Marion Orth
Born
Marion F. Smidl

December 5, 1900
Illinois, USA
DiedDecember 1, 1984(1984-12-01) (aged 83)
California, USA
OccupationScreenwriter
Years active1918–1944
SpouseEdward Orth

Marion Orth (December 5, 1900 – December 1, 1984) was an American screenwriter of the silent and sound eras of Hollywood. She was a frequent collaborator of director Lois Weber.

Biography

Orth began her career as a playwright and magazine writer, publishing in Breezy Stories as early as 1917.[1][2] In 1920, she moved from Chicago to Los Angeles at the invitation of Lois Weber, who had purchased the film rights to two of Orth's stories, "The Price of a Good Time" (filmed in 1917) and "Borrowed Clothes" (filmed in 1918).[3] Orth went on to write several films with and for Weber, including A Midnight Romance, To Please One Woman, Too Wise Wives, and The Blot.[4]

In 1923, she signed a seven-picture contract at Universal as a scenarist; her efforts at the studio included work on The Price of Pleasure and Dorothy Arzner's The Wild Party.[3][5] She also wrote a string of films for Fox. In 1934, she began writing for Monogram Pictures.

In 1938, she settled a lawsuit with Republic for releasing a 1937 film called Circus Girl based on her novel. Orth was awarded $10,000.[6][7]

Orth's apparently final film was released in 1944.[8]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ "19 Jan 1930, 22 - The Morning Call at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  2. ↑ "Stories, Listed by Author | Marion Orth". www.philsp.com. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  3. 1 2 Scenario Bulletin Digest. June 1923. p. 14.
  4. ↑ Stamp, Shelley (2015-05-02). Lois Weber in Early Hollywood. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520960084.
  5. ↑ "7 Mar 1925, 20 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  6. ↑ "26 May 1938, 1 - The Coos Bay Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  7. ↑ "26 May 1938, 2 - The Coos Bay Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  8. ↑ "AFI|Catalog: Marion Orth". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
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