Violet Clark

Anna Violet Clark (1896-1974) was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood's silent era.

Violet Clark
Born	Anna Violet Clark May 13, 1896 Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Died	October 23, 1974 (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation	Screenwriter

Biography

The youngest of four children born to A.W. Clark and Anna Taggert in Omaha, Nebraska, Violet attended Mills College in Oakland, California, and then graduated from the University of Chicago.^[1][2] She started off her professional career as a journalist at newspapers in the Midwest.^[3][4]

She soon began writing scenarios; the first one she sold was for 1919's Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie, directed by Tod Browning. In 1920, Clark came to Los Angeles to accept a position as a scenario writer for Thomas H. Ince.^[5] She'd also write a number of stories for actress Katherine McDonald and B. P. Shulberg at First National, as well as Samuel Goldwyn.^[6][7]

She married Los Angeles–based commercial artist Robert Freeman in 1922, and the pair spent a year in London, during which she wrote pictures for British studios.^[8][9] After the birth of their two sons, the pair spent four years in Europe, at which point Violet returned to her position at Paramount, but she's not credited with any other films after this period.^[10]

Selected filmography

• The Girl from Gay Paree (1927)
• The Splendid Crime (1925)
• Not So Long Ago (1925)
• Grounds for Divorce (1925)
• A Self-Made Failure (1924)
• Slander the Woman (1923)
• Bell Boy 13 (1923)
• The Woman Conquers (1922)
• Domestic Relations (1922)
• The Foolish Age (1921)
• The Truth About Husbands (1921)
• The Devil's Garden (1920)
• Wings of Pride (1920)
• Madonnas and Men (1920)
• A Woman's Business (1920)
• Locked Lips (1920)
• Love Without Question (1920)
• The Red Lane (1919)
• The Pointing Finger (1919)
• Loot (1919)
• Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie (1919)

References

1. "16 Apr 1922, Page 68 - Oakland Tribune at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
2. "Scenario Writers and Editors". Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual: 286. 1919 – via Ancestry.com.
3. "29 Jan 1922, Page 58 - Oakland Tribune at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
4. "14 May 1922, 29 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
5. "26 Aug 1920, 30 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
6. "29 Jan 1922, Page 58 - Oakland Tribune at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
7. "19 Mar 1922, Page 20 - Oakland Tribune at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
8. "2 Dec 1922, 17 - Daily News at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
9. "24 Aug 1923, 27 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
10. "28 Sep 1932, 7 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-11.