Nan Blair (September 28, 1891 – August 15, 1944), born Clyte Cosper, was an American screenwriter and literary agent active primarily during Hollywood's silent era.
Nan Blair | |
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 Nan Blair, from a 1919 publication | |
| Born | Clyte May Cosper September 28, 1891 Dallas, Oregon, USA |
| Died | August 15, 1944 (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
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Personal life
editBlair was born in Dallas, Oregon, to Otis Cosper and Nettie Niece. Her first husband Joseph Elizalde[1] died in Santa Barbara in 1917, around the time she began writing screenplays in Hollywood.[2] She later married Sheldon Ballinger; their marriage that ended in divorce. Benjamin Dailey was her third husband; they were married until her death in Los Angeles in 1944.[3]
Career
editBy 1918, Blair headed up the script-reading department at Triangle Pictures, where she worked on shorts like A Dream of Egypt and A Prince for a Day.[4] She later headed Palmer Photoplays' manuscript sales department and was affiliated with Zeppo Marx Inc.[5] Her last known credit was on This Is the Life in 1935.
Selected filmography
edit- A Dream of Egypt (1917) (short)
- A Prince for a Day (1917) (short)
- Little Mariana's Triumph (1917) (short)
- Trail of No Return (1918) (short)
- Whom the Gods Would Destroy (1919)[6]
- The Hawk's Trail (1919)
- The Fatal Wallop (1920)
- Beach of Dreams (1921)
- The Love Trap (1923)
- This Is the Life (1935)
References
edit- ^ "Santa Barbara". The Los Angeles Times. 9 January 1910. p. 41. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "Dies Crossing the Mountains". The Los Angeles Times. 19 February 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Mrs. Nan B. Dailey". The Los Angeles Times. 18 Aug 1944. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ "Triangle Tells Plans". The Los Angeles Times. 1 June 1918. p. 13. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Flashes". The Los Angeles Times. 18 October 1918. p. 17. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Macauley Feature Long in Producing" Motion Picture News (March 15, 1919): 1641. via Internet Archive
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