Edgar Vincent Durling (1893–1957), usually known as E. V. Durling, was one of the first journalists to cover the Hollywood motion picture industry and later became a nationally syndicated newspaper

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in the United States, with his column "On the Side"."E.V. Durling, Former Times Columnist, Dies", Associated Press, ''Los Angeles Times'', September 14, 1957, page 3
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Biography

Durling was born in

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, on July 24, 1893, and moved to

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with his family at the age of seven. He attended Phillips Andover Academy in Massachusetts, where he played baseball and football, and graduated from

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in Connecticut. He began work as a journalist while still at Wesleyan, as a correspondent for the '' Springfield Republican'' in Massachusetts. He was the Pacific Coast

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of the ''New York Morning Telegraph'' from 1915 to 1918, thus becoming one of the first Hollywood reporters. He was in the

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during

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, then worked for the '' New York Evening Globe'' and the ''

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.'' In 1924 he left

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to head the writing department of a Hollywood comedy studio. In 1925 he was general manager of the Fine Arts Motion Picture Company. He returned to journalism in 1931 as a columnist on the '' Los Angeles Express'' and then moved to the Los Angeles '' Illustrated Daily News,'' where his column was called "Town Talk." He moved to the ''

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'' on February 16, 1936; his new column, "On the Side" (on the left side of the first page of the local section) was welcomed as a "whimsical, good-natured and slyly philosophical outlook on life." He left the ''Times'' in November 1939 when he received an offer from

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to write for national distribution."On the Side: Announcement," ''Los Angeles Times,'' November 20, 1939, page A-1
''Access to this link requires the use of a library card.'' Durling died in New York City on September 13, 1957, at the age of sixty-four. He was survived by his wife, Joan Marie Durling.

Partial filmography

*'' Almost Married'' (1919) *'' Forbidden'' (1919) * '' Reported Missing'' (1922) *'' Manhattan Madness'' (1925) *'' Mickey's Eleven'' (1927) *''

Mickey's Movies ''Mickey's Movies'' is a 1928 silent short film in Larry Darmour's '' Mickey McGuire'' series starring a young Mickey Rooney. Directed by Albert Herman, the two-reel short was released to theaters on September 2, 1928 by FBO. Plot Excitement ...

'' (1928) *''

Mickey's Champs ''Mickey's Champs'' is a 1930 short film in Larry Darmour's '' Mickey McGuire'' series starring a young Mickey Rooney. Directed by Albert Herman, the two-reel short was released to theaters on February 2, 1930 by RKO. Plot Mickey and the Gang ...

'' (1930) * '' Air Eagles'' (1931)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Durling, E.V. Wesleyan University alumni American newspaper journalists 1957 deaths 1893 births

Biography

Partial filmography

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