Mildred Dein
Mildred Dein | |
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Born | Mildred Gilrod November 8, 1911 New York, USA |
Died | September 5, 1997 (aged 85) Encino, California, USA |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Spouse | Edward Dein |
Mildred Dein (born Mildred Gilrod) was an American screenwriter who worked primarily on genre films during 1950s.
Biography
[edit]Born in New York to Jewish immigrants from Russia and Germany, she married writer-director Edward Dein in Los Angeles in 1934, and the pair would go on to collaborate on half a dozen films over the next 20 years. The pair also wrote books like 1947's The Pencil Is Sharp together.[1] For years, they resided in a castle-like home in Los Angeles's Laurel Canyon.[2]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Curse of the Undead (1959)[3][2]
- Seven Guns to Mesa (1958)
- Calypso Joe (1957)[4][5]
- Shack Out on 101 (1955)[6][7]
- The Heart and the Sword (1953)
- Come Die My Love (1952)
References
[edit]- ^ "27 Mar 1947, Page 17 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ a b Senn, Bryan (2019-03-05). "Twice the Thrills! Twice the Chills!": Horror and Science Fiction Double Features, 1955-1974. McFarland. ISBN 9781476635712.
- ^ "5 Sep 1959, Page 10 - Shamokin News-Dispatch at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ "23 May 1957, 521 - Daily News at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ Doherty, Thomas; Doherty, Thomas Patrick (2010-06-04). Teenagers And Teenpics: Juvenilization Of American Movies. Temple University Press. ISBN 9781592137879.
- ^ "26 May 1956, 8 - Vidette-Messenger of Porter County at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ "9 Mar 1956, 6 - Shamokin News-Dispatch at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-28.