Daniel Carson Goodman (August 24, 1881 – May 16, 1957) was an American screenwriter and licensed physician.
Biography
Goodman wrote the storyline for 28 silent films – the first of them was '' Sapho'' (1913). He worked as miscellaneous crew in three films, produced two films and directed one film, '' Thoughtless Women'' (1920). He also achieved notoriety after the banning of a book he had written called ''Hagar Revelly'', originally published in 1913. It became the subject of a lawsuit, ''United States v. Kennerley''. H.L. Mencken wrote of this prudish state of affairs in 1917:
The action of the novels of the
Howells Howells may refer to:
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school goes on within four walls of painted canvas; they begin to shock once they describe an attack of asthma or a steak burning below stairs; they never penetrate beneath the flow of social concealments and urbanities to the passions that actually move men and women to their acts, and the great forces that circumscribe and condition personality. So obvious a piece of reporting as Upton Sinclair’s ''
The Jungle
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'' or Robert Herrick’s ''Together'' makes a sensation; the appearance of a ''
Jennie Gerhardt
''Jennie Gerhardt'' is a 1911 novel by Theodore Dreiser.
Plot summary
Jennie Gerhardt is a destitute young woman. While working in a hotel in Columbus, Ohio, Jennie meets George Brander, a United States Senator, who becomes infatuated with her. ...
'' or a ''Hagar Revelly'' brings forth a growl of astonishment and rage.H.L. Mencken, ''A Book of Prefaces'' (New York: Knopf, 1917) pp. 275-276.
Goodman was apparently a licensed doctor in addition to his involvement in movie production, and he also worked for a time for Cosmopolitan Pictures,
William Randolph Hearst
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's movie company, created to produce films for his mistress,
Marion Davies
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. In 1924 he was embroiled in what became a scandal as producer Thomas Ince died under mysterious circumstances after a party aboard Hearst's yacht the ''
Oneida
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''. Goodman treated and accompanied a dying Ince to shore where physicians could attend him. Ince however died before reaching the hospital.
He was engaged to marry the actress
Florence La Badie
Florence La Badie (born Florence Russ; April 27, 1888 – October 13, 1917) was an American-Canadian actress in the early days of the silent film era. She was a major star between 1911 and 1917. Her career was at its height when she died a ...
. In August 1917 they were involved in a car accident; Goodman escaped with minor injuries, but La Badie suffered more severe injuries and died several weeks later from a resulting infection. He was also married to actress
Alma Rubens
Alma Rubens (born Alma Genevieve Reubens; February 19, 1897 – January 21, 1931) was an American film actress and stage performer.
Rubens began her career in the mid 1910s. She quickly rose to stardom in 1916 after appearing opposite Douglas F ...
from November 1923 to January 1925, when they were divorced. She died of
pneumonia
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The Green-Eyed Devil
''The Green-Eyed Devil'' is a 1914 American short silent film directed by James Kirkwood. The film starred Earle Foxe, Spottiswoode Aitken and William Garwood in the lead roles.
The film was written by Daniel Carson Goodman (story) and Geor ...
Souls in Bondage
''Souls in Bondage'' is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by Edgar Lewis and produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company. Nance O'Neil stars.Her Bleeding Heart'' (1916)
* ''
The Mayor of Filbert
''The Mayor of Filbert'' is a 1919 silent American drama film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Jack Richardson, Belle Bennett, and J. Barney Sherry, and was released on May 25, 1919.
Cast list
* Jack Richardson as Mayor Johann Schmidt/C ...
The Barricade
''The Barricade'' is a 1921 silent American melodrama film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars William H. Strauss, Katherine Spencer, and Kenneth Harlan, and was released on October 2, 1921.
Plot
When Michael Brennon became sick, he asked ...
'' (1921)
* ''
What's Wrong with the Women?
''What's Wrong with the Women?'' is 1922 American silent Jazz Age drama film, directed by Roy William Neill, produced by Daniel Carson Goodman, and starring Wilton Lackaye, Barbara Castleton, and Constance Bennett. It is not known whether ...
'' (1922)
* ''
Has the World Gone Mad!
''Has the World Gone Mad!'' is a lost 1923 American silent society drama film produced by Daniel Carson Goodman and distributed through Equity Pictures. Goodman also created the story and wrote the screenplay. It was directed by J. Searle Daw ...
'' (1923)
* ''
The Daring Years
''The Daring Years'' is 1923 American silent melodrama film directed by Kenneth Webb and produced by Daniel Carson Goodman. The film starred Mildred Harris, Clara Bow, Charles Emmett Mack, and Tyrone Power, Sr.
Plot
A university student ...
'' (1923)
* ''
Week End Husbands
''Week End Husbands'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith produced by Daniel Carson Goodman and released by the Equity Pictures Company. The film stars Alma Rubens and was made in New York.
Plot
As described in a ...