Eleanor Fried Explained

Eleanor Fried
Birth Date:June 9, 1891
Birth Place:Grodno, Russian Empire
Death Date:October 14, 1965 (aged 74)
Death Place:Los Angeles County, California, USA
Occupation:Film editor, screenwriter
Spouse:Scott Darling

Eleanor Fried was a Russian Empire-born American film editor, business manager, and screenwriter who worked at Universal and MGM in the 1910s and 1920s.[1] [2] [3] Like most editors of the early silent era, she didn't receive on-screen credit for her earliest efforts.

Biography

Eleanor was born in Grodno, the Russian Empire (currently Belarus) in 1891. As a young girl, she immigrated to the New York City with her family. She began studying to become a lawyer after high school but instead found herself drawn to showbusiness.[4]

She began her career as a film editor at Universal in New York before moving to Los Angeles to cut films alongside Frank Lawrence at Universal.[5] [6] [7] At Universal, she worked for years as an editor and staff critic[8] before getting a chance to write her own scripts and eventually become a business manager.[9] She was signed to MGM's writing staff in 1926.[10]

She was married to writer-director Scott Darling.[11]

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: News Notes from Movieland. Dean. Daisy. 14 May 1919. The Leader-Telegram. en. 2019-12-28.
  2. Book: Koszarski, Richard. Von: The Life and Films of Erich Von Stroheim. 2001. Hal Leonard Corporation. 978-0-87910-954-7. en.
  3. Book: Hallett, Hilary. Go West, Young Women!: The Rise of Early Hollywood. 2013. University of California Press. 978-0-520-27408-2. en.
  4. Web site: Activities of Women. 26 Apr 1920. The Hutchinson News. en. 2019-12-28.
  5. Web site: This Week's Program. 17 Nov 1918. The Wichita Daily Eagle. en. 2019-12-28.
  6. Web site: Forthcoming. 28 Sep 1919. The Anaconda Standard. en. 2019-12-28.
  7. Book: Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association. The Moving picture world. 1907. New York : The World Photographic Publishing Company. California State Library.
  8. Web site: Her Job's a Snap!. 17 Apr 1919. The Washington Herald. en. 2019-12-28.
  9. Web site: Young Woman Manages the Affairs of 'The Dragon's Net'. 30 May 1920. The Buffalo Morning Express. en. 2019-12-28.
  10. Web site: New M-G-M Writer. 19 Nov 1926. The Los Angeles Times. en. 2019-12-28.
  11. Book: Motion Picture News, Inc. Motion Picture News Blue Book 1930. 1930. New York, Motion Picture News, Inc.. Media History Digital Library.
  12. Web site: The Preview. 31 Dec 1924. The Los Angeles Times. en. 2019-12-28.
  13. Project Gutenberg's Motion pictures, 1912-1939, by Library of Congress
  14. Web site: Universal Players Back from the Orient. 17 Apr 1920. Los Angeles Evening Express. en. 2019-12-28.

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