Brysis Coleman — born Grace Brysis Noah — was an American screenwriter active during the late 1920s in

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. She wrote a string of Westerns for director

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Biography

Brysis was born in

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, to Logan Noah and Grace Mulligan. She graduated from Lincoln High School in 1920, and soon after moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in the fledgling film industry. She began working as a secretary for J. Charles Davis, president of El Dorado Productions, and from there was given a chance to write screenplays. She was married several times: first to Earl Brubaker, next to Gene Coleman, then to Raymond Hodges, and then Gordon Whitnall.

Selected filmography

* ''

West of Santa Fe ''West of Santa Fe'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Custer, Peggy Montgomery and Bud Osborne.McGowan p.169 Cast * Bob Custer as Jack * Peggy Montgomery as Helen * Bud Osborne as Crooked Forem ...

'' (1928) * '' Arizona Days'' (1928) * ''

Silent Trail ''Silent Trail'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Custer, Peggy Montgomery and John Lowell.McGowan p.168 Cast * Bob Custer * Peggy Montgomery * John Lowell * J.P. McGowan * Mack V. Wright * Nanc ...

'' (1928)

References

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