Bayard Veiller
Bayard Veiller | |
|---|---|
| Veiller in 1920 | |
| Born | (1869年01月02日)January 2, 1869 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 16, 1943(1943年01月16日) (aged 74) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1915–1943 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Anthony Veiller |
Bayard Veiller (January 2, 1869 – January 16, 1943) was an American playwright, screenwriter, producer and film director. He wrote for 32 films between 1915 and 1941.
Biography
[edit ]He was born on January 2, 1869, in Brooklyn, New York to Philip Bayard Veiller.[1] He was married to English actress Margaret Wycherly from 1901 to 1922; their son, Anthony Veiller, was also a screenwriter.
Veiller first broke into Broadway theatre with The Primrose Path, a play that he wrote and produced. It was a failure and left him broke,[2] although it later served as the basis for the 1920 film, Burnt Wings .[3] His first success as a playwright was Within the Law , a hit on Broadway in 1912-1913. It was later adapted as a movie five times. Veiller continued to write plays as he began screenwriting. His later Broadway hits included The Thirteenth Chair and The Trial of Mary Dugan , which were adapted as films.[4] The play The Thirteenth Chair had been licensed for production in Britain in 1917.[5]
Veiller wrote an autobiography, The Fun I've Had, published in 1941 by Reynal and Hitchcock.[6] He died on January 16, 1943, in New York City at age 74.[1] [7]
Selected filmography
[edit ]- The Deadlier Sex (1920)
- Alias Ladyfingers (1921)
- The Lure of Youth (1921)
- There Are No Villains (1921)
- The Last Card (1922)
- The Face Between (1922)
- The Right That Failed (1922)
- Sherlock Brown (1922)
- Smooth as Satin (1925)
- The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929)
- The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
- Paid (1930)
- The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) producer
- Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)
- Menace (1934)
- The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934) producer
- The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Bayard Veiller, Writer of Plays. Author of 'Within the Law' and 'Trial of Mary Duffan' Is Dead Here at 74". The New York Times . June 17, 1943. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
Bayard Veiller, a leading American playwright for many years, died yesterday morning in the ... Veiller was born in Brooklyn, the son of Philip Bayard Veiller and Elizabeth ...
- ^ Veiller, Bayard (2010) [1941]. The Fun I've Had. Cornwall, New York: Cornwall Press. pp. 175–176. ISBN 978-1-4344-0659-0.
- ^ "Burnt Wings". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ Kabatchnik, Amnon (2009). Blood on the Stage, 1925-1950: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 123–125. ISBN 978-0-8108-6963-9. OCLC 320351782.
- ^ "The Thirteenth Chair". Great War Theatre. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ^ Veiller, Bayard (2010) [1941]. The Fun I've Had. Cornwall, New York: Cornwall Press. ISBN 978-1-4344-0659-0.
- ^ "Bayard Veiller Dies". Ottawa Citizen . Associated Press. June 17, 1943. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
External links
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- Works by Bayard Veiller at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Bayard Veiller at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Works by or about Bayard Veiller at the Internet Archive
- Bayard Veiller at IMDb
- Bayard Veiller at the Internet Broadway Database Edit this at Wikidata