- Scratched (1916)
- The Inspirations of Harry Larrabee (1917)[4] based on the short story "The Inspirations of Harry Larrabee" by Howard Fielding (a pseudonym of Charles Witherle Hooke)[5]
- Thieves (1919)
- An Amateur Devil (1920)
- She Couldn't Help It (1920), with Channing Pollock
- The Outside Woman (1921)
- The House That Jazz Built (1921)[6]
- The Oregon Trail (1923), a serial, one of the writers
- An Enemy of Men (1925)
- Shameful Behavior? (1926)
- Redheads Preferred (1926)
- When the Wife's Away (1926)
- The Thrill Hunter (1926)
- Snowbound (1927)
- Husband Hunters (1927)
References
[edit]- ^ page 255 Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual (1916)
- ^ Walker, Brent E. (April 25, 2013). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland. ISBN 9780786477111 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, Advertisers, Advertising Agents and Allied Interests". Fourth Estate Publishing Company. December 10, 1917 – via Google Books.
- ^ Wlaschin, Ken (April 28, 2009). Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9780786443505 – via Google Books.
- ^ TCM
- ^ "The Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures". Film and Television Daily. December 10, 1921 – via Google Books.
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