Eleanor Fried

Eleanor Fried was a Russian Empire-born American film editor, business manager, and screenwriter who worked at Universal and MGM in the 1910s and 1920s.[1][2][3] Like most editors of the early silent era, she didn't receive on-screen credit for her earliest efforts.

Eleanor Fried
A smiling white woman wearing a plumed hat and a fur wrap
Eleanor Fried, from a 1916 publication
BornJune 9, 1891
Grodno, Russian Empire
DiedOctober 14, 1965 (aged 74)
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Occupation(s)Film editor, screenwriter
SpouseScott Darling

Biography

Eleanor was born in Grodno, the Russian Empire (currently Belarus) in 1891. As a young girl, she immigrated to the New York City with her family. She began studying to become a lawyer after high school but instead found herself drawn to showbusiness.[4]

She began her career as a film editor at Universal in New York before moving to Los Angeles to cut films alongside Frank Lawrence at Universal.[5][6][7] At Universal, she worked for years as an editor and staff critic[8] before getting a chance to write her own scripts and eventually become a business manager.[9] She was signed to MGM's writing staff in 1926.[10]

She was married to writer-director Scott Darling.[11]

Selected filmography

References
  1. Dean, Daisy (14 May 1919). "News Notes from Movieland". The Leader-Telegram. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  2. Koszarski, Richard (2001). Von: The Life and Films of Erich Von Stroheim. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-87910-954-7.
  3. Hallett, Hilary (2013). Go West, Young Women!: The Rise of Early Hollywood. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-27408-2.
  4. "Activities of Women". The Hutchinson News. 26 Apr 1920. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  5. "This Week's Program". The Wichita Daily Eagle. 17 Nov 1918. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  6. "Forthcoming". The Anaconda Standard. 28 Sep 1919. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  7. Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association (1907). The Moving picture world. California State Library. New York : The World Photographic Publishing Company.
  8. "Her Job's a Snap!". The Washington Herald. 17 Apr 1919. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  9. "Young Woman Manages the Affairs of 'The Dragon's Net'". The Buffalo Morning Express. 30 May 1920. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  10. "New M-G-M Writer". The Los Angeles Times. 19 Nov 1926. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  11. Motion Picture News, Inc (1930). Motion Picture News Blue Book 1930. Media History Digital Library. New York, Motion Picture News, Inc. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  12. "The Preview". The Los Angeles Times. 31 Dec 1924. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  13. Project Gutenberg's Motion pictures, 1912-1939, by Library of Congress
  14. "Universal Players Back from the Orient". Los Angeles Evening Express. 17 Apr 1920. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
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