Mildred Dein Explained

Mildred Dein
Birth Name:	Mildred Gilrod
Birth Date:	November 8, 1911
Birth Place:	New York, USA
Death Date:	September 5, 1997 (aged 85)
Death Place:	Encino, California, USA
Occupation:	Screenwriter
Spouse:	Edward Dein

Mildred Dein (born Mildred Gilrod) was an American screenwriter who worked primarily on genre films during 1950s.

Biography

Born in New York to Jewish immigrants from Russia and Germany, she married writer-director Edward Dein in Los Angeles in 1934, and the pair would go on to collaborate on half a dozen films over the next 20 years. The pair also wrote books like 1947's The Pencil Is Sharp together.^[1] For years, they resided in a castle-like home in Los Angeles's Laurel Canyon.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Curse of the Undead (1959)^[3]
• Seven Guns to Mesa (1958)
• Calypso Joe (1957)^{[4] [5]}
• Shack Out on 101 (1955)^{[6] [7]}
• The Heart and the Sword (1953)
• Come Die My Love (1952)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 27 Mar 1947, Page 17 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-28.
2. Book: Senn, Bryan. "Twice the Thrills! Twice the Chills!": Horror and Science Fiction Double Features, 1955-1974. 2019-03-05. McFarland. 9781476635712. en.
3. Web site: 5 Sep 1959, Page 10 - Shamokin News-Dispatch at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-28.
4. Web site: 23 May 1957, 521 - Daily News at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-28.
5. Book: Teenagers And Teenpics: Juvenilization Of American Movies. Doherty. Thomas. Doherty. Thomas Patrick. 2010-06-04. Temple University Press. 9781592137879. en.
6. Web site: 26 May 1956, 8 - Vidette-Messenger of Porter County at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-28.
7. Web site: 9 Mar 1956, 6 - Shamokin News-Dispatch at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-28.