G. Marion Burton
G. Marion Burton | |
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| Born | Gertrude Marion L. Hopkins June 8, 1875 Stillwater, Minnesota, USA |
| Died | January 3, 1952 New York, New York, USA |
| Education | Emerson College |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, reporter |
| Spouse | Henry Bergen |
Gertrude Marion Burton (née Hopkins June 8, 1875 – January 3, 1952), also known by her married name, Gertrude Bergen, was an American screenwriter, reporter, and playwright active during Hollywood's silent era.
Biography
[edit]Burton was born into an affluent family in Stillwater, Minnesota, and raised primarily in San Francisco. She was the only child of Jesse Pease Hopkins and Ella Clewell.[1] She was educated at the Irving Institute in San Francisco, and eventually graduated from Emerson College in Boston.[2]
As a writer, her work appeared in publications like Parisienne, Collier's Smart Set, Town and Country, and Vanity Fair, and she also wrote a number of screenplays for director E.H. Griffith.[1][3] Her weekly column called "Broadway Silhouettes" ran in several newspapers.[1]
She married Henry Hannah Bergen in 1899 in Brooklyn, New York.[4] The pair resided at the Grand Hotel in Manhattan.[2]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Out with the Tide (1928)
- Golden Shackles (1928)
- Burnt Fingers (1927)
- Another Scandal (1924)
- Untamed Youth (1924)
- The Custard Cup (1923)
- The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923)[5]
- The Woman Game (1920)
- Thin Ice (1919)
- The Unknown Quantity (1919)
- Miss Dulcie from Dixie (1919)
- The Wishing Ring Man (1919)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Laramore, Vivian Yeiser (August 20, 1939). "Miami Muse". The Miami News. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
- ^ a b Motion Picture Studio Directory, 1919; Page: 218
- ^ "Lois Wilson at Capitol Sun. in Another Success". The Lansing State Journal. May 23, 1925. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
- ^ Brooklyn blue book and Long Island society register. New York Public Library. Brooklyn Life Pub. Co., 1908.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)[page needed] - ^ Institute, American Film (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520209695.