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

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on July 16, 1883 to Elwood T. Baker and Leslie S. Barrows. He and his father invented the game of

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in 1909. By 1918 he was working as a "playwright" for

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.World War I draft registration Baker died in

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on May 15, 1950 (aged 66).

Partial filmography

* '' The Flaming Omen'' (1917) * ''

The Grell Mystery ''The Grell Mystery'' is a 1917 American silent mystery film directed by Paul Scardon Paul Scardon (6 May 1874 – 17 January 1954) was an actor, a producer, and a director on both Australian and New York stages. When he was 15, Scardon de ...

'' (1917) * '' Love Watches'' (1918) * '' Frauds and Frenzies'' (1918) * ''

The Fortune Hunter ''The Fortune Hunter'' is a drama in three acts by W. S. Gilbert. The piece concerns an heiress who loses her fortune. Her shallow husband sues to annul the marriage, leaving her pregnant and taking up with a wealthy former lover. The piece wa ...

'' (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 ''The Whisper Market'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by George L. Sargent and starring Corinne Griffith, George MacQuarrie and Eulalie Jensen.Connelly p.432 Plot Cast * Corinne Griffith as Erminie North * George Howard as B ...

'' (1920) * '' The Inner Chamber'' (1921) * ''

The Single Track ''The Single Track'' is a lost 1921 American silent melodrama film directed by Webster Campbell and starring Corinne Griffith. The film is based upon a story by Isabelle Ostrander writing under the pseudonym Douglas Grant. The film was produced ...

'' (1921) * '' No Defense'' (1921) * ''

What's Your Reputation Worth? ''What's Your Reputation Worth?'' is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by Webster Campbell and starring Corinne Griffith, Percy Marmont, and Leslie Roycroft. Plot Cast * Corinne Griffith as Cara Deene * Percy Marmont as Antho ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Scarab Ring ''The Scarab Ring'' is a 1921 American silent mystery film directed by Edward José and starring Alice Joyce, Maude Malcolm and Joe King.Wlaschin p.196 Plot Cast * Alice Joyce as Constance Randall * Maude Malcolm as Muriel Randall * Joe K ...

'' (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 ''Fortune's Mask'' is a 1922 American drama film starring Earle Williams and featuring Oliver Hardy. It is unknown whether any print of the film survives; it may be a lost film. Plot Cast * Earle Williams as Ramón Olivarra (aka Dicky Malone ...

'' (1922) * ''

The Angel of Crooked Street ''The Angel of Crooked Street'' is a 1922 American silent crime drama film directed by David Smith and starring Alice Calhoun, Ralph McCullough and William McCall.Connelly p.13 Lobby cards for the film are extant. Plot Jennie Marsh, a young w ...

'' (1922) * ''

The Girl in His Room ''The Girl in His Room'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Edward José and starring Alice Calhoun, Warner Baxter and Eve Southern.Munden p.292 Plot Cast * Alice Calhoun as Myra Pendleton * Warner Baxter as Kirk Waring * Robe ...

'' (1922) *''

The Man from Brodney's ''The Man from Brodney's'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by David Smith and starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Alice Calhoun, and Wanda Hawley. It was produced and released by the Vitagraph Company of America. Plot As described in a ...

'' (1923) *''

The Midnight Alarm ''The Midnight Alarm'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by David Smith and starring Alice Calhoun, Percy Marmont, and Cullen Landis James Cullen Landis (July 9, 1896 – August 26, 1975) was an American motion picture actor an ...

'' (1923) * ''

Pioneer Trails ''Pioneer Trails'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by David Smith and starring Cullen Landis, Alice Calhoun, and Bertram Grassby Bertram Grassby (23 December 1880 – 7 December 1953) was an English actor. He appeared in mo ...

'' (1923) * ''

Masters of Men ''Masters of Men'' is a 1923 American silent war drama film directed by David Smith and starring Earle Williams, Alice Calhoun and Wanda Hawley. It takes place against the backdrop of the 1898 Spanish-American War. It is based on the 1901 nove ...

'' (1923) * ''

Playing It Wild ''Playing It Wild'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by William Duncan and starring Duncan, Edith Johnson and Francis Powers.Rainey p.48 Cast * William Duncan as Jerry Hoskins * Edith Johnson as Beth Webb * Francis Powe ...

'' (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 ''Beautiful City'' ( /Shahr-e Ziba/) is a 2004 Iranian drama film directed by Asghar Farhadi. Title The film is named after a neighborhood in western Tehran called Shahr-e ziba in Farsi, which can be translated as “Beautiful City”. Tehran� ...

'' (1925) * '' Just Suppose'' (1926) * '' The Third Degree'' (1926) * ''

The Girl from Chicago ''The Girl from Chicago'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux, with an all-African-American cast including lead actors Grace Smith and Carl Mahon. Produced on a shoestring budget, this independent p ...

'' (1927) * ''

The Singing Fool ''The Singing Fool'' is a 1928 American sound part-talkie musical drama motion picture directed by Lloyd Bacon which was released by Warner Bros. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchr ...

'' (1928) * ''

Fancy Baggage ''Fancy Baggage'' is a 1929 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and released by Warner Bros. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sou ...

'' (1929) * '' Sonny Boy'' (1930) * ''

Broadway Through a Keyhole ''Broadway Through a Keyhole'', also billed as ''Broadway Thru a Keyhole'', is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film produced by Twentieth Century Pictures and released by United Artists. New York City speakeasy proprietress Texas Guinan appear ...

'' (1933) * ''

She Couldn't Take It ''She Couldn't Take It'' is a 1935 American screwball comedy film made at Columbia Pictures, directed by Tay Garnett, written by C. Graham Baker, Gene Towne and Oliver H.P. Garrett, and starring George Raft and Joan Bennett. It was one of th ...

'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1935) * ''

Mary Burns, Fugitive ''Mary Burns, Fugitive'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by William K. Howard. Sylvia Sidney plays a small-town coffee-shop owner who falls for a gangster, ends up in prison and then released in a scheme to trap him. Plot Mary Burns (Sy ...

'' (1935) * ''

The Girl Friend ''The Girl Friend'' is a musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by Herbert Fields. This was the longest running show for the trio to that date.Secrest, Meryle. ''Somewhere for me:a biography of Richard Rodge ...

'' (1935) * '' You Only Live Once'' (1937) * ''

Ali Baba Goes to Town ''Ali Baba Goes to Town'' is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, and Roland Young. Cantor plays a hobo named Aloysius "Al" Babson, who walks into the camp of a movie company ...

'' (1937) * '' Eternally Yours'' (1939) * ''

Danger Signal ''Danger Signal'' is a 1945 American film noir starring Faye Emerson and Zachary Scott. The screenplay was adapted from the 1939 novel of the same name by Phyllis Bottome. Plot A mysterious pulp writer—and psychopath—named Ronnie Mason, s ...

'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1947)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, C. Graham 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