Eugenie Magnus Ingleton (1873 – 3 August 1936) was a British
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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, actress, and war correspondent. She started acting on the stage at the age of ten playing Little Eva in ''
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
''Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly'' is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. ...
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She worked as a war correspondent in South Africa during the
Second Boer War before moving to the United States. She worked mainly as a screenwriter but got also involved in stage design and other tasks around the set.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Butterfly on the Wheel'' (1915)
* ''
Trilby'' (1915)
* ''
The Reward of the Faithless'' (1917)
* ''
The Lair of the Wolf'' (1917)
* ''
Heart Strings'' (1917)
* ''
The Pulse of Life'' (1917)
* ''
Because of a Woman
''Because of a Woman'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Jack Livingston, Belle Bennett, Louella Maxam, and George Chesebro.Parish & Pitts p.75
Cast
* Belle Bennett as Valerie
* Jack Livingston as Noel C ...
'' (1917)
* ''
The Birth of Patriotism
''The Birth of Patriotism'' is a 1917 American silent war drama film directed by E. Magnus Ingleton and starring Irene Hunt, Ann Forrest, and Leo Pierson.DeBauche p. 45 Based on a story by I.A.R. Wylie, it is set in England during the First Worl ...
'' (1917)
* ''
The Moonstone'' (1915)
*''The Loyalty of Taro San'' (1918)
* ''
Love's Prisoner
''Love's Prisoner'' is a 1919 American silent crime drama film starring Olive Thomas
Olive Thomas (born Oliva R. Duffy; October 20, 1894 – September 10, 1920) was an American silent-film actress, art model, and photo model.
Thomas began ...
'' (1919)
* ''
The Blue Bonnet
''The Blue Bonnet'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Louis Chaudet and starring Billie Rhodes, Ben F. Wilson, and Irene Rich.Wlaschin p.289
Cast
* Billie Rhodes as Ruth
* Ben F. Wilson as Jairus Drake
* Irene Rich as Martha Dra ...
'' (1919)
* ''
Below the Surface'' (1920)
* ''
The Secret of the Hills
''The Secret of the Hills'' is a 1921 American silent mystery film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Antonio Moreno, Lillian Hall and Kingsley BenedictWlaschin p.197
Synopsis
While in London an American newspapermen becomes drawn into a d ...
'' (1921)
* ''
Alimony'' (1924)
* ''
The Scarlet Honeymoon'' (1925)
* ''
The Kiss Barrier
''The Kiss Barrier'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Eugenie Magnus Ingleton. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Claire Adams, Diana Miller, Marion Harlan, Thomas R. Mills, and Charles Clary. The fi ...
'' (1925)
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1873 births
1936 deaths
Women film pioneers
20th-century British screenwriters
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