Dorothy Donnell Calhoun Explained

Dorothy Donnell Calhoun (died December 2, 1963) was a writer and a magazine editor.^[1]

Born in Maine, her parents were magazine writers and her sister Rachel became a medical doctor.^[2] Calhoun graduated from Smith College and later married Harold Calhoun, a New York City lawyer.^{[3] [1]}

Calhoun was the West Coast editor for Motion Picture Magazine and its sister publication Motion Picture Classic from 1927 to 1935.^{[1] [4]} Later, she worked as an assistant to Frances Perkins, the Secretary of Labor under President Franklin Roosevelt, where she produced radio programs. As a writer, Calhoun wrote short stories, including the collection titled "Blue Gingham Folks".^[1] She also wrote children's stories and plays and published letters about her travels.^{[5] [1]} She was also involved in the film world writing for publications and selling her work to be adapted to film.^[6] She worked on a screenplay for Richard Krebs and was a writer for "Sh Don't Wake the Baby", the 1915 film starring Dorothy Phillips.^[7]

Bibliography

• "A Modern Slavery" (1909)^[8]
• When Great Folks Were Little Folks (1913)^[9]
• The Book of Brave Adventures (1915)^[10]
• Blue gingham folks (1915)
• Little folks of the Bible (1915)
• Little folks in art (1915)^[11]
• Princess of Let's Pretend (1916)
• Little folks in history (1917)
• Afraidof Bis Shadow (1917)
• Cupid's column; a farce in one act (1917)
• 100 per cent American (1918)
• The parlor patriots; a comedy in one act for girls (1918)^[12]

Filmography

• Sh! Don't Wake the Baby (1915), writer

Notes and References

1. News: Dorothy Calhoun, Writer and Editor. December 3, 1963. The New York Times. April 20, 2020.
2. Web site: Rachel Eleanor Donnell. Davis-Monthan Airfield Register. April 20, 2020.
3. Book: The Book News Monthly. John Wanamaker. 1917. 35. 50. April 20, 2020. Google Books.
4. Book: O'Brien, Scott. Ruth Chatterton: Actress, Aviator, Author. BearManor Media. 2013. April 20, 2020. Google Books.
5. Book: The School Journal. E.L. Kellogg & Company. 1912. 80. 376. April 20, 2020. Google Books.
6. Book: The Smith Alumnae Quarterly. 1920. en.
7. Book: Fleming, John V.. The Anti-Communist Manifestos: Four Books That Shaped the Cold War. September 6, 2010. W. W. Norton & Company. 9780393074765. Google Books.
8. Web site: The Smith College Monthly. April 19, 1906. Smith College. Google Books.
9. Web site: When Great Folks Were Little Folks. Dorothy Donnell. Calhoun. April 19, 1913. Macmillan. Google Books.
10. Book: Alshouse, Herman Smith. Heroes of the Nations. 1915. Macmillan. en.
11. Book: Bailey, Henry Turner. Something to Do. 1916. School Arts Publishing Company. en.
12. Web site: Calhoun, Dorothy Donnell [WorldCat Identities]].