Doris Schroeder Explained

Doris Schroeder
Birth Name:Doris Mae Schroeder
Birth Date:February 7, 1893
Birth Place:Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Sacramento, California, U.S.
Othername:Doris S. Green
Occupation:Screenwriter
Years Active:1913 - 1952
Spouse:George Green (div.)
Relatives:Edward Schroeder (brother)

Doris Schroeder (February 7, 1893  - January 4, 1981) was an American screenwriter and publicity woman.[1]

Biography

Born in New York, Doris was the daughter of Edward Schroeder and Phoebe Kent. She attended Brooklyn Girls High School before becoming a stenographer for Rollin S. Sturgeon and then a scenario writer for Vitagraph and Universal.[2]

Her first screenplay was the now-lost Heart of a Jewess. During the 1920s, Schroeder specialized in "women's pictures" for directors like Lois Weber. Schroeder concentrated on Westerns, together with Harrison Jacobs she wrote several entries in the Hopalong Cassidy series.[3] During the 1950s and 1960s, she wrote many television and film tie-in young adult novels for Western Publishing.

Her brother, Edward Schroeder, eventually moved to Hollywood and became a prolific film editor; he, too, worked on Westerns.[4] Her husband, George Green, was a screenwriter and producer who also worked in the Western genre. The pair divorced in 1944.

Film credits

Published works

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Book: Scream Club. Screamer (1916-1917). Scream Club. 1916. Media History Digital Library.
  2. 1921. Scenario Writers and Editors. Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual. 294. Ancestry.com.
  3. Hal Erickson, Allmovie
  4. Web site: 17 Dec 1924, 58 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-02-09.

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