Edith Kennedy (1880-1963), often credited as Edith M. Kennedy, was an American writer and screenwriter active during the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

Biography

Beginnings

Edith May Kennedy was born in to Frederick Kennedy and Clara Lane in Auburn, New York. The family moved several times during Edith's childhood, eventually heading west and settling in Pasadena, California, where Edith began her career as a writer.

Career

Edith wrote short stories before turning her attentions to Hollywood. After moving to Pasadena in 1915, she began writing film scenarios and found her work in high demand. She penned dozens of scripts between 1917 and 1924 at Lasky Studios, working with directors like George Melford and Walter Edwards and often writing for Constance Talmadge.

Personal life

She married New York–based composer Albert D. Jewett in 1921, and from there, went under contract at MGM. The pair later divorced. Her sister

Clara Genevieve Kennedy Clara Genevieve Kennedy was an American screenwriter and author active during Hollywood's silent era. She wrote most of her scripts for Paramount. Biography Clara was born in Monteagle, Tennessee, to Frederick Kennedy and Clara Lane. Her siste ...

also worked briefly as a scenario writer, penning eight scripts between 1918 and 1921. Edith died on November 8, 1963, in

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Filmography

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Pal o' Mine Pal O' Mine is a 1924 drama-romance 6-reel film produced by Columbia Pictures. The film was directed by Edward Le Saint and written by Edith Kennedy. The film was released on March 1, 1924. Production and release The film was directed by Edwar ...

'' (1924) * '' Youth to Youth'' (1922) * ''

Seeing's Believing ''Seeing's Believing'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Viola Dana, Allan Forrest, and Gertrude Astor.Parish & Pitts p. 22. Plot As described in a film magazine, Diana Webster (Dana), a willful youn ...

'' (1922) * '' Glass Houses'' (1922) * '' Fourteenth Lover'' (1922) * '' Don't Call Me Little Girl'' (1921) * ''

Her First Elopement ''Her First Elopement'' is a 1920 American drama film directed by Sam Wood and written by Edith M. Kennedy. It is based on the 1915 novel ''Her First Elopement'' by Alice Duer Miller. The film stars Wanda Hawley, Jerome Patrick, Nell Craig, Luc ...

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Oh, Lady, Lady ''Oh, Lady, Lady'' is a lost 1920 American silent comedy romance film directed by Major Maurice Campbell and starring Bebe Daniels. It is based on a popular 1918 Broadway stage musical, '' Oh, Lady! Lady!!'' Maurice Campbell was the husband of ...

'' (1920) * '' Food for Scandal'' (1920) * ''

Crooked Streets ''Crooked Streets'' is a 1920 American silent drama spy film directed by Paul Powell and produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is one of star Ethel Clayton's rare surviving silent films with a copy at the L ...

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The Ladder of Lies ''The Ladder of Lies'' is a lost 1920 American silent drama film directed by Tom Forman and written by Edith Kennedy from a story by Harold Vickers. The film stars Ethel Clayton, Clyde Fillmore, Jean Acker, Irving Cummings, Charles Meredith, ...

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Young Mrs. Winthrop ''Young Mrs. Winthrop'' is a lost 1920 American silent drama film starring Ethel Clayton. It is based on the 1882 Victorian era Broadway play by Bronson Howard. The film was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictur ...

'' (1920) * '' All of a Sudden Peggy'' (1920) * '' His Official Fiancée'' (1919) * ''

The Third Kiss ''The Third Kiss'' ( es, El tercer beso) is a 1942 Argentine romantic drama film directed by Luis César Amadori and starring Pedro López Lagar, Silvia Legrand and Amelia Bence. At the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Amelia ...

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The Home Town Girl ''The Home Town Girl'' is a 1919 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by Robert G. Vignola, written by Oscar Graeve and Edith Kennedy, and starring Vivian Martin, Ralph Graves, Lee Phelps, Carmen Phillips, Stanhope Wheatcroft, and He ...

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Rustling a Bride ''Rustling A Bride'' is a lost film, lost 1919 silent film comedy-Western directed by Irvin Willat and starring Lila Lee. Plot As described in a film magazine, cowboy Nick McCredie (Blue) discovers the name and address of a Kentucky girl on th ...

'' (1919) * '' Romance and Arabella'' (1919) * '' Jane Goes a' Wooing'' (1919) * '' The Way of a Man with a Maid'' (1918) * ''

Mirandy Smiles ''Mirandy Smiles'' is a 1918 American silent film, silent drama film directed by William C. deMille and written by Edith Kennedy based upon a short story by Belle K. Maniates. The film stars Vivian Martin, Douglas MacLean, William Freeman, and Fra ...

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Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots ''Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Walter Edwards and starring Constance Talmadge, Harrison Ford and George Fisher.Goble p.877 Cast * Constance Talmadge as Mrs. Leffingwell * Harrison Ford as Mr. L ...

'' (1918) * ''

Her Country First ''Her Country First'' is a 1918 American comedy silent film directed by James Young and written by Edith Kennedy and Mary Roberts Rinehart. The film stars Vivian Martin, John Cossar, Florence Oberle, J. Parks Jones, Larry Steers, and Bernadine Zu ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Cruise of the Make-Believes ''The Cruise of the Make-Believes'' is a lost 1918 American silent dramatic feature film starring Lila Lee in her first motion picture. It was directed by George Melford and is based on a 1907 novel by Tom Gallon. Famous Players-Lasky produced and ...

'' (1918) * '' A Pair of Silk Stockings'' (1918) * ''

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The Bravest Way ''The Bravest Way'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and written by Edith M. Kennedy. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Vidor, Tsuru Aoki, Yukio Aoyama, Jane Wolfe, and Winter Hall. The film was released on ...

s'' (1918) * ''

The Fair Barbarian ''The Fair Barbarian'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Robert Thornby and written by Edith M. Kennedy, based on an 1881 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film stars Vivian Martin, Clarence Geldart, Douglas MacLean, Jane Wol ...

'' (1917) * ''

Molly Entangled ''Molly Entangled'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Robert Thornby and written by Edith M. Kennedy. The film stars Vivian Martin, Harrison Ford, Noah Beery, Sr., G.S. Spaulding, Helen Dunbar, and Gibson Gowland. The film was rel ...

'' (1917) * ''

Bond of Fear ''Bond of Fear'' is a 1956 British crime drama film directed by Henry Cass and starring Dermot Walsh, Jane Barrett, and John Colicos. Premise John Sewell and his family are taken hostage by a desperate fugitive called Dewar who is a stowaway i ...

'' (1917) * ''

Giving Becky a Chance ''Giving Becky a Chance'' is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by Howard Estabrook, and written by Lois Zellner and Edith Kennedy. The film stars Vivian Martin, Jack Holt, Jack Richardson, Pietro Sosso and Alice Knowland. The film was r ...

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The Marcellini Millions ''The Marcellini Millions'' is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by Donald Crisp and written by George Beban and Edith M. Kennedy. The film stars George Beban, Helen Jerome Eddy, Pietro Sosso, Henry Woodward, Fred Huntley and Mae Gaston. ...

'' (1917)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kennedy, Edith American women screenwriters Screenwriters from New York (state) 1880 births Year of death unknown People from Auburn, New York 1963 deaths 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American screenwriters