Florence Hein
Florence Hein | |
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Born | February 2, 1880 Aberdeen, Scotland |
Died | April 22, 1953 (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, USA |
Occupation | Screenwriter |
Florence Hein (February 2, 1880 – April 22, 1953) was a Scottish-born American screenwriter in the silent film era, and later worked as actress Pola Negri's personal secretary.
Early life[]
Florence was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, to Gustav Hein and Laura Hyde. Her father taught German at a girls' high school in Aberdeen.[1] and was a member of the Aberdeen Philosophical Society.[2] The Hein family immigrated to the United States when Florence was a girl.
Career[]
Hein was a screenwriter in the silent film era. She worked in Hollywood at Metro Pictures in the early to mid-1920s.[3][4] Her first film, The Golden Gift (1922), was directed by Maxwell Karger and starred Alice Lake.[5] She was also announced as scenarist for an Elliott Dexter film titled The Man Who Forgave, in 1923.[6] By 1925[7] she was private secretary to actress Pola Negri.[8][9] She attended Rudolph Valentino's funeral with Negri in 1926.[10]
Selected filmography[]
- By Divine Right (1924)
- The Scarlet Lily (1923)
- Refuge (1923)
- The Golden Gift (1922)
Personal life[]
Hein died in Los Angeles in 1953, aged 73 years.
References[]
- ^ "Post Office Aberdeen directory, 1892-1893". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ Aberdeen, Philosophical Society of (1892). Transactions of the Aberdeen Philosophical Society. Society. pp. lxii.
- ^ "Metro Pictures Corporation, Weekly Payroll, 1915-1920 – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
- ^ "Much Music at the Metro". The Los Angeles Times. 21 Aug 1921. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
- ^ "Virginia Valli and Bert Lytell". The Intelligencer Journal. 16 Aug 1921. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
- ^ "Washburn-Dexter Units Prepare for Own Productions". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1923-08-23. p. 24. Retrieved 2020-07-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bunch, Audrey (1925-04-03). "Society". Statesman Journal. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-07-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Society and Club News". The Capital Journal. 1 Apr 1925. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
- ^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (2014-06-24). The Valentino Mystique: The Death and Afterlife of the Silent Film Idol. McFarland. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-7864-8341-9.
- ^ "Pola Negri Will Leave for East Today". The Los Angeles Times. August 25, 1926. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
External links[]
- Florence Hein at IMDb
- Florence Hein at the British Film Institute
- American women screenwriters
- Scottish screenwriters
- 1880 births
- 1953 deaths
- People from Aberdeen
- Writers from Aberdeen
- 20th-century American women writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 20th-century British screenwriters
- American screenwriter stubs