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Sep 15, 2021 · Script contributor Dr. Rosanne Welch puts a rightful spotlight on screenwriter Bess Meredyth, Hollywood's forgotten silent era trailblazer and co-founder of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Bess Meredyth was one of the solid core of first-class screenwriters, the majority of whom were women, who began their careers in the silent era and continued to enjoy success on into the coming of sound.
Bess Meredyth (12 Februari 1890 - 13 Julai 1969) merupakan penulis skrip dan pelakon filem senyap. Beliau yang juga merupakan isteri kepada pengarah Michael Curtiz, telah menulis The Affairs of Cellini (1934) dan adaptasi The Unsuspected (1947).
Jul 28, 2023 · Though one of Silent Hollywood’s most prolific and respected screenwriters when Bess Meredyth’s own son John Meredyth Lucas wrote a memoir of his own screenwriting career, he never thought to interview his mother about her work as both a writer and producer in early Hollywood.
February 12, 1890 - July 13, 1969. Worked as: adapter, co-director, co-screenwriter, comedienne, continuity, extra, film actress, film cutter, musical comedy actress, novelist, scenario writer, source author, title writer. Worked In: Australia, United States. by Victoria Sturtevant.
Jul 1, 2015 · She was witty, fresh, and brainy; she sharpened the craft of subtitling, just as June Mathis, Bess Meredyth, and the gifted Frances Marion, in their different ways, advanced the form. From 1912-1915, Loos churned out over a hundred scripts for two-reelers.
Meredyth began her writing career for film with such titles as the historical feature "Ben Hur, A Tale of the Christ" (1925) with Ramon Novarro, "Don Juan" (1926) with John Barrymore and the John Barrymore adventure "The Sea Beast" (1926).
