Beulah Marie Dix
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Beulah Marie Dix was an American screenwriter
of the silent era
and an author of children's books. She wrote for over 55 films between 1917 and 1942.
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
of the silent era
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
and an author of children's books. She wrote for over 55 films between 1917 and 1942.
Selected filmography
- The Squaw ManThe Squaw Man (1918 film)The Squaw Man is a 1918 Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is a remake of DeMille's 1914 film of the same name. It would be remade again by DeMille in 1931...
(1918) - Fool's Paradise (1921)
- The Spanish DancerThe Spanish Dancer (1923 film)The Spanish Dancer is a 1923 silent costume epic starring Pola Negri as a gypsy fortune teller, Antonio Moreno as a romantic count, and Wallace Beery as the king of Spain...
(1923) - Feet of ClayFeet of Clay (film)Feet of Clay is a drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Vera Reynolds and Rod La Rocque, and with set design by Norman Bel Geddes. The film is now considered to be a lost film.-Cast:* Vera Reynolds - Amy Loring...
(1924) - The Road to YesterdayThe Road to YesterdayThe Road to Yesterday is a 1925 silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Prints of the film reportedly survive at George Eastman House and in private collections.-Cast:* Joseph Schildkraut - Kenneth Paulton* Jetta Goudal - Malena Paulton...
(1925) - The Godless GirlThe Godless GirlThe Godless Girl is a drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, shown for years as his last completely silent film.-Production background:...
(1928) - Black MagicBlack Magic (1929 film)-Cast:* Josephine Dunn as Katherine Bradbroke* Earle Foxe as Hugh Darrell* John Holland as John Ormsby* Henry B. Walthall as Dr. Bradbroke* Dorothy Jordan as Ann Bradbroke* Fritz Feld as James Fraser* Sheldon Lewis as Witchdoctor* Ivan Linow as Zelig...
(1929) - Midnight MysteryMidnight Mystery-Cast:* Betty Compson as Sally Wayne* Lowell Sherman as Tom Austen* Raymond Hatton as Paul Cooper* Hugh Trevor as Gregory Sloane* June Clyde as Louise Hollister* Ivan Lebedeff as Mischa Kawelin* Rita La Roy as Madeline Austen* Marcelle Corday as Harriet Cooper...
(1930) - Ever in My HeartEver in My HeartEver in My Heart is a 1933 drama film starring Barbara Stanwyck and Otto Kruger. An American girl marries a foreigner, but anti-German sentiment during World War I drives them apart.-Cast:*Barbara Stanwyck as Mary Archer Wilbrandt...
(1933) - The Life of Jimmy DolanThe Life of Jimmy DolanThe Life of Jimmy Dolan is a 1933 starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Loretta Young. It features John Wayne in a small supporting role as a frightened boxer. It was remade in 1939 as They Made Me a Criminal.-Cast:* Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Jimmy Dolan* Loretta Young as Peggy* Aline MacMahon as...
(1933) - They Made Me a CriminalThey Made Me a CriminalThey Made Me a Criminal is a 1939 American Warner Bros. drama crime film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, and The Dead End Kids. It is a remake of the 1933 film The Life of Jimmy Dolan. The film was later featured in an episode of Cinema Insomnia.-Plot:Johnnie...
(1939)