Doris Schroeder (February 7, 1893 – January 4, 1981) was an American screenwriter and publicity woman.[1]
Doris Schroeder | |
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| Born | Doris Mae Schroeder February 7, 1893 |
| Died | January 4, 1981 (aged 87) Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Doris S. Green |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1913–1952 |
| Spouse | George Green (div.) |
| Relatives | Edward Schroeder (brother) |
Biography edit
Born in New York, Doris was the daughter of Edward Schroeder and Phoebe Kent. She attended Brooklyn Girls High School before becoming a stenographer for Rollin S. Sturgeon and then a scenario writer for Vitagraph and Universal.[2]
Her first screenplay was the now-lost Heart of a Jewess. During the 1920s, Schroeder specialized in "women's pictures" for directors like Lois Weber. Schroeder concentrated on Westerns, together with Harrison Jacobs she wrote several entries in the Hopalong Cassidy series.[3] During the 1950s and 1960s, she wrote many television and film tie-in young adult novels for Western Publishing.
Her brother, Edward Schroeder, eventually moved to Hollywood and became a prolific film editor; he, too, worked on Westerns.[4] Her husband, George Green, was a screenwriter and producer who also worked in the Western genre. The pair divorced in 1944.
Film credits edit
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Published works edit
- Annie Oakley in Danger at Diablo (1955)
- Rin Tin Tin and Call to Danger (1957)
- Annie Oakley in the Ghost Town Secret (1957)
- Annie Oakley in Double Trouble (1958)
- Walt Disney's Spin and Marty Trouble at Triple-R (1958)
- Gunsmoke (1958)
- Lassie: Forbidden Valley (1959)
- The Lennon Sisters the Secret of Holiday Island: The Secret of Holiday Island (1960)
- Walt Disney's Annette: Sierra Summer (1960)
- Walt Disney's Annette, the Desert Inn Mystery (1961)
- Walt Disney's Annette and the Mystery at Moonstone Bay (1962)
- The Beverly Hillbillies: The Saga of Wildcat Creek (1962)
- Walt Disney's Annette and the Mystery at Smugglers' Cove (1963)
- Patty Duke and Mystery Mansion (1964)
- Walt Disney's Annette and the Mystery of Medicine Wheel (1964)
- Patty Duke and the Adventure of the Chinese Junk (1966)
- Lassie Forbidden Valley (1969)
Notes edit
- ^ Scream Club; Scream Club (1916). Screamer (1916-1917). Media History Digital Library.
- ^ "Scenario Writers and Editors". Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual: 294. 1921 – via Ancestry.com.
- ^ Hal Erickson, Allmovie
- ^ "17 Dec 1924, 58 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-09.