Eve Greene
{{short description|American screenwriter}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Eve Greene
| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|5|21}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|7|15|1906|5|21}}
| death_place = Laguna Hills, California, U.S.
| resting_place = Hollywood Forever Cemetery
| occupation = Screenwriter
}}
Eve Greene (May 21, 1906 – July 15, 1997) was an American screenwriter active primarily during the 1930s through the 1950s.
Biography
= Early life =
Greene grew up in Champaign, Illinois, and dreamed of being a Hollywood writer.
= Career =
She attended the University of Illinois and then moved to Los Angeles, where she got a job as a secretary at MGM and was mentored by Charles Brabin. She'd later be promoted to script clerk.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/97671896/?terms=%22eve+greene%22+%22MGM%22|title=23 Sep 1938, Page 13 - Detroit Free Press at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/210866882/?terms=%22eve+greene%22+paramount|title=12 Jun 1936, Page 2 - The Santa Fe New Mexican at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/289326755/?terms=%22eve+greene%22+paramount|title=6 Dec 1938, 13 - Salt Lake Telegram at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-27}} She credited Zelda Sears for helping her learn the ropes in the industry. At MGM, under Sears's tutelage, she wrote a few Marie Dressler vehicles before moving on to Paramount and then to freelance at various Hollywood studios.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/88915979/?terms=%22eve+greene%22+%22MGM%22|title=24 Aug 1936, Page 14 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-27}}
= Personal life =
Eve's sister, Babette Greene, was executive secretary of the Screen Writers Guild.
Partial filmography
- Born to Kill (1947)
- The Queen of Spies (1942)
- Sweater Girl (1942)
- The Night of January 16th (1941)
- Little Accident (1939)
- Stolen Heaven (1938)
- Artists & Models (1937) (adaptation)
- When Love Is Young (1937)
- Her Husband Lies (1937)
- Yours for the Asking (1936)
- The Great Impersonation (1935)
- Storm Over the Andes (1935)
- Operator 13 (1934)
- This Side of Heaven (1934) (adaptation)
- You Can't Buy Everything (1934)
- Day of Reckoning (1933)
- Beauty for Sale (1933)
- Tugboat Annie (1933)
- Prosperity (1932)
References
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External links
{{Commons}}
- {{imdb name|0338751}}
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Category:American women screenwriters
Category:Screenwriters from Chicago