Bess Meredyth

Screenwriter

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Also Known As

Helen Macglashin, Bess Meredith

Birth Place

Buffalo, New York, USA

Died

July 13, 1969

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During her Hollywood career, Bess Meredyth wrote a variety of screenplays. Meredyth began her writing career for film with such titles as the historical feature "Ben Hur, A Tale of the Christ" (1925) with Ramon Novarro, "Don Juan" (1926) with John Barrymore and the John Barrymore adventure "The Sea Beast" (1926). She also appeared in the Greta Garbo spy thriller "The Mysterious Lady" ...

Filmography

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Morgan's Raiders (1918)

The Unsuspected (1947)

That Night in Rio (1941)

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

Contract Writer

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

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Drums Along The Mohawk (1939) -- (Movie Clip) You Got A Fine Woman

Phantom Of Paris, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) It's A Mischievous God

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Wilford Lucas

Husband

Michael Curtiz

Husband

Married from 1928 until his death.

Biography

During her Hollywood career, Bess Meredyth wrote a variety of screenplays. Meredyth began her writing career for film with such titles as the historical feature "Ben Hur, A Tale of the Christ" (1925) with Ramon Novarro, "Don Juan" (1926) with John Barrymore and the John Barrymore adventure "The Sea Beast" (1926). She also appeared in the Greta Garbo spy thriller "The Mysterious Lady" (1928). She was nominated for an Academy Award for "A Woman of Affairs" in 1928. Toward the end of her career, Meredyth wrote "The Affairs of Cellini" (1934), the Maurice Chevalier adaptation "Folies Bergere" (1935) and the drama "Metropolitan" (1935) with Lawrence Tibbett. She also appeared in the mystery "Charlie Chan at the Opera" (1936) with Warner Oland and "That Night in Rio" (1941) with Alice Faye. Meredyth more recently worked on the thrilling mystery "The Unsuspected" (1947) with Claude Rains. Meredyth was married to Michael Curtiz and had one child. Meredyth passed away in July 1969 at the age of 79.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Morgan's Raiders (1918)

Writer (Feature Film)

The Unsuspected (1947)

That Night in Rio (1941)

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

Contract Writer

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

The Great Hospital Mystery (1937)

Charlie Chan at the Opera (1937)

Half Angel (1936)

Under Two Flags (1936)

Contr to Screenplay const

Metropolitan (1935)

Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)

Metropolitan (1935)

L'homme des Folies Bergère (1935)

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The Affairs of Cellini (1934)

The Mighty Barnum (1934)

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Looking Forward (1933)

Strange Interlude (1932)

Cheri-Bibi (1931)

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The Prodigal (1931)

Laughing Sinners (1931)

The Phantom of Paris (1931)

West of Broadway (1931)

The Cuban Love Song (1931)

In Gay Madrid (1930)

Our Blushing Brides (1930)

The Sea Bat (1930)

Chasing Rainbows (1930)

Our Blushing Brides (1930)

Our Blushing Brides (1930)

The Sea Bat (1930)

In Gay Madrid (1930)

Chasing Rainbows (1930)

Wonder of Women (1929)

Wonder of Women (1929)

The Mysterious Lady (1928)

Sailors' Wives (1928)

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1928)

A Woman of Affairs (1928)

The Scarlet Lady (1928)

Sailors' Wives (1928)

The Mysterious Lady (1928)

The Yellow Lily (1928)

Irish Hearts (1927)

Don Juan (1927)

Rose of the Golden West (1927)

Scen and Adapted

The Magic Flame (1927)

When a Man Loves (1927)

The Sea Beast (1926)

The Love Hour (1925)

A Slave of Fashion (1925)

The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted (1925)

The Love Hour (1925)

The Red Lily (1924)

Thy Name Is Woman (1924)

Thy Name Is Woman (1924)

Strangers of the Night (1923)

The Dangerous Age (1923)

Grand Larceny (1922)

The Woman He Married (1922)

The Song of Life (1922)

Rose o' the Sea (1922)

One Clear Call (1922)

The Grim Comedian (1921)

The Shadow of Lightning Ridge (1921)

The Fighting Breed (1921)

The Girl from Nowhere (1919)

The Big Little Person (1919)

The Grain of Dust (1918)

The Man Who Wouldn't Tell (1918)

The Red, Red Heart (1918)

Morgan's Raiders (1918)

That Devil, Bateese (1918)

The Romance of Tarzan (1918)

Bringing Home Father (1917)

The Little Orphan (1917)

The Midnight Man (1917)

The Twin Triangle (1916)

Spellbound (1916)

Timothy Dobbs, That's Me (1916)

Life Events

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Drums Along The Mohawk (1939) -- (Movie Clip) You Got A Fine Woman First night in the frontier cabin, Lana (Claudette Colbert) comes unglued when Blue Back (Chief Big Tree) appears, Gil (Henry Fonda) trying to recover, in John Ford's Technicolor Revolutionary War drama Drums Along The Mohawk, 1939.

Phantom Of Paris, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) It's A Mischievous God Observing popular magician Cheri-Bibi (John Gilbert) and his hostess, socialite Cecile (Leila Hyams), with a dazzled guest (Tyrell Davis) are Ian Keith as her fiancè Touchais, whom her father has just disinherited, and Natalie Moorhead as Vera, who appears to be only a vile hanger-on, early in The Phantom Of Paris, 1931.

That Night In Rio (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Chica Chica Boom Chic Opening with an original song, by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon, for Carmen Miranda and then Don Ameche, whom we will learn are "Carmen" and American Larry, performers in a Rio night club, in 20th Century-Fox's That Night In Rio, 1941, also starring Alice Faye.

That Night In Rio (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Cai Cai Straight up number for Carmen Miranda, who plays an entertainer named Carmen, performing at a Brazilian society party, co-stars Don Ameche and Alice Faye in her audience, original song by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon, in 20th Century-Fox's That Night In Rio, 1941.

That Night In Rio (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Quite Yourself Now? Brazilians Penna and Salles (S.Z. Sakall, Curt Bois) can't let Baroness Cecilia (Alice Faye) tell American Larry (Don Ameche) that she knows they've hired him to impersonate her husband, their boss, the less charming Baron Manuel, for business reasons, in That Night In Rio, 1941.

Our Blushing Brides (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Morbid Sense Of Virtue Harry Beaumont directs Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery, both age 25, as Jerry, department store model, and Tony, the married older brother of the friend who snagged her a great apartment, testing the boundaries in the third of MGM’s “Jazz Age” romances, but the first talkie, all starring Crawford, Our Blushing Brides, 1930, dialogue by Bess Meredyth.

Our Blushing Brides (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Good For The Hips Loads of activity in the opening scene, beginning the work day, introducing Jerry (Joan Crawford), Connie (Anita Page) and Franky (Dorothy Sebastian) at the department store, in MGM's Our Blushing Brides, 1930.

Mark Of Zorro, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) I Toy With A Sword Just introduced Captain Pasquale (Basil Rathbone) receives Don Diego (Tyrone Power, also the title character), just back to California from Spain, and not tipping his hand, as he meets the new governor and his wife (J. Edward Bromberg, Gale Sondergaard), in The Mark Of Zorro, 1940.

Mark Of Zorro, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) To California In a stylish prologue actually not derived from the original story by Johnston McCulley, Tyrone Power as the title character, Ralph Byrd his fellow cadet, in director Rouben Mamoulian's hit The Mark Of Zorro, 1940, co-starring Linda Darnell and Basil Rathbone.

Mark Of Zorro, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) I Take Only Your Money We know only that California nobleman Don Diego (Tyrone Power) is alarmed at the corruption he has found on his return from Spain, when this masked rider appears, then robs the crooked governor and his wife (J. Edward Bromberg, Gale Sondergaard), in Rouben Mamoulian's The Mark Of Zorro, 1940.

Mark Of Zorro, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Because I'm Good Looking Texas-born teenager Linda Darnell as "Lolita," comfortable enough in old California, meeting her co-star in their third and biggest consecutive 20th Century Fox hit, Tyrone Power as Diego, also the title character, masquerading as a priest, in The Mark Of Zorro, 1940.

Unsuspected, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Attractive Young Secretary The opening, in which Claude Rains, as radio star Grandison, might be the guy upside-down in the reflection, as we briefly meet his secretary (Barbara Woodell), his niece (Audrey Totter) and his over-dressed producer (Constance Bennett), Michael Curtiz directing in high Noir style, in The Unsuspected, 1947.

Family

John Meredyth Lucas

Son

Screenwriter.

Companions

Wilford Lucas

Husband

Michael Curtiz

Husband

Married from 1928 until his death.

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