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American screenwriter
Becky Gardiner
(born
Rebeckah McCormick McLean
; April 24, 1886) was an American screenwriter and actress active in the 1920s and 1930s. She was noted for writing screenplays that focused on women.
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Biography
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Gardiner was born into a prominent
Maryland
family; her father, Donald McLean, was a lawyer, and his wife, Emily Nelson Ritchie, was related to Maryland Gov.
Albert Ritchie
.
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On June 12, 1909,
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she married writer John D.W. Gardiner; they had one daughter, Emily, who became an author as well.
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Gardiner got her start as an actress in New York City, performing in small roles in the early 1910s under the name Becky Bruce.
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She turned her attention to writing in the 1920s, studying in Paris at the
Sorbonne
and writing a column called "Footlights and Studio Lamps" for
The Evening Sun
; she eventually went under contract at Famous Players?Lasky, where she was the only woman on the East Coast writing staff.
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She also worked at Fox and Paramount.
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Films for which Gardiner wrote adaptations included
Sea Horses
(1926) and
Padlocked
(1926).
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She also wrote the scenario for
War Nurse
(1930).
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Her date of death is unknown.
Selected filmography
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References
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Nelmes, Jill (2010-10-04).
Analysing the Screenplay
. Routledge.
ISBN
9781136912450
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"30 Jan 1914, Page 7 - The Washington Post at Newspapers.com"
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Newspapers.com
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"10 Apr 1927, 50 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com"
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Newspapers.com
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2019-02-27
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"Becomes a Soldier's Bride"
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The Tennessean
. Tennessee, Nashville. June 13, 1909. p. 16
. Retrieved
16 March
2019
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Newspapers.com
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"28 Feb 1926, 85 - The Baltimore Sun at Newspapers.com"
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Newspapers.com
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2019-02-27
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"17 Mar 1927, 6 - Calgary Herald at Newspapers.com"
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Newspapers.com
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2019-02-27
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"27 Oct 1913, Page 7 - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle at Newspapers.com"
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Newspapers.com
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2019-02-27
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"9 Nov 1913, Page 41 - Daily Arkansas Gazette at Newspapers.com"
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Newspapers.com
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2019-02-27
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"30 Oct 1926, 34 - Tampa Bay Times at Newspapers.com"
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Newspapers.com
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2019-02-27
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Lombardi, Frederic (2013).
Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios
. McFarland. p. 337.
ISBN
9780786490400
. Retrieved
16 March
2019
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Villecco, Tony (2015).
Silent Stars Speak: Interviews with Twelve Cinema Pioneers
. McFarland. p. 144.
ISBN
9780786482092
. Retrieved
16 March
2019
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