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'''Ethel Hill''' (1898–1954) was an American screenwriter and race horse owner.<ref name="ChicagoTribune">{{cite news |title=80,200 See War Knight Win Santa Anita Handicap |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune|Chicago Sunday Tribune]] |agency=Associated Press |quote=Charging into the lead in the last few strides, War Knight, 6 year old bay horse owned by Miss Ethel Hill, Hollywood scenario writer, won the $100,000 added Santa Anita Handicap in a photo finish. |date=March 10, 1946 |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1946/03/10/page/29/article/80-200-see-war-knight-win-santa-anita-handicap}}</ref><ref name="SaltLakeTribune">{{cite news |title=Movie Magnates Eye Easy Dough |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[Salt Lake Tribune]] |date=December 23, 1945 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1525705/screenwriter_ethel_hill_owns_a_winning/ |via = [[Newspapers.com]] |quote=Screenwriter Ethel Hill plans to mop up with War Knight, winner of the Arlington Handicap in 1944}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="Fidler">{{cite news |title=Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood |author=[[Jimmie Fidler]] |newspaper=[[The News-Star|Monroe Morning World]] |date=April 7, 1946 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1525710/screenwriter_ethel_hills_horse_wins_a/ |via = [[Newspapers.com]] |quote=Ha! Screen-Writer Ethel Hill, whose nag won the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap, had to change her phone number to escape from too-insistent salesmen!}} {{Open access}}</ref> One of her best-known scripts is for ''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'' (1939), starring [[Shirley Temple]].
'''Ethel Hill''' (1898–1954) was an American screenwriter and race horse owner.<ref name="ChicagoTribune">{{cite news |title=80,200 See War Knight Win Santa Anita Handicap |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune|Chicago Sunday Tribune]] |agency=Associated Press |quote=Charging into the lead in the last few strides, War Knight, 6 year old bay horse owned by Miss Ethel Hill, Hollywood scenario writer, won the $100,000 added Santa Anita Handicap in a photo finish. |date=March 10, 1946 |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1946/03/10/page/29/article/80-200-see-war-knight-win-santa-anita-handicap}}</ref><ref name="SaltLakeTribune">{{cite news |title=Movie Magnates Eye Easy Dough |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[Salt Lake Tribune]] |date=December 23, 1945 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1525705/screenwriter_ethel_hill_owns_a_winning/ |via = [[Newspapers.com]] |quote=Screenwriter Ethel Hill plans to mop up with War Knight, winner of the Arlington Handicap in 1944}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="Fidler">{{cite news |title=Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood |author=Jimmie Fidler |author-link=Jimmie Fidler |newspaper=[[The News-Star|Monroe Morning World]] |date=April 7, 1946 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1525710/screenwriter_ethel_hills_horse_wins_a/ |via = [[Newspapers.com]] |quote=Ha! Screen-Writer Ethel Hill, whose nag won the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap, had to change her phone number to escape from too-insistent salesmen!}} {{Open access}}</ref> One of her best-known scripts is for ''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'' (1939), starring [[Shirley Temple]].


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Ethel was born in Sacramento, California, the eldest daughter of Charles Hill and Susie Marston. The family moved to Los Angeles when Ethel was young, and she and her younger sister Garna attended high school in Santa Monica.
Ethel was born in [[Sacramento]], [[California]], the eldest daughter of Charles Hill and Susie Marston. The family moved to Los Angeles when Ethel was young, and she and her younger sister Garna attended high school in Santa Monica.


==Career==
== Hollywood career ==
=== Hollywood ===
When [[Dore Schary]] first went to work for [[Columbia Pictures]] as a new screenwriter, he was paired with the veteran Hill to learn from her; together, they wrote the screenplay for ''Fury of the Jungle'' (1933).<ref name="Norman">{{cite book|last=Norman|first=Marc|title=What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=S2Yd1kCc31IC&dq=Ethel+Hill+screenwriter&source=gbs_navlinks_s|accessdate=January 6, 2015|date=October 8, 2008|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|isbn=0307450201|page=136}}</ref> Hill was described by [[Marc Norman]] in his book ''What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting'' as "an extremely dear and generous woman [who] had an interest in horses and often wore [[jodhpurs]] and riding gear to the studio."<ref name="Norman" /> Fellow screenwriter [[Gertrude Walker]]—who worked with Hill toward the end of her career at [[Republic Pictures]]—described her as "a sweet old lady" who always wore a shawl and bedroom slippers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/384379532/|title=9 Jul 1978, 366 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref>
When [[Dore Schary]] first went to work for [[Columbia Pictures]] as a new screenwriter, he was paired with the veteran Hill to learn from her; together, they wrote the screenplay for ''Fury of the Jungle'' (1933).<ref name="Norman">{{cite book|last=Norman|first=Marc|title=What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S2Yd1kCc31IC&q=Ethel+Hill+screenwriter|accessdate=January 6, 2015|date=October 8, 2008|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|isbn=978-0307450203|page=136}}</ref> Hill was described by [[Marc Norman]] in his book ''What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting'' as "an extremely dear and generous woman [who] had an interest in horses and often wore [[jodhpurs]] and riding gear to the studio."<ref name="Norman" /> Fellow screenwriter [[Gertrude Walker]]—who worked with Hill toward the end of her career at [[Republic Pictures]]—described her as "a sweet old lady" who always wore a shawl and bedroom slippers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/384379532/|title=9 Jul 1978, 366 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref>


===Partial filmography===
=== Horse racing ===
⚫
Hill bought the [[Thoroughbred]] race horse War Knight, a son of Preakness winner [[High Quest]], as a foal "with her $1500 life savings".<ref name=Cathro>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/26937/hollywood-ending |title=Hollywood Ending |author=Morton Cathro |publisher=bloodhorse.com |date=March 2, 2005 |accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref> He went on to win 10 of 28 starts,<ref name=Cathro/> including the 1944 [[Arlington Handicap]].<ref name=SaltLakeTribune/> He was injured in 1945 and did not win any of his five 1946 starts<ref name=Cathro/> leading up to the $100,000 added [[Santa Anita Handicap]], which he proceeded to win in a [[photo finish]].<ref name=ChicagoTribune/><ref name=Fidler/> He retired to stud afterward.<ref name=Cathro/>

==Partial filmography==
:''As screenwriter, unless otherwise indicated.''
:''As screenwriter, unless otherwise indicated.''
*''The Level'' (1914 short)
*''The Level'' (1914 short)
*''[[Dollar Down]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Guilt of Silence]]'' (1918)
* ''[[The Eagle (1918 film)|The Eagle]]'' (1918)
*''[[Every Man's Wife]]'' (1925, story)
*''[[Dollar Down]]'' (1925, story)
*''[[The Masquerade Bandit]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Driven from Home]]'' (1927)
*''[[Young Whirlwind]]'' (1928)
* ''[[Fangs of the Wild (1928 film)|Fangs of the Wild]]'' (1928)
* ''[[Dog Justice]]'' (1928)
*''[[Law of Fear]]'' (1928)
* ''[[The Scarlet Brand]]'' (1932)
*''[[Virtue (film)|Virtue]]'' (1932, story)
*''[[Virtue (film)|Virtue]]'' (1932, story)
*''Fury of the Jungle'' (1933)
*''[[Fury of the Jungle]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Ship of Wanted Men]]'' (1933)
*''[[Whirlpool (1934 film)|Whirlpool]]'' (1934)
*''[[Whirlpool (1934 film)|Whirlpool]]'' (1934)
*''[[Side Streets (1934 film)|Side Streets]]'' (1934, story)
*''[[Side Streets (1934 film)|Side Streets]]'' (1934, story)
*''[[Blind Date (1934 film)|Blind Date]]'' (1934)
*''[[Blind Date (1934 film)|Blind Date]]'' (1934)
*''[[Party Wire]]'' (1935)
*''[[Party Wire]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Eight Bells (film)|Eight Bells]]'' (1935)
*''[[The Public Menace]]'' (1935)
*''[[The Public Menace]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Best Man Wins (1935 film)|The Best Man Wins]]'' (1935)
*''[[More Than a Secretary]]'' (1936, story)
*''[[More Than a Secretary]]'' (1936, story)
*''[[When You're in Love (film)|When You're in Love]]'' (1937, story)
*''[[When You're in Love (film)|When You're in Love]]'' (1937, story)
*''[[It Happened in Hollywood]]'' (1937)
*''[[It Happened in Hollywood]]'' (1937)
*''[[Just Around the Corner]]'' (1938)
*''[[Just Around the Corner (1938 film)|Just Around the Corner]]'' (1938)
*''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'' (1939)
*''[[Maryland (1940 film)|Maryland]]'' (1940)
*''[[Maryland (1940 film)|Maryland]]'' (1940)
*''[[For Beauty's Sake]]'' (1941)
*''[[Dance Hall (1941 film)|Dance Hall]]'' (1941)
*''[[Small Town Deb]]'' (1941)
*''[[Small Town Deb]]'' (1941)
*''[[Maisie Gets Her Man]]'' (1942)
*''[[Maisie Gets Her Man]]'' (1942)
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*''[[Twice Blessed (1945 film)|Twice Blessed]]'' (1945)
*''[[Twice Blessed (1945 film)|Twice Blessed]]'' (1945)
*''[[Two Smart People]]'' (1946)
*''[[Two Smart People]]'' (1946)

=== Horse racing ===
⚫
Hill bought the [[Thoroughbred]] race horse War Knight, a son of Preakness winner [[High Quest]], as a foal "with her $1500 life savings".<ref name=Cathro>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/26937/hollywood-ending |title=Hollywood Ending |author=Morton Cathro |publisher=bloodhorse.com |date=March 2, 2005 |accessdate=January 7, 2015}}</ref> He went on to win 10 of 28 starts,<ref name=Cathro/> including the 1944 [[Arlington Handicap]].<ref name=SaltLakeTribune/> He was injured in 1945 and did not win any of his five 1946 starts<ref name=Cathro/> leading up to the $100,000 added [[Santa Anita Handicap]], which he proceeded to win in a [[photo finish]].<ref name=ChicagoTribune/><ref name=Fidler/> He retired to stud afterward.<ref name=Cathro/>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 23:18, 20 November 2022

Ethel Hill
BornApril 6, 1898
Sacramento, California, USA
DiedMay 17, 1954
Hollywood, California, USA
OccupationScreenwriter

Ethel Hill (1898–1954) was an American screenwriter and race horse owner.[1][2][3] One of her best-known scripts is for The Little Princess (1939), starring Shirley Temple.

Early life[edit]

Ethel was born in Sacramento, California, the eldest daughter of Charles Hill and Susie Marston. The family moved to Los Angeles when Ethel was young, and she and her younger sister Garna attended high school in Santa Monica.

Career[edit]

Hollywood[edit]

When Dore Schary first went to work for Columbia Pictures as a new screenwriter, he was paired with the veteran Hill to learn from her; together, they wrote the screenplay for Fury of the Jungle (1933).[4] Hill was described by Marc Norman in his book What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting as "an extremely dear and generous woman [who] had an interest in horses and often wore jodhpurs and riding gear to the studio."[4] Fellow screenwriter Gertrude Walker—who worked with Hill toward the end of her career at Republic Pictures—described her as "a sweet old lady" who always wore a shawl and bedroom slippers.[5]

Horse racing[edit]

Hill bought the Thoroughbred race horse War Knight, a son of Preakness winner High Quest, as a foal "with her $1500 life savings".[6] He went on to win 10 of 28 starts,[6] including the 1944 Arlington Handicap.[2] He was injured in 1945 and did not win any of his five 1946 starts[6] leading up to the $100,000 added Santa Anita Handicap, which he proceeded to win in a photo finish.[1][3] He retired to stud afterward.[6]

Partial filmography[edit]

As screenwriter, unless otherwise indicated.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "80,200 See War Knight Win Santa Anita Handicap". Chicago Sunday Tribune. Associated Press. March 10, 1946. Charging into the lead in the last few strides, War Knight, 6 year old bay horse owned by Miss Ethel Hill, Hollywood scenario writer, won the $100,000 added Santa Anita Handicap in a photo finish.
  2. ^ a b "Movie Magnates Eye Easy Dough". Salt Lake Tribune. Associated Press. December 23, 1945 – via Newspapers.com. Screenwriter Ethel Hill plans to mop up with War Knight, winner of the Arlington Handicap in 1944 Open access icon
  3. ^ a b Jimmie Fidler (April 7, 1946). "Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood". Monroe Morning World – via Newspapers.com. Ha! Screen-Writer Ethel Hill, whose nag won the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap, had to change her phone number to escape from too-insistent salesmen! Open access icon
  4. ^ a b Norman, Marc (October 8, 2008). What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting. Crown Publishing Group. p. 136. ISBN 978-0307450203. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  5. ^ "9 Jul 1978, 366 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  6. ^ a b c d Morton Cathro (March 2, 2005). "Hollywood Ending". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved January 7, 2015.

External links[edit]

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