Adelaide Heilbron
{{short description|American screenwriter}}
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| birth_date = June 25, 1892
| birth_place = Seattle, Washington, United States
| death_date = March 6, 1974
| death_place = Seattle, Washington, United States
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| occupation = Screenwriter
| yearsactive = 1921-1944 (film)
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Adelaide Heilbron was an American screenwriter known for films like The Dressmaker from Paris and Lessons for Wives.Stenn p. 299
Biography
Adelaide Heilbron was born into a prominent Seattle family. Her parents were George H. Heilbron (editor at The Seattle Post Intelligencer){{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/332926333/?terms=%22george+h.+heilbron%22|title=16 Apr 1895, 4 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-27}} and Adelaide Elizabeth Piper (daughter of W.H. Piper, a well-known Boston bookstore owner).{{Cite web|url=http://www.historylink.org/File/1940|title=Ladies Library Association revives Seattle|website=www.historylink.org|access-date=2018-12-27}} Heilbron graduated from Smith College in 1920 and got her start in the film industry providing coverage for Famous Players–Lasky in New York, moving into script supervising before becoming a screenwriter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/174686882/?terms=%22adelaide+heilbron%22|title=19 Apr 1919, Page 8 - The Seattle Star at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/430597907/?terms=%22adelaide+heilbron%22|title=4 Jul 1923, 2 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/12890656/?terms=%22adelaide+heilbron%22|title=17 Apr 1935, Page 7 - The Portsmouth Herald at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-27}}
Partial filmography
- At the End of the World (1921)
- The Danger Point (1922)
- Lilies of the Field (1924)
- New Lives for Old (1925)
- Mantrap (1926)
- Syncopating Sue (1926)
- Dance Magic (1927)
- Heart to Heart (1928)
- The Butter and Egg Man (1928)
- Captain Swagger (1928)
- My Sin (1931)
- Misleading Lady (1932)
- It's All Yours (1937)
- Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
- Friendly Enemies (1942)
- Faces in the Fog (1944)
References
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Bibliography
- Stenn, David. Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild. Cooper Square Press, 2000.
External links
- {{IMDb name|0374123}}
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Category:Screenwriters from Washington (state)
Category:American women screenwriters
Category:20th-century American women writers
Category:20th-century American screenwriters
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