Irene Temple Bailey (February 24, 1869 – July 6, 1953) was a popular American

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writer.Clayton, Marion E. (15 July 1928)
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film ''Auntie'', and two of her novels were filmed. She also had three of her books on the

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in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by ''

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''. Bailey never married. She died at her apartment in

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, on July 6, 1953. Her obituary in the ''

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'' estimated that her novels had sold three million copies, making her among the best paid writers in the world, and that ''

'' had once given her $325,000 for three serial novels and a group of short stories.(8 July 1953)
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Round About Town
''Jamestown Post-Journal'' (mention of her death, notes she was a native of Petersburg, Virginia)

Bibliography

*''Judy'' (1907) *''Glory of Youth'' (1913) *''Contrary Mary'' (1914) *''A Girl's Courage'' (1916) *''Adventures in Girlhood'' (1917) *''Mistress Anne'' (1917) * ''The Tin Soldier'' (1918) – No.8 for the year 1919 in the U.S. *''Trumpeter Swan'' (1920) *''The Gay Cockade'' (1921) *''The Dim Lantern'' (1922) – No.5 for the year 1923 in the U.S. *''Peacock Feathers'' (1924) – made into a motion picture *''Holly Hedge, and other Christmas stories'' (1925) *''The Blue Window'' (1926) – No.10 for the year 1926 in the U.S. *''Wallflowers'' (1927) – made into a motion picture *''Silver Slippers'' (1928) *''Star in the Well; a Christmas story'' (1928) *''Burning Beauty'' (1929) *''Wild Wind'' (1930) *''So this Is Christmas'' (1931) *''Little Girl Lost'' (1932) *''Enchanted Ground'' (1933) *''Radiant tree, and other stories'' (1934) *''Fair as the Moon'' (1935) *''I've Been To London'' (1937) *''Tomorrow's Promise (1938) *''The Blue Cloak'' (1941) *''Pink Camellia'' (1942) *''Red Fruit'' (1945)

Filmography

*''Auntie'' (1914) *''

Peacock Feathers ''Peacock Feathers'' is a 1925 American drama film directed by Svend Gade and written by James O. Spearing and Svend Gade. It is based on a 1924 novel of the same name by Temple Bailey. The film stars Jacqueline Logan, Cullen Landis, Ward Cr ...

'' (1925) *'' Wallflowers'' (1928)

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