Stanner E.V. Taylor

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Stanner E.V. Taylor (September 28, 1877 – November 23, 1948) was an American screenwriter and film director of the silent era. He wrote for more than 100 films between 1908 and 1929.

Biography

He was born on September 28, 1877, in St. Louis, Missouri, and died on November 23, 1948, in Los Angeles, California.[1] He was married to Biograph Company actress Marion Leonard.[2] The worked together in Where the Breakers Roar (1908).[3]

Career

He wrote Native Americans and western films like Comata, the Sioux (1909),Template:Sfn The Kentuckian (1908),Template:Sfn A Mohawk's Way (1910),Template:Sfn The Mohican's Daughter (1910),Template:Sfn The Squaw's Love (1911),Template:Sfn and The Yaqui Cur (1913).Template:Sfn

He met D. W. Griffith when he first arrived at Biograph Company, when newspaperman Lee Doc Dougherty headed the story department and hired Griffith as chief scenarist.[4] He worked under the direction of Griffith in The Mended Lute (1909),[5] The Impalement (1910),Template:Sfn The Purgation (1910),Template:Sfn A Flash of Light (1910),Template:Sfn The Great Love (1918), The Greatest Thing in Life (1918), The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919), Scarlet Days (1919), The Greatest Question (1919) and The Idol Dancer (1920).[6] They worked together in the screenplay for The Hun Within (1918).[7]

He worked with Mack Sennett in Over the Hills to the Poor House (1908),Template:Sfn In the Season of Buds (1910), A Midnight Cupid (1910) and An Arcadian Maid (1910).Template:Sfn

He directed an unknown film called The Terror, released on July 13, 1922.[8]

Selected filmography

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Bibliography

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External links

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