Forrest Halsey (November 9, 1877 – September 30, 1949), born William Forrest Halsey, was an American author and screenwriter.
Halsey's novels included ''Fate and the Butterfly'' (1909), ''The Bawlerout'' (1912), and ''The Shadow on the Hearth'' (1914). From 1907 to 1918, he published more than one hundred short stories in popular magazines including Young's Magazine,
The Argosy,
The Cavalier, and
Munsey's Magazine
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As a screenwriter, he wrote for more than 60 films between 1913 and 1942. He was born in
Roseville, Newark, New Jersey Roseville is a neighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It borders Bloomfield and East Orange. To the neighborhood's immediate east is the Newark City Subway and Branch Brook Park. Roseville is divided into ...
, and died in
Los Angeles County, California
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Selected filmography
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Ashes of Embers'' (1916)
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A Broadway Saint'' (1919)
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The Green Goddess'' (1923)
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Monsieur Beaucaire'' (1924)
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A Sainted Devil'' (1924)
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Twenty Dollars a Week'' (1924)
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Camille of the Barbary Coast'' (1925)
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Stage Struck'' (1925)
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Sally of the Sawdust
''Sally of the Sawdust'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring W. C. Fields. It was based on the 1923 stage musical ''Poppy''. Fields would later star in a second film version, ''Poppy'' (1936).
Plot
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'' (1925)
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The Palm Beach Girl'' (1926)
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The Sorrows of Satan'' (1926)
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Broadway Nights'' (1927)
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The Whip Woman'' (1928)
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Her Private Life'' (1929)
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The Divine Lady'' (1929)
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Kept Husbands
''Kept Husbands'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Dorothy Mackaill and Joel McCrea, with major supporting roles filled by Robert McWade, Florence Roberts and Mary Carr. The original story was writte ...
'' (1931)
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The Lady Who Dared'' (1931)
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Silver Queen
''Silver Queen'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring George Brent and Priscilla Lane. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards; one for Best Score and one for Best Art Direction (Ralph Berger, Emile Kuri) ...
'' (1942)
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1877 births
1949 deaths
American male screenwriters
Writers from Newark, New Jersey
Screenwriters from New Jersey
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters
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