Ethel Hill
Ethel Hill | |
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| Born | April 6, 1898 Sacramento, California, USA |
| Died | May 17, 1954 Hollywood, California, USA |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
Ethel Hill (1898–1954) was an American screenwriter and race horse owner.[1][2][3] One of her best-known scripts is for The Little Princess (1939), starring Shirley Temple.
Early life
Ethel was born in
Career
Hollywood
When Dore Schary first went to work for Columbia Pictures as a new screenwriter, he was paired with the veteran Hill to learn from her; together, they wrote the screenplay for Fury of the Jungle (1933).[4] Hill was described by Marc Norman in his book What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting as "an extremely dear and generous woman [who] had an interest in horses and often wore jodhpurs and riding gear to the studio."[4] Fellow screenwriter Gertrude Walker—who worked with Hill toward the end of her career at Republic Pictures—described her as "a sweet old lady" who always wore a shawl and bedroom slippers.[5]
Horse racing
Hill bought the
Partial filmography
- As screenwriter, unless otherwise indicated.
- The Level (1914 short)
- The Guilt of Silence (1918)
- The Eagle (1918)
- Every Man's Wife (1925, story)
- Dollar Down (1925, story)
- The Masquerade Bandit (1926)
- Driven from Home (1927)
- Young Whirlwind (1928)
- Fangs of the Wild (1928)
- Dog Justice (1928)
- Law of Fear (1928)
- The Scarlet Brand (1932)
- Virtue (1932, story)
- Fury of the Jungle (1933)
- Ship of Wanted Men (1933)
- Whirlpool (1934)
- Side Streets (1934, story)
- Blind Date (1934)
- Party Wire (1935)
- Eight Bells (1935)
- The Public Menace (1935)
- The Best Man Wins (1935)
- More Than a Secretary (1936, story)
- When You're in Love (1937, story)
- It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
- Just Around the Corner (1938)
- The Little Princess (1939)
- Maryland (1940)
- For Beauty's Sake (1941)
- Dance Hall (1941)
- Small Town Deb (1941)
- Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
- In Old Oklahoma (1943)
- The Fighting Seabees (1945, uncredited contributing writer)
- Twice Blessed(1945)
- Two Smart People (1946)
References
- ^ a b "80,200 See War Knight Win Santa Anita Handicap". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Associated Press. March 10, 1946.
Charging into the lead in the last few strides, War Knight, 6 year old bay horse owned by Miss Ethel Hill, Hollywood scenario writer, won the $100,000 added Santa Anita Handicap in a photo finish.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
Screenwriter Ethel Hill plans to mop up with War Knight, winner of the Arlington Handicap in 1944
- ^ Newspapers.com.
Ha! Screen-Writer Ethel Hill, whose nag won the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap, had to change her phone number to escape from too-insistent salesmen!
- ^ ISBN 978-0307450203. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
- ^ "9 Jul 1978, 366 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ^ a b c d Morton Cathro (March 2, 2005). "Hollywood Ending". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
External links
- Ethel Hill at IMDb
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