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Charles Graham Baker

 
Writer: C. Graham Baker
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  • Born: Jul 16, 1887 in Evansville, Indiana
  • Died: May 15, 1950 in Los Angeles, California
  • Occupation: Writer
  • Active: '20s-'40s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Tom Brown's School Days, Swiss Family Robinson, You Only Live Once
  • First Major Screen Credit: What's Your Reputation Worth? (1921)

Biography

A typical Hollywood professional, screenwriter C. Graham Baker had been a newspaper reporter prior to entering films in 1914 writing farces for Vitagraph's rotund comedian John Bunny. Baker later supplied stories and/or scenarios for Inspirational, Fox, and Universal and, using the pseudonym of Leslie S. Barrows, penned Warner Bros.' 1928 part-talkie The Singing Fool, a major hit for Al Jolson. Equally busy in the sound era, Baker later both produced and wrote such juvenile fare as Swiss Family Robinson (1940), Little Men (1940), and Tom Brown's School Days (1940), and penned two above-average Westerns, Ramrod (1947) and Four Faces West (1948). ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
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Charles Graham Baker
Born July 16, 1883(1883-07-16)
Evansville, Indiana
Died May 15, 1950 (aged 66)
Reseda, Los Angeles, California
Other name(s) Graham Baker
Leslie S. Barrows
Years active 1915-1948

Charles Graham Baker (16 July 1883 – 15 May 1950) was an American screenwriter and director. He wrote for over 170 films between 1915 and 1948. He and his father invented the game of Gin rummy in 1909.

He was born in Evansville, Indiana. He and his father, Elwood T. Baker, invented the game of Gin rummy in 1909. By 1918 he was working as a "playwright" for the Vitagraph company in Brooklyn.[1] Baker died in Reseda, Los Angeles, California in 1950.[2]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ World War I draft registration
  2. ^ "C.G. Baker, Helped Devise Gin Rummy". New York Times. May 17, 1950. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60E10FC3E5A1A7B93C5A8178ED85F448585F9. Retrieved 2008-05-22. "C. Graham Baker, writer and producer of motion pictures and co-creator of the card game gin rummy, died today at his home in Reseda in the San Fernando Valley. ..." 

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