G. Marion Burton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gertrude Marion L. Hopkins June 8, 1875 Stillwater, Minnesota, USA |
| Died | January 3, 1952 New York, New York, USA |
| Education | Emerson College |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, reporter |
| Spouse | Henry Bergen |
G. Marion Burton (born Gertrude Hopkins, and also known by her married name, Gertrude Bergen) was an American screenwriter, reporter, and playwright active during Hollywood's silent era.
Biography
Burton was born into an affluent family in Stillwater, Minnesota, and raised primarily in San Francisco. She was the only child of Jesse Pease Hopkins and Ella Clewell.[1] She was educated at the Irving Institute in San Francisco, and eventually graduated from Emerson College in Boston.[2]
As a writer, her work appeared in publications like Parisienne, Collier's Smart Set, Town and Country, and Vanity Fair, and she also wrote a number of screenplays for director E.H. Griffith.[1][3] Her weekly column called "Broadway Silhouettes" ran in several newspapers.[1]
She married Henry Hannah Bergen in 1899 in Brooklyn, New York.[4] The pair resided at the Grand Hotel in Manhattan.[2]
Selected filmography
- Out with the Tide (1928)
- Golden Shackles (1928)
- Burnt Fingers (1927)
- Another Scandal (1924)
- Untamed Youth (1924)
- The Custard Cup (1923)
- The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923)[5]
- The Woman Game (1920)
- Thin Ice (1919)
- The Unknown Quantity (1919)
- Miss Dulcie from Dixie (1919)
- The Wishing Ring Man (1919)
References
- 1 2 3 Laramore, Vivian Yeiser (August 20, 1939). "Miami Muse". The Miami News. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
- 1 2 Motion Picture Studio Directory, 1919; Page: 218
- ↑ "Lois Wilson at Capitol Sun. in Another Success". The Lansing State Journal. May 23, 1925. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
- ↑ Brooklyn blue book and Long Island society register. New York Public Library. Brooklyn Life Pub. Co., 1908.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Institute, American Film (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520209695.