Anne Merwin (born Anne Nelson; April 9, 1887 – September 12, 1962) was an American screenwriter known for writing short

Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These invention ...

comedies in the silent era. She was married to director

Bannister Merwin Henry Bannister Merwin (1873 – 22 February 1922), was an American poet, magazine editor, novelist, film director and screenwriter during the silent era. He wrote as many as 141 films between 1909 and 1921. He was associated with Edison St ...

, who also worked for Edison. Later, both Anne and Bannister Merwin wrote scenarios for the London Film Company. '' The Bioscope'' wrote that "The names of Anne and Bannister Merwin as authors of a drama for the screen are a guarantee of originality and felicity of invention, combined with a picturesque treatment which never fails to render their productions of unusual interest". The same magazine comments on Merwin's writing when discussing

The Ring and the Rajah ''The Ring and the Rajah'' is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Edna Flugrath, Arthur Holmes-Gore and Vincent Clive.Nowell-Smith p.134 It was written by Anne Merwin. Cast * Edna Flugrath as Edith Blayne ...

: "Miss Anne Merwin has written a very effective drama, ... The story is interesting, and is set forth in a concise and dramatic manner..."

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1913) * ''

The Elder Brother ''The Elder Brother'' is an early seventeenth-century English stage play, a comedy written by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger. Apparently dating from 1625, it may have been the last play Fletcher worked on before his August 1625 death. Dat ...

'' (1913) * '' A Youthful Knight'' (1913) * '' The Revenge of Mr. Thomas Atkins'' (1914) * '' The Fringe of War'' (1914) * ''The Victoria Cross'' or ''V.C.'' (1914) * ''

'' (1914) * '' All for His Sake'' (1914) * ''A Daughter of Romany'' (1914) * ''A Warning'' (1914) * '' Stormflower'' (1921)

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* American women screenwriters 1887 births 1962 deaths Screenwriters from New York (state) 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screen-writer-1880s-stub