Faith Green
{{short description|American screenwriter}}
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Faith Green was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood's silent era. She worked with directors like David Hartford, King Vidor, and Henry McRae.
Green got her start as a journalist in New York City before turning to screenwriting;{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/480291039/?terms=%22faith%2Bgreen%22|title=Social Affairs and Personal Items|date=July 12, 1924|work=The Calgary Herald|access-date=January 14, 2019}} she also served as secretary of the New York Pen & Brush Club.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/44221818/?terms=%22faith%2Bgreen%22|title=I Saw It in the Tribune!|date=May 13, 1920|work=The Winnipeg Tribune|access-date=January 14, 2019}} Mrs. Green (husband unknown) resided in New York but also worked extensively in Canada.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/456363236/?terms=%22faith%2Bgreen%22%2B%22cameron%2Bof%2Bthe%2Broyal%2Bmounted%22|title=Ottawa Production Man from Glengarry|date=February 2, 1922|work=The Ottawa Citizen|access-date=January 14, 2019}} She was also valued due to her editing skills and knowledge of censor boards in the U.S. and Canada.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/46178557/?terms=%22faith%2Bgreen%22%2B%22ralph%2Bconnor%22|title=Picture Writer to Give Counsel|date=March 4, 1922|work=The Ottawa Citizen|access-date=January 14, 2019}}
She spent time with Ralph Connor and adapted many of his novels for the big screen. At one point, she was in talks with Canada's Lady Byng of Vimy to adapt a story into a film, but this doesn't seem to have come to fruition.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/500480326/?terms=%22faith%2Bgreen%22|title=May Film Barriers|date=March 24, 1922|work=The Vancouver Province|access-date=January 14, 2019}}
Selected filmography
- Blue Water (1924)
- Glengarry School Days (1923)
- The Man from Glengarry (1922)
- The Rapids (1922)
- Cameron of the Royal Mounted (1921)
- God's Crucible (1921)
- The Sky Pilot (1921)
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