View text source at Wikipedia

Becky Gardiner

Becky Gardiner
Born
Rebeckah McCormick McLean

April 24, 1886
Maryland, US
Died???
???
EducationBrearley School
Sorbonne University
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, actress
SpouseJohn Gardiner
Parent(s)Donald McLean (father)
Emily Nelson Ritchie McLean (mother)
RelativesAlbert Ritchie (cousin)

Becky Gardiner (born Rebeckah McCormick McLean; April 24, 1886) was an American screenwriter and actress active in the 1920s and 1930s. She was noted for writing screenplays that focused on women.[1]

Biography

[edit]

Gardiner was born into a prominent Maryland family; her father, Donald McLean, was a lawyer, and his wife, Emily Nelson Ritchie, was related to Maryland Gov. Albert Ritchie.[2][3] On June 12, 1909,[4] she married writer John D.W. Gardiner; they had one daughter, Emily, who became an author as well.[5]

Gardiner got her start as an actress in New York City, performing in small roles in the early 1910s under the name Becky Bruce.[6][7][8] She turned her attention to writing in the 1920s, studying in Paris at the Sorbonne and writing a column called "Footlights and Studio Lamps" for The Evening Sun; she eventually went under contract at Famous Players–Lasky, where she was the only woman on the East Coast writing staff.[5][9] She also worked at Fox and Paramount.[6]

Films for which Gardiner wrote adaptations included Sea Horses (1926) and Padlocked (1926).[10] She also wrote the scenario for War Nurse (1930).[11]

Her date of death is unknown.

Selected filmography

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Nelmes, Jill (2010-10-04). Analysing the Screenplay. Routledge. ISBN 9781136912450.
  2. ^ "30 Jan 1914, Page 7 - The Washington Post at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  3. ^ "10 Apr 1927, 50 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  4. ^ "Becomes a Soldier's Bride". The Tennessean. Tennessee, Nashville. June 13, 1909. p. 16. Retrieved 16 March 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "28 Feb 1926, 85 - The Baltimore Sun at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  6. ^ a b "17 Mar 1927, 6 - Calgary Herald at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  7. ^ "27 Oct 1913, Page 7 - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  8. ^ "9 Nov 1913, Page 41 - Daily Arkansas Gazette at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  9. ^ "30 Oct 1926, 34 - Tampa Bay Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  10. ^ Lombardi, Frederic (2013). Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios. McFarland. p. 337. ISBN 9780786490400. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  11. ^ Villecco, Tony (2015). Silent Stars Speak: Interviews with Twelve Cinema Pioneers. McFarland. p. 144. ISBN 9780786482092. Retrieved 16 March 2019.