John C. Brownell
John C. Brownell  | |
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![]() Brownell in a February 1926 magazine  | |
| Born | February 5, 1877 Burlington, Vermont, U.S.  | 
| Died | August 27, 1961 (aged 84) Starksboro, Vermont, U.S.  | 
| Nationality | American | 
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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)
 
References
- ^ Stevens, direction.), Edwin; Brownell, writing.), John C.; Mersereau, cast.), Violet; Mason, cast.), Sidney; O'Neill, cast.), James; Congress), Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City Collection; Bluebird Photoplays, Inc (February 11, 1917). "The Boy girl" – via Trove. 
{{cite web}}:|first7=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c "John C. Brownell". Playbill.
 - ^ a b c d http://discover.odai.yale.edu/ydc/Record/3962232/Description#tabnav
 - ^ "John C. Brownell – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
 - ^ "Writer's Monthly". Writer's Monthly. February 11, 1922 – via Google Books.
 - ^ Koszarski, Richard (March 2, 2005). Fort Lee: The Film Town (1904-2004). Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780861969425 – via Google Books.
 - ^ "Her Majesty the Widow 3". Library of Congress.
 - ^ "Mississippi Rainbow". Library of Congress.
 
