Marion Orth
Born
Marion F. Smidl

December 5, 1900
Illinois, USA
DiedDecember 1, 1984(1984-12-01) (aged 83)
California, USA
OccupationScreenwriter
Years active1918–1944
SpouseEdward Orth

Marion Orth (December 5, 1900 December 1, 1984) was an American screenwriter of the silent and sound eras of Hollywood. She was a frequent collaborator of director Lois Weber.

Biography

Orth began her career as a playwright and magazine writer, publishing in Breezy Stories as early as 1917.[1][2] In 1920, she moved from Chicago to Los Angeles at the invitation of Lois Weber, who had purchased the film rights to two of Orth's stories, "The Price of a Good Time" (filmed in 1917) and "Borrowed Clothes" (filmed in 1918).[3] Orth went on to write several films with and for Weber, including A Midnight Romance, To Please One Woman, Too Wise Wives, and The Blot.[4]

In 1923, she signed a seven-picture contract at Universal as a scenarist; her efforts at the studio included work on The Price of Pleasure and Dorothy Arzner's The Wild Party.[3][5] She also wrote a string of films for Fox. In 1934, she began writing for Monogram Pictures.

In 1938, she settled a lawsuit with Republic for releasing a 1937 film called Circus Girl based on her novel. Orth was awarded $10,000.[6][7]

Orth's apparently final film was released in 1944.[8]

Selected filmography

References

  1. "19 Jan 1930, 22 - The Morning Call at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  2. "Stories, Listed by Author | Marion Orth". www.philsp.com. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  3. 1 2 Scenario Bulletin Digest. June 1923. p. 14.
  4. Stamp, Shelley (2015-05-02). Lois Weber in Early Hollywood. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520960084.
  5. "7 Mar 1925, 20 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  6. "26 May 1938, 1 - The Coos Bay Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  7. "26 May 1938, 2 - The Coos Bay Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
  8. "AFI|Catalog: Marion Orth". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
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