Elinor Glyn
Elinor Glyn (born October 17, 1864 in Saint Helier , † September 23, 1943 in London ) was a British writer , journalist and screenwriter in the early 20th century . She was one of the first female directors in Hollywood and published 20 novels and a variety of articles in various magazines during her lifetime.
Life
Elinor was the youngest daughter of the engineer Douglas Sutherland († 1865) and his wife Elinor Saunders. Her older sister was the fashion designer and Titanic survivor Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon (1863-1935). After her father's untimely death, her mother moved with her daughters to Toronto , Canada . Through their second husband, the family moved to the island of Jersey in 1872 . The upbringing of the daughters was closely monitored by her parents and she was considered extremely intelligent.
In 1892 Elinor Sutherland married the landowner Clayton Louis Glyn, and their marriage resulted in two daughters, Margot Elinor (* 1893) and Juliet Evangeline (* 1898). The marriage was considered unhappy, on the one hand due to the infidelity of her husband and on the other hand because she had not given birth to a son. Shortly after their marriage, she was introduced to high society under Lady Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick , who at the time was the current mistress of the Prince of Wales and later King Edward VII . Elinor was disappointed with the marriage at an early age because her husband found little interest in social life. She had a special friendship with the queens Victoria Eugenie of Spain and Maria of Romania . In 1906 Elinor Glyn met the politician George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston , at a reception and became his mistress, whom she - with her husband's approval - remained until 1916. At the same time, she also had an affair with Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner .
In 1897, Glyn began writing articles on fashion and beauty that even appeared in the Cosmopolitan ; her first novel, The Visits of Elizabeth , about a young debutante , was published in 1900 in London. In 1907 she sparked a scandal with her novel "Three Weeks" , a story about sexual adventure . Although the book was initially banned in Great Britain and the United States , the publication of the book made Madame Glyn, as she was later known, financially secure.
Eccentric Elinor Glyn went to Hollywood in the early 1920s . There she wrote screenplays and directed the film adaptations of her novels produced by Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , including "Beyond the Rocks" (1922) with Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson and her greatest success It (1927, German: Das certain something ) with the silent film star Clara Bow . With That Certain Something , she also coined the concept of the It girl , with the leading actress Clara Bow being the “first It girl”.
Elinor Glyn died of a heart attack a month before her 79th birthday . It was in the Golders Green Crematorium in London cremated , where her ashes is located.
Works (selection)
- Autobiography
- Romantic adventure. Being the autobiography of Elinor Glyn. Dutton, New York 1937.
- Novels
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Beyond The Rocks. A love story. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1906 (English).
- German: Beyond the vortex. A Lovestory. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1909.
- The Damsel and the Sage. A woman's whimsies. Duckworth, London 1903.
- Elizabeth Visits America.
- Halcyone. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1912 (English)
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His hour. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1912 (English)
- German: His hour. Novel. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1912.
- Man and Maid. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1922 (English)
- The Man and the Moment. Duckworth, London 1920.
- The point of view. Appleton, New York 1913.
- The Price of Things. Duckworth, London 1924 (EA London 1919)
- The Reason Why. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1912 (English)
- Red hair. Author's Press, Auburn, NY 1905 (former title: The vicissitudes of Evangeline )
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The Reflections of Ambrosine. A novel. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1903 (English).
- German: Ambrosine's diary. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1904.
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Three weeks. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1907 (English)
- German: three weeks. Novel. Ladyschnikow, Berlin 1912.
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The Visits of Elizabeth. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1901 (English)
- German: Elisabeth's visits. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1902.
Film adaptations
- George Fitzmaurice (Director): Landing in Paradise. 1929 (based on the novel The Man and the Moment )
- Clarence B. Badger (Director): Overnight, honey. 1928 (based on the novel Three Weekends )
- Clarence B. Badger (Director): Four gentlemen are looking for connections. 1927 (based on the novel Red Hair )
- Clarence B. Badger (Director): That certain something . 1927 (based on the novel It )
- Alan Crosland (Director): A Queen's Love Vacation. 1924 (based on the novel Three Weeks )
- Charles Brabin (Director): Six long days. 1923 (based on the novel Six Days ).
literature
- Vincent L. Barnett: Elinor Glyn as novelist, moviemaker, glamor icon and businesswoman. Ashgate Books, Garnham 2014, ISBN 978-1-4724-2182-1 .
- Meredith Etherington-Smith, Jeremy Pilcher: The "It" Girls. Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, the couturièr "Lucile" and Elinor Glyn, romantic novellist. Hamilton Books, London 1986, ISBN 0-241-11950-2 .
- Anthony Glyn: Elinor Glyn. A biography. Hutchinson, London 1955.
- Joan Hardwick: Addicted to Romance. The life and adventures of Elinor Glyn. German, London 1994, ISBN 0-233-98866-1 .
Web links
- Elinor Glyn in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: The original It girl - Clara Bow ), bintmagazine, May 17, 2004
- ↑ 57th Berlin International Film Festival ( Memento of November 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 2007 (PDF; 113 kB).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glyn, Elinor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elinor Sutherland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer, journalist and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint Helier , Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 23, 1943 |
| Place of death | London |