Sidney McCall (March 8, 1865January 11, 1954), born Mary McNeill, later Mary McNeil Fenollosa, was an American novelist and poet. Several of her novels were adapted into films.

Biography

McCall was born Mary McNeill (later dropping one of the l's) in

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, to William Stoddard McNeill, a

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, and Laura Sibley. McCall was the oldest of five children. At the age of 18 she married Ludolph Chester who died two years later. She later married Ledyard Scott in Tokyo. However, the marriage was not a happy one and she divorced Scott and returned to the United States in 1892. In 1895 she married

Ernest Fenollosa Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (February 18, 1853 – September 21, 1908) was an American art historian of Japanese art, professor of philosophy and political economy at Tokyo Imperial University. An important educator during the modernization of J ...

, an American art historian of Japanese art, professor of philosophy and political economy.

Selected works

* ''Out of the Nest: A Flight of Verses'' (1899) poetry, under her own name * ''Truth Dexter'' (1901) novel, as Sidney McCall * ''Hiroshige, the Artist of Mist, Snow and Rain'' (1901) essay, under her own name * ''The Breath of the Gods : A Japanese Romance of To-day'' (1905), as Sidney McCall * ''

The Dragon Painter ''The Dragon Painter'' is a 1919 English language silent romance drama film. It is based on the novel of the same name, written by Mary McNeil Fenollosa. It stars Sessue Hayakawa as a young painter who believes that his fiancée (played by Hayak ...

'' (1906) under her own name * ''Red Horse Hill'' (1909) novel, as Sidney McCall * Foreword to ''Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art: An Outline History of East Asiatic Design'' (1912) by

^* * ''Blossoms from a Japanese Garden: A Book of Child-Verses ''(1913) poetry, under her own name * ''The Strange Woman'' (1914) novel, as Sidney McCall * ''Ariadne of Allan Water'' (1914) novel, as Sidney McCall * ''The Stirrup Latch'' (1915) novel, as Sidney McCall * ''Sunshine Beggars'' (1918) novel, as Sidney McCall * ''Christopher Laird'' (1919) novel, as Sidney McCall Mary Fenollosa was also responsible for the posthumous completion, checking and publication of her late husband's work ''Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art''.

Films

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'' is based on her novel of the same name. '' The Eternal Mother'', a lost 1917 silent film, is based on her ''Red Horse Hill''. ''

'' (1919) is based on her novel ''

''.

Biography

Selected works

Films

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Further reading