Filmography
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Known For
Wonder of Women Writer (1929) -
Morgan's Raiders Writer (1918) -
A Woman of Affairs Script and Continuity Department (1928) -
Known For
Metropolitan Writer (1935) -
Writer
The Mark of Zorro (1974) -
The Unsuspected (1947) -
That Night in Rio (1941) -
The Mark of Zorro (1940) -
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) -
Susannah of the Mounties (1939) -
The Great Hospital Mystery (1937) -
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) -
Half Angel (1936) -
Under Two Flags (1936) -
![Metropolitan]( "Metropolitan")
Metropolitan (1935) -
![Folies Bergère de Paris]( "Folies Bergère de Paris")
Folies Bergère de Paris (1935) -
![The Mighty Barnum]( "The Mighty Barnum")
The Mighty Barnum (1934) -
![The Iron Duke]( "The Iron Duke")
The Iron Duke (1934) -
![The Affairs of Cellini]( "The Affairs of Cellini")
The Affairs of Cellini (1934) -
![Looking Forward]( "Looking Forward")
Looking Forward (1933) -
![Red-Headed Woman]( "Red-Headed Woman")
Red-Headed Woman (1932) -
![Polly of the Circus]( "Polly of the Circus")
Polly of the Circus (1932) -
![The Cuban Love Song]( "The Cuban Love Song")
The Cuban Love Song (1931) -
![West of Broadway]( "West of Broadway")
West of Broadway (1931) -
![The Prodigal]( "The Prodigal")
The Prodigal (1931) -
![Romance]( "Romance")
Romance (1930) -
![The Sea Bat]( "The Sea Bat")
The Sea Bat (1930) -
![In Gay Madrid]( "In Gay Madrid")
In Gay Madrid (1930) -
![Chasing Rainbows]( "Chasing Rainbows")
Chasing Rainbows (1930) -
![Wonder of Women]( "Wonder of Women")
Wonder of Women (1929) -
![The Mysterious Lady]( "The Mysterious Lady")
The Mysterious Lady (1928) -
![The Scarlet Lady]( "The Scarlet Lady")
The Scarlet Lady (1928) -
![Yellow Lily]( "Yellow Lily")
Yellow Lily (1928) -
![The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come]( "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come")
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![Sailors' Wives]( "Sailors' Wives")
Sailors' Wives (1928) -
![Rose of the Golden West]( "Rose of the Golden West")
Rose of the Golden West (1927) -
![The Magic Flame]( "The Magic Flame")
The Magic Flame (1927) -
![Irish Hearts]( "Irish Hearts")
Irish Hearts (1927) -
![When a Man Loves]( "When a Man Loves")
When a Man Loves (1927) -
![Don Juan]( "Don Juan")
Don Juan (1926) -
![The Sea Beast]( "The Sea Beast")
The Sea Beast (1926) -
![The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted]( "The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted")
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted (1925) -
![The Love Hour]( "The Love Hour")
The Love Hour (1925) -
![A Slave of Fashion]( "A Slave of Fashion")
A Slave of Fashion (1925) -
![The Red Lily]( "The Red Lily")
The Red Lily (1924) -
![Thy Name Is Woman]( "Thy Name Is Woman")
Thy Name Is Woman (1924) -
![Strangers of the Night]( "Strangers of the Night")
Strangers of the Night (1923) -
![The Dangerous Age]( "The Dangerous Age")
The Dangerous Age (1922) -
![Rose o' the Sea]( "Rose o' the Sea")
Rose o' the Sea (1922) -
![One Clear Call]( "One Clear Call")
One Clear Call (1922) -
![The Woman He Married]( "The Woman He Married")
The Woman He Married (1922) -
![Grand Larceny]( "Grand Larceny")
Grand Larceny (1922) -
![The Song of Life]( "The Song of Life")
The Song of Life (1922) -
![The Grim Comedian]( "The Grim Comedian")
The Grim Comedian (1921) -
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The Fighting Breed (1921)
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The Jackeroo of Coolabong (1920)
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![The Better Man]( "The Better Man")
The Better Man (1920) -
Girl from Nowhere (1919)
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![Big Little Person]( "Big Little Person")
Big Little Person (1919) -
![The Man Who Wouldn't Tell]( "The Man Who Wouldn't Tell")
The Man Who Wouldn't Tell (1918) -
![You Know What I Mean]( "You Know What I Mean")
You Know What I Mean (1918) -
![The Romance of Tarzan]( "The Romance of Tarzan")
The Romance of Tarzan (1918) -
![That Devil, Bateese]( "That Devil, Bateese")
That Devil, Bateese (1918) -
Pretty Babies (1918)
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The Red, Red Heart (1918)
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![The Grain of Dust]( "The Grain of Dust")
The Grain of Dust (1918) -
![Morgan's Raiders]( "Morgan's Raiders")
Morgan's Raiders (1918) -
![Scandal]( "Scandal")
Scandal (1917) -
![Pay Me!]( "Pay Me!")
Pay Me! (1917) -
A Five Foot Ruler (1917)
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A Wife's Suspicion (1917)
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![The Midnight Man]( "The Midnight Man")
The Midnight Man (1917) -
Three Women of France (1917)
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![The Little Orphan]( "The Little Orphan")
The Little Orphan (1917) -
![Bringing Home Father]( "Bringing Home Father")
Bringing Home Father (1917) -
The Light of Love (1917)
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The Townsend Divorce Case (1917)
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![The Girl Who Lost]( "The Girl Who Lost")
The Girl Who Lost (1917) -
A Million in Sight (1917)
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His Wife's Relatives (1917)
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Why, Uncle! (1917)
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A Macaroni Sleuth (1917)
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Treat 'Em Rough (1917)
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One Thousand Miles an Hour (1917)
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Practice What You Preach (1917)
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Pretty Baby (1916)
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It Sounded Like a Kiss (1916)
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Pass the Prunes (1916)
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![The White Turkey]( "The White Turkey")
The White Turkey (1916) -
A Price on His Head (1916)
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Fame at Last (1916)
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The Decoy (1916)
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Breaking Into Society (1916)
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Borrowed Plumes (1916)
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A Hero by Proxy (1916)
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He Almost Lands an Angel (1916)
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The Small Magnetic Hand (1916)
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Hired and Fired (1916)
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From the Rogue's Gallery (1916)
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He Becomes a Cop (1916)
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The Heart of a Show Girl (1916)
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A Thousand Dollars a Week (1916)
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The Sody Clerk (1916)
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Cross Purposes (1916)
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Number 16 Martin Place (1916)
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The Wedding Guest (1916)
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![The Twin Triangle]( "The Twin Triangle")
The Twin Triangle (1916) -
Spellbound (1916)
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![Mismates]( "Mismates")
Mismates (1916) -
Stronger Than Death (1915)
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![The Ghost Wagon]( "The Ghost Wagon")
The Ghost Wagon (1915) -
![The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis]( "The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis")
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In His Mind's Eye (1915)
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The Fear Within (1915)
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Putting One Over (1915)
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The Human Menace (1915)
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The Mother Instinct (1915)
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![The Blood of the Children]( "The Blood of the Children")
The Blood of the Children (1915) -
Wheels Within Wheels (1915)
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![Their Hour]( "Their Hour")
Their Hour (1915) -
The Mystery Woman (1915)
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A Woman's Debt (1915)
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When Lizzie Got Her Polish (1914)
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The Last Trump (1914)
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The First Law (1914)
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When Bess Got in Wrong (1914)
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The Jaws of Death (1914)
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The Mirage (1914)
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The Painted Hills (1914)
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Steel Ribbons (1914)
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As the Crow Flies (1914)
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The Mock Rose (1914)
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Stalemate (1914)
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![The Crack o' Doom]( "The Crack o' Doom")
The Crack o' Doom (1914) -
The Sunset Tide (1914)
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Dead Reckoning (1914)
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The Sea Venture (1914)
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![Her Twin Brother]( "Her Twin Brother")
Her Twin Brother (1914) -
White Water (1914)
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Flower of the Flames (1914)
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![The Trey o' Hearts]( "The Trey o' Hearts")
The Trey o' Hearts (1914) -
![The Love Victorious]( "The Love Victorious")
The Love Victorious (1914) -
The Severed Hand (1914)
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![Passing the Love of Woman]( "Passing the Love of Woman")
Passing the Love of Woman (1914) -
The Mystery of Wickham Hall (1914)
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![The Forbidden Room]( "The Forbidden Room")
The Forbidden Room (1914) -
Women and Roses (1914)
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Cupid Incognito (1914)
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The Way of a Woman (1914)
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The Voice of the Viola (1914)
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The Countess Betty's Mine (1914)
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Cross Purposes (1913)
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The Gratitude of Wanda (1913)
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Writer
![The Modern Prodigal]( "The Modern Prodigal")
The Modern Prodigal (1910) -
Actress
![The Spanish Jade]( "The Spanish Jade")
The Spanish Jade Undetermined Role (1915) -
The Mother Instinct Madame de Voux (1915)
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When Eddie Took a Bath Bess - the Wife (1915)
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Who Stole the Bridegroom? Bess - the Bride (1914)
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When Lizzie Got Her Polish Bess (1914)
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When Their Brides Got Mixed Bess - 2nd Bride (1914)
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When the Girls Were Shanghaied Mrs. Newlywed #2 (1914)
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Those Were the Happy Days The Belle of the School (1914)
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When Bess Got in Wrong Bess (1914)
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Father's Bride The Wife (1914)
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The Little Auto-Go-Mobile The Wife (1914)
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![Pass Key Number Two]( "Pass Key Number Two")
Pass Key Number Two Wifie (1914) -
![Her Twin Brother]( "Her Twin Brother")
Her Twin Brother Josephine Brown (1914) -
The Third Party Bess - the Wife (1914)
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The Wooing of Bessie Bumpkin Bessie Bumpkin (1914)
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Jimmy Kelly and the Kidnappers Bess (1914)
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Willy Walrus and the Awful Confession Bessie Bumpkin (1914)
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![Bess the Detectress in the Dog Watch]( "Bess the Detectress in the Dog Watch")
Bess the Detectress in the Dog Watch Bess (1914) -
![Bess the Detectress in Tick, Tick, Tick]( "Bess the Detectress in Tick, Tick, Tick")
Bess the Detectress in Tick, Tick, Tick Bess the Detectress (1914) -
Willy Walrus, Detective Bessie Bumpkin (1914)
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The Cure The Daughter (1914)
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Bess the Detectress in the Old Mill at Midnight Bess (1914)
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Willy Walrus and the Baby Bessie Bumpkin (1914)
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The Call Back (1914)
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The Fascinating Eye Bess (1914)
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Stolen Glory Jane Dare (1914)
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Dangers of the Veldt Gretchen (1914)
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![The Desert's Sting]( "The Desert's Sting")
The Desert's Sting Helen Edwards (1914) -
Bred in the Bone The Colonel's Daughter (1913)
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A House Divided Betty Culver (1913)
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The Widow and the Widower One of the Children (1913)
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![Gold Is Not All]( "Gold Is Not All")
Gold Is Not All The Slavey (1913) -
ActressA Sailor's Heart The Sailor's 1st Sweetheart (1912)
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DirectorGirl from Nowhere (1919)
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![You Know What I Mean]( "You Know What I Mean")
You Know What I Mean (1918) -
![The Jelly Fish]( "The Jelly Fish")
The Jelly Fish (1918) -
![A Pair of Pink Pajamas]( "A Pair of Pink Pajamas")
A Pair of Pink Pajamas (1918) -
Director
![Morgan's Raiders]( "Morgan's Raiders")
Morgan's Raiders (1918) -
Script and Continuity Department
![Strange Interlude]( "Strange Interlude")
Strange Interlude (1932) -
![The Phantom of Paris]( "The Phantom of Paris")
The Phantom of Paris (1931) -
![Laughing Sinners]( "Laughing Sinners")
Laughing Sinners (1931) -
![Our Blushing Brides]( "Our Blushing Brides")
Our Blushing Brides (1930) -
Script and Continuity Department
![In Gay Madrid]( "In Gay Madrid")
In Gay Madrid (1930) -
![A Woman of Affairs]( "A Woman of Affairs")
A Woman of Affairs (1928) -
![Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ]( "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ")
All Filmography
Awards
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Did You Know
Trivia
Sister-in-law of David Curtiz.
Star Sign
Aquarius
Personal Details
Born
Helen Elizabeth MacGlashen
Buffalo, New York, USA
Died
(age 79)
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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