John C. Brownell Explained

John C. Brownell
Birth Date:	5 February 1877
Birth Place:	Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Death Place:	Starksboro, Vermont, U.S.
Nationality:	American

John C. Brownell (February 5, 1877 – August 27, 1961)^[1] was an American actor and writer who had a career in theater^[2] and film in the U.S. Yale University has a collection of his papers.^[3] Brownell was born in Burlington, Vermont.^[3] He wrote several plays.^{[2] [4]} He worked in the film industry for Universal Films and Film Booking Offices of America.^{[5] [6]} He died in Starksboro, Vermont.^[2]

Theater

• Her Majesty the Widow^[7]
• Mississippi rainbow : a modern comedy of Negro life (1938)^[8]
• The Nut Farm^[3]
• A Woman of the Soil^[3]

Selected filmography

(as screenwriter)

• Susan's Gentleman (1917)
• The Boy Girl (1917)
• The Girl by the Roadside (1917)
• The Raggedy Queen (1917)
• Little Miss Nobody (1917)
• Bad Company (1925)
• Three of a Kind (1925)
• The King of the Turf (1926)
• Bitter Sweets (1928)
• Out with the Tide (1928)
• The Nut Farm (1935)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Boy girl. direction.), Edwin. Stevens. writing.), John C.. Brownell. cast.), Violet. Mersereau. cast.), Sidney. Mason. cast.), James. O'Neill. Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City Collection. Congress). Inc. Bluebird Photoplays. February 11, 1917. Trove.
2. Web site: John C. Brownell. Playbill.
3. http://discover.odai.yale.edu/ydc/Record/3962232/Description#tabnav
4. Web site: John C. Brownell – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB. www.ibdb.com.
5. Web site: Writer's Monthly. February 11, 1922. Writer's Monthly. Google Books.
6. Book: Koszarski, Richard. Fort Lee: The Film Town (1904-2004). March 2, 2005. Indiana University Press. 9780861969425. Google Books.
7. Web site: Her Majesty the Widow 3. Library of Congress.
8. Web site: Mississippi Rainbow. Library of Congress.