Arthur J. Zellner
{{short description|American screenwriter}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Arthur Julian Zellner
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|12|2}}
| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, US
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|9|9|1883|12|2}}
| death_place = Burbank, California, US
| education = Louisiana State University
| occupation = Screenwriter, publicity agent, film editor
| spouse = Lois Zellner (div.)
Helen Lovett
}}
Arthur Julian Zellner (1883 – 1952) was an American screenwriter and film studio publicity man active from the 1920s through the 1940s.
Biography
Arthur was born to David Zellner and Annie Sonfield in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended college at Louisiana State University.
In 1913, he married Lois Grier Murray in New York City, where he was working as a journalist. The pair would collaborate on several plays and scenarios before pooling their savings and moving to Hollywood, where he'd work at American Film Company, Metro, and Paramount. The pair worked on a number of screenplays together before divorcing in 1921.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/373349472/|title=Zellner Returns to the West Coast|date=March 20, 1921|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=January 18, 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/58996390/?terms=%22arthur%2Bzellner%22|title=Writer Leaves for Coast|date=May 14, 1921|work=The Altoona Tribune|access-date=January 18, 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/156457854/?terms=%22arthur%2Bzellner%22|title=Sobs Story of Deadly Politeness|date=December 7, 1921|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 18, 2019}}
Soon after, he met and married Helen Lovett, with whom he had two daughters. Around this time, he left writing scripts behind, taking on jobs as a personal representative and publicity agent. He served as the personal representative of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks for eight years.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/380860356/?terms=%22arthur%2Bzellner%22|title=Conference Held|date=November 13, 1925|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 18, 2019}} He continued working in publicity at Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Pictures until his death in 1952.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/386295581/?terms=%22arthur%2Bzellner%22|title=Arthur Zellner, Veteran Publicity Man, Dies|date=September 10, 1952 |work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 18, 2019}} This obituary indicates a birthyear for Zellner of 1893; primary sources give a birthyear of 1883.
Selected filmography
- Extra! Extra! (1922)
- The Devil Within (1921)
- Desert Blossoms (1921)
- The Infamous Miss Revell (1921)
- The Match-Breaker (1921)
- The Man Who (1921)
- A Message from Mars (1921)
- Polly With a Past (1920)
- Clothes (1920)
- The Week-End (1920)
- Shore Acres (1920)
- Happy Though Married (1919)
- His Bonded Wife (1918)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0954654}}
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Category:Screenwriters from Tennessee
Category:Writers from Memphis, Tennessee