Theodosia Harris Explained

Theodosia Harris
Birth Date:June 2, 1877
Birth Place:Virginia City, Nevada, USA
Death Place:San Antonio, Texas, USA
Occupation:Screenwriter
Years Active:1913–1916
Spouse:James Knowles

Theodosia Harris (1877-1938) was an American screenwriter active at the dawn of Hollywood's silent era. She worked as the chief scenario writer at Mutual for director David Horsley in the 1910s, penning dozens of short scenarios she was credited for (and probably many others she wasn't named on).[1] [2] [3] She appears to have retired from screenwriting after marrying San Francisco businessman James Knowles in 1915.[4] She was involved in a 1917 Supreme Court lawsuit over her scenario The House of a Thousand Scandals, and she was never credited on another film after that.[5] She died in San Antonio, Texas, in 1938.[6]

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 14 Mar 1916, 2 - The Dodge City Daily Globe at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-15.
  2. Web site: 28 Feb 1916, 2 - The Dodge City Daily Globe at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-15.
  3. Book: The Moving Picture World. 1916. World Photographic Publishing Company. en.
  4. Book: Motography. 1916. en.
  5. Book: Supreme Court Apellate Division First Department. 1917. en.
  6. Web site: Knowles, Theodosia Harris › Knowles, Theodosia Harris - Fold3.com. Fold3. en. 2019-03-15.
  7. Web site: 13 Feb 1916, 47 - The Salt Lake Herald-Republican at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com. en. 2019-03-15.
  8. Book: Catalog of Copyright Entries: Works of art.... 1918. Library of Congress, Copyright Office.. en.
  9. Book: Fleming, E. J.. Wallace Reid: The Life and Death of a Hollywood Idol. 2013-10-25. McFarland. 9780786477258. en.