Adela Rogers St. Johns

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Adela Rogers St. Johns (1922)

Adela Rogers St. Johns (actually Nora Adela Rogers , born May 20, 1894 in Los Angeles , California , † August 10, 1988 in Arroyo Grande , California) was an American journalist, writer and screenwriter.

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Adela Rogers' father, attorney Earl Rogers, was friends with publisher William Randolph Hearst . When she was 19, she got her first job as a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner , published by Hearst. She was known as a girl reporter covering crime, politics, society, and sports. In the early 1920s she switched to Photoplay magazine and made a name for herself through interviews with stars. She also wrote short stories and scripts. In 1932 she was awarded an Oscar for Best Original Story for the film What Price Hollywood? nominated.

Her emotional style was characteristic, with which she z. B. reported on Jack Dempsey's boxing match against Gene Tunney in 1927. Readers will also remember her reports on poverty during and after the Great Depression and the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann , the kidnapper and murderer of the Lindbergh baby, in 1935. She moved to the US capital in the mid-1930s. There she reported on the assassination attempt on Senator Huey Long in 1935, the abdication of the English King Edward VIII in 1936 and other major events. She remained a reporter until 1948, when she turned back to writing.

In 1962 she published Final Verdict , a biography of her father. The book was made into a film in 1991; in the film she is portrayed by Olivia Burnette . In 1970 she was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom , one of the two highest civilian awards in the USA, for her services . At the age of 82, Adela Rogers returned to the San Francisco Examiner in 1976 , reporting on the trial of Patty Hearst , the granddaughter of her first boss.

In 1981, Adela Rogers starred in Warren Beattys Reds , a biography about journalist John Reed . In addition to other authors such as Henry Miller , Will Durant and Rebecca West , she appeared as a contemporary witness.

Adela Rogers St. Johns, a second cousin of Humphrey Bogart , died on August 10, 1988. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6420 Hollywood Boulevard.

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SURNAME Rogers St. Johns, Adela
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rogers, Nora Adela (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist, writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1988
Place of death Arroyo Grande , California