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American writer
Jay Gelzer (January 22, 1889 – June 15, 1964) was an American writer. She wrote novels and short stories, including several that were adapted into films.
[1]
[2]
Gelzer was born in England,
[3] brought to the United States as a child, and was adopted after her mother's death.
[2]
[4] She lived in
St. Louis, Missouri , where she graduated from
Central High School
[3] and was a member of the St. Louis Writers' Guild.
[5] She later lived in
Santa Monica
[2] and Detroit.
[6]
Gelzer's writing was published in
Good Housekeeping ,
[7]
Cosmopolitan ,
[8] and the
New York Daily News .
[9]
Her book The Street of a Thousand Delights contained eight stories about a "half-breed" in Melbourne's Chinese quarter.
[10] She helped adapt her first novel Compromise , set in St Louis, into a film version for
Warner Brothers (
Compromise ).
[11]
She married Jennings Axon Glazer
[12] and had two sons.
Selected works
Film poster for
Driven
The Street of A Thousand Delights (1921), short stories
[13]
[14]
"The Flower of the Flock", short story
[8]
Joan Trevore (1922), her first novel
[15]
Riding Lights (1924), a play in three acts
[16]
Compromise (1923), her first novel
[4] Robert M. McBride & Company
[17]
"Broadway Musketeers", short story
Rich People , serialized novel that ran in Good Housekeeping
[20]
Another Dawn (1932), a three act play written with George Bryant of Boston
[22]
References
^ Smith, Geoffrey D. (August 13, 1997).
American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography . Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
9780521434690 – via Google Books.
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c Johnson, Wynonah B. (1925-08-14).
"Novelist wins in hard fight" . The Los Angeles Times . p. 24. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
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"Jay Gelzer" . The St. Louis Star and Times . 1923-06-25. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
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"What women are doing: Jay Gelzer" . The Los Angeles Times . 1925-06-28. p. 51. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
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"Two prominent short story writers address the Y. School of Journalism" . The News-Times . 1931-08-14. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
^ Mathews, Edith L. (1935-12-20).
"A cosmopolite talks on life - and fiction" . The St. Louis Star and Times . p. 13. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
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"Good Housekeeping" . 1922.
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"Cosmopolitan" . 1921.
^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (September 7, 1961).
"Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series" . Copyright Office, Library of Congress. – via Google Books.
^ Harrison, Joseph Barlow; Scholz, Richard Frederick; Densmore, Harvey B. (1922).
"The Pacific Review" .
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"Irene Rich stars in "Compromise" " . The Times Dispatch . 16 August 1925. p. 31.
^ Howes, Durward (1937).
"American Women" .
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"The street of delights" . Oakland Tribune . 1921-07-17. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
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"Recent fiction" . Detroit Free Press . 1921-10-01. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
^ Beamish, Alfred Ernest (1922).
"First Steps to Lawn Tennis" .
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"Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures" . 1924.
^ Croly, Herbert David (1923).
"The New Republic" .
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"Irene Rich stars in "Compromise" " . The Times Dispatch . 1925-08-16. p. 31. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
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"Trianon now Sound Theatre; opens with 'Broadway Babies' " . The Birmingham News . 1929-09-15. p. 63. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
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"Advertisement for "Rich People" " . Evening Star . 1928-03-01. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
^ Taylor, Ken (1930-05-23).
"Characters in light comedy are all alive" . Los Angeles Evening Express . p. 15. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
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"Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series" . 1933.