Josephine Lovett

Josephine Lovett about 1909

Josephine Lovett (born October 21, 1877 in San Francisco , California , † September 17, 1958 in Rancho Santa Fe , California; actually Josephine Shaw ) was an American screenwriter .

Life

Under her stage name Josephine Lovett, she first tried a career as a film actress in Hollywood . After only one appearance in a 1916 film by Ralph Ince, Lovett changed hands and began a long career as a screenwriter. Among other things, she wrote the screenplay for the second version of Mary Pickford's Tess of the Storm Country from 1922. Josephine Lovett later moved to the newly founded film company MGM and wrote for stars such as Lillian Gish ( Annie Laurie from 1927) and Greta Garbo ( Invisible Fetters from 1929 ).

At the Academy Awards in April 1930 she was nominated for an Oscar in the category of best adapted screenplay for the film Our Dancing Daughters , the success of which in 1928 Joan Crawford made her breakthrough to star possible. Lovett wrote the screenplay for Our Modern Maidens in 1929 , the second of a total of three Crawford films that have the addition "Our" in the title. After 1935, Lovett retired into private life.

Filmography (selection)

• 1921: Sentimental Tommy
• 1922: The sold Manuela ( The Spanish Jade )
• 1924: The Enchanted Cottage
• 1925: Symphony of Passions ( Soul-Fire )
• 1927: Annie Laurie
• 1927: The Prince of Adventurers ( The Road to Romance )
• 1928: Our Dancing Daughters
• 1929: Invisible Shackles ( The Single Standard )
• 1929: Modern Girls ( Our Modern Maidens )
• 1931: The Road to Reno
• 1932: Hot Saturday
• 1932: Madame Butterfly
• 1935: Captain Hurricane

Web links

Commons : Josephine Lovett  - Collection of Images

• Josephine Lovett in the Internet Movie Database (English)