Charles Graham Baker (July 16, 1883 – May 15, 1950) was an American screenwriter and director. He wrote for more than 170 films between 1915 and 1948.
Biography
He was born in
Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is a city in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is Indiana's List of cities in Indiana, third-most populous city after India ...
on July 16, 1883 to
Elwood T. Baker and Leslie S. Barrows. He and his father invented the game of
Gin rummy in 1909.
[ By 1918 he was working as a "playwright" for ]Vitagraph Studios
Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907 ...
in Brooklyn, New York City
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.[World War I draft registration]
Baker died in Reseda, Los Angeles, California
Reseda is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1912, and its central business district started developing in 1915. The neighborhood was devoted to agriculture for many years. Earthquake ...
on May 15, 1950 (aged 66).
Partial filmography
* '' The Flaming Omen'' (1917)
* '' The Grell Mystery'' (1917)
* '' Love Watches'' (1918)
* '' Frauds and Frenzies'' (1918)
* '' The Fortune Hunter'' (1920)
* ''The Vice of Fools
''The Vice of Fools'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith
Edward H. Griffith (August 23, 1888 – March 3, 1975) (also known as E H Griffith, Lieut. Edward H. Griffith, Edward Griffith, and E. H. Griffith) ...
'' (1920)
* '' The Whisper Market'' (1920)
* '' The Inner Chamber'' (1921)
* '' The Single Track'' (1921)
* '' No Defense'' (1921)
* '' What's Your Reputation Worth?'' (1921)
* '' The Scarab Ring'' (1921)
* '' Peggy Puts It Over'' (1921)
* '' It Isn't Being Done This Season'' (1921)
* ''The Matrimonial Web
''The Matrimonial Web'' is a 1921 American silent film, silent crime film, crime drama film directed by Edward José and starring Alice Calhoun, Joseph Striker and Riley Hatch.Munden p.500
Plot
Cast
* Alice Calhoun as Helen Anderson
* Joseph S ...
'' (1921)
* '' Fortune's Mask'' (1922)
* '' The Angel of Crooked Street'' (1922)
* '' The Girl in His Room'' (1922)
*'' The Man from Brodney's'' (1923)
*'' The Midnight Alarm'' (1923)
* '' Pioneer Trails'' (1923)
* '' Masters of Men'' (1923)
* '' Playing It Wild'' (1923)
* '' The Man Next Door'' (1923)
* ''The Girl in the Limousine
''The Girl in the Limousine'' is a 1924 American comedy film starring Larry Semon and featuring Oliver Hardy. The film is based on the 1919 The Girl in the Limousine (play), play of the same name by Wilson Collison and Avery Hopwood.
Plot
Ca ...
'' (1924)
* '' The Beautiful City'' (1925)
* '' Just Suppose'' (1926)
* '' The Third Degree'' (1926)
* '' The Girl from Chicago'' (1927)
* '' The Singing Fool'' (1928)
* '' Fancy Baggage'' (1929)
* '' Sonny Boy'' (1930)
* '' Broadway Through a Keyhole'' (1933)
* '' She Couldn't Take It'' (1935)
* ''Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
'' (1935)
* '' Mary Burns, Fugitive'' (1935)
* '' The Girl Friend'' (1935)
* '' You Only Live Once'' (1937)
* '' Ali Baba Goes to Town'' (1937)
* '' Eternally Yours'' (1939)
* '' Danger Signal'' (1945)
* ''Ramrod
A ramrod (or scouring stick) is a metal or wooden device used with muzzleloader, muzzleloading firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant (mainly blackpowder). The ramrod was used with weapons such as muskets and cannons and was u ...
'' (1947)
References
External links
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1883 births
1950 deaths
American male screenwriters
Writers from Evansville, Indiana
Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Film directors from Indiana
Screenwriters from Indiana
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters