Evelyn Campbell (sometimes known as Evelyn Murray Campbell) was an American screenwriter, writer, and actress active during Hollywood's silent era.

Biography

Campbell was born in Kansas to J.C. Murray (a lawyer) and Maggie Parker; early on, she recalled preferring to read books over playing with dolls while growing up in Missouri. After high school, she began working as a stenographer in St. Louis while working on her writing. She began selling her stories to East Coast magazines around 1918, and soon studios were looking to turn her stories into film scenarios. She also wrote for newspapers, including the ''Chicago Examiner'', ''

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'', the ''Dramatic Mirror'' in New York, and the ''San Francisco Dramatic and Musical Review''. A few years later, she moved to California to study scenario-writing, and she had soon sold over 18 scripts to various studios, including Universal. She also wrote a number of Western novels over the course of her career. As an actress, Campbell performed on Broadway in ''Ziegfeld Follies of 1921'' and ''Make It Snappy'' (1922).

Personal life

Campbell was married to James Floyd Denison, and they had a son.

Selected filmography

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A Soul for Sale ''A Soul for Sale'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Allen Holubar and starring Dorothy Phillips, Katherine Kirkwood and Alan Roscoe.Hirschhorn p.30 Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. Cast * Doro ...

'' (1918) * '' Tony America'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1919) * '' Creaking Stairs'' (1919) * '' When Fate Decides'' (1919) * '' The Forgotten Woman'' (1921) * ''

Nobody's Bride ''Nobody's Bride'' is a 1923 American crime film directed by Herbert Blaché and written by Albert Kenyon. The film stars Herbert Rawlinson, Edna Murphy, Alice Lake, Harry von Meter, Frank Brownlee and Sidney Bracey. The film was released on ...

'' (1923) * '' The Girl Who Came Back'' (1923) * ''

Yesterday's Wife ''Yesterday's Wife'' is a lost 1923 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Edward LeSaint and starring Irene Rich, Eileen Percy, and Lottie Williams. The film was released by the CBC Film Sales Corporation, which would later become Co ...

'' (1923) * '' Mine to Keep'' (1923) * '' The Love Trap'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' Other Men's Daughters'' (1923) * '' Discontented Husbands'' (1924) * '' Empty Hearts'' (1924) * ''

Early to Wed ''Early to Wed'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Matt Moore, Katherine Perry, and Albert Gran Albert Gran (August 4, 1862 – December 16, 1932) was a Norwegian-born American stage and film ...

'' (1926) * ''

The Gilded Butterfly ''The Gilded Butterfly'' is a lost 1926 American silent drama film directed by John Griffith Wray and starring Alma Rubens, Bert Lytell, and Huntley Gordon. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Linda Haverhill is left penniless after th ...

'' (1927) * ''

A Harp in Hock ''A Harp in Hock'', also known as ''The Samaritan'', is a lost 1927 American silent melodrama film directed by Renaud Hoffman, produced by DeMille Pictures, and distributed by Pathé Exchange. The film starred Rudolph Schildkraut, Junior Cogh ...

'' (1927) * '' The Masked Angel'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' The Western Limited'' (1932)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Evelyn American women screenwriters 1874 births 1961 deaths Screenwriters from Iowa 20th-century American journalists American newspaper journalists 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American screenwriters