Adelaide Heilbron was an American screenwriter known for films like The Dressmaker from Paris and Lessons for Wives.
Biography
Adelaide Heilbron was born into a prominent Seattle family. Her parents were George H. Heilbron (editor at The Seattle Post Intelligencer) and Adelaide Elizabeth Piper (daughter of W.H. Piper, a well-known Boston bookstore owner). 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.
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
Bibliography
Stenn, David. Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild. Cooper Square Press, 2000.
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1892 births
1974 deaths
Writers from Seattle
Screenwriters from Washington (state) American women screenwriters 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American screenwriters