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{{Short description|American screenwriter (1894–1985)}}
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| name = Alice D. G. Miller
| name = Alice D. G. Miller
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| caption = 1926 holiday greetings
| birth_name = Alice Dorothea Georgianna Miller
| birth_name = Alice Dorothea Georgianna Miller
| birth_date = June 28, 1894
| birth_date = June 28, 1894
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'''Alice D. G. Miller''' (June 28, 1894 – July 24, 1985) was an early American screenwriter. She was sometimes erroneously credited as [[Alice Duer Miller]], another writer of no relation.<ref name="Maas2010">{{cite book|author=Frederica Maas|title=The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sGDdwkBkA2oC&pg=PA65|date=12 September 2010|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-2707-1|pages=65 & 67}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/380394037/?terms=%22alice+d.g.+miller%22|title=9 Mar 1919, 36 - ''The Los Angeles Times'' at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/156161386/?terms=%22alice+d.g.+miller%22|title=4 Jul 1921, Page 26 - ''The Los Angeles Times'' at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>

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'''Alice D. G. Miller''' (1894 – 1985) was an early American screenwriter. She was sometimes erroneously credited as [[Alice Duer Miller|Alice Duer Miller,]] another writer of no relation.<ref name="Maas2010">{{cite book|author=Frederica Maas|title=The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sGDdwkBkA2oC&pg=PA65|date=12 September 2010|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0-8131-2707-6|pages=65 & 67}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380394037/?terms=%22alice+d.g.+miller%22|title=9 Mar 1919, 36 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/156161386/?terms=%22alice+d.g.+miller%22|title=4 Jul 1921, Page 26 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Miller was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Robert Miller and Louise Haas. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she grew up with her mother and brother in Milwaukee. Her first job was as a secretary to a businessman in town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/332743168/?terms=%22alice+d.g.+miller%22|title=7 Sep 1926, 3 - The Tampa Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>
Miller was born in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], 1894, to Robert Miller and Louise Haas. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she grew up with her mother and brother in Milwaukee. Her first job was as a secretary to a businessman in town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/332743168/?terms=%22alice+d.g.+miller%22|title=7 Sep 1926, 3 - ''The Tampa Times'' at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>


In 1919, she and her mother arrived in Hollywood, and soon she had found work writing film scenarios. During the 1920s through the 1930s, she was credited on dozens of motion pictures, and was under contract for much of that time at Samuel Goldwyn Studios (later MGM), and briefly at Paramount.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/301036118/?terms=%22alice+d.g.+miller%22|title=7 Oct 1928, 13 - Quad-City Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/306490661/?terms=%22alice+d.g.+miller%22|title=4 Sep 1930, 8 - The Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> Her work was in demand, and a number of studios vied to get her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380082347/?terms=%22alice+d.g.+miller%22|title=6 Nov 1930, 27 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>
In 1919, she and her mother arrived in Hollywood, and soon she had found work writing film scenarios. During the 1920s through the 1930s, she was credited on dozens of motion pictures, and was under contract for much of that time at [[Samuel Goldwyn Studio]]s (later [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]), and briefly at [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/301036118/?terms=%22alice+d.g.+miller%22|title=7 Oct 1928, 13 - ''Quad-City Times'' at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/306490661/?terms=%22alice+d.g.+miller%22|title=4 Sep 1930, 8 - ''The Times'' at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> Her work was in demand, and a number of studios vied to get her work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/380082347/?terms=%22alice+d.g.+miller%22|title=6 Nov 1930, 27 - ''The Los Angeles Times'' at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>

During [[World War II]], she enlisted in the [[Women's Army Corps]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/380695980/?terms=%22alice+d.g.+miller%22|title=4 May 1944, 17 - ''The Los Angeles Times'' at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>


==Partial filmography==
==Partial filmography==
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*''[[Tangier (1946 film)|Tangier]]'' (1946)
*''[[On Borrowed Time]]'' (1939)
*''[[Red Lights (1923 film)|Red Lights]]'' (1923)
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*''[[The Girl on the Front Page]]'' (1936)
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*''[[Rose Marie (1936 film)|Rose-Marie]]'' (1936)
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*''[[Disgraced (1933 film)|Disgraced]]'' (1933)
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*''[[The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929 film)|The Bridge of San Luis Rey]]'' (1929)
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*''[[Four Walls (film)|Four Walls]]'' (1928)
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*''[[Man-Made Women]]'' (1928)
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*''[[The Devil Dancer]]'' (1927)
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*''[[Dance Madness]]'' (1926)
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*''[[Valencia (1926 film)|Valencia]]'' (1926)
*''[[Slave of Desire]]'' (1923)
*''[[Slave of Desire]]'' (1923)
*''[[So This Is Marriage|So This Is Marriage?]]'' (1924)
*''[[Cheaper to Marry]]'' (1925)
*''[[Pretty Ladies]]'' (1925)
*''[[Monte Carlo (1926 film)|Monte Carlo]]'' (1926)
*''[[The Exquisite Sinner]]'' (1926)
*''[[The Boy Friend (1926 film)|The Boy Friend]]'' (1926)
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*''[[Valencia (1926 film)|Valencia]]'' (1926)
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*''[[Dance Madness]]'' (1926)
*''[[Altars of Desire]]'' (1927)
*''[[Man, Woman and Sin|Man, Woman, and Sin]]'' (1927)
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*''[[The Devil Dancer]]'' (1927)
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*''[[Man-Made Women]]'' (1928)
*''[[Two Lovers (1928 film)|Two Lovers]]'' (1928)
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*''[[Four Walls (film)|Four Walls]]'' (1928)
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*''[[The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929 film)|The Bridge of San Luis Rey]]'' (1929)
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*''[[Disgraced!]]'' (1933)
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*''[[Rose Marie (1936 film)|Rose-Marie]]'' (1936)
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*''[[The Girl on the Front Page]]'' (1936)
*''[[On Borrowed Time]]'' (1939)
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*''[[Tangier (1946 film)|Tangier]]'' (1946)
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== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 00:57, 28 August 2023

Alice D. G. Miller
1926 holiday greetings
Born
Alice Dorothea Georgianna Miller

June 28, 1894
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
DiedJuly 24, 1985
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationScreenwriter

Alice D. G. Miller (June 28, 1894 – July 24, 1985) was an early American screenwriter. She was sometimes erroneously credited as Alice Duer Miller, another writer of no relation.[1][2][3]

Biography[edit]

Miller was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1894, to Robert Miller and Louise Haas. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she grew up with her mother and brother in Milwaukee. Her first job was as a secretary to a businessman in town.[4]

In 1919, she and her mother arrived in Hollywood, and soon she had found work writing film scenarios. During the 1920s through the 1930s, she was credited on dozens of motion pictures, and was under contract for much of that time at Samuel Goldwyn Studios (later Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), and briefly at Paramount Pictures.[5][6] Her work was in demand, and a number of studios vied to get her work.[7]

During World War II, she enlisted in the Women's Army Corps.[8]

Partial filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Frederica Maas (12 September 2010). The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 65 & 67. ISBN 978-0-8131-2707-1.
  2. ^ "9 Mar 1919, 36 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  3. ^ "4 Jul 1921, Page 26 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  4. ^ "7 Sep 1926, 3 - The Tampa Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  5. ^ "7 Oct 1928, 13 - Quad-City Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  6. ^ "4 Sep 1930, 8 - The Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  7. ^ "6 Nov 1930, 27 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  8. ^ "4 May 1944, 17 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-24.


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