John Emerson(1874-1956)

Writer
Director
Producer

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John Emerson in The Conspiracy (1914)

John Emerson was born on 29 May 1874 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and director, known for San Francisco (1936), Douglas dans la lune (1917) and Come on In (1918). He was married to Anita Loos. He died on 7 March 1956 in Pasadena, California, USA.

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Awards
- 1 win total

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Known for

Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald in San Francisco (1936)

7.1

Producer

1936

Douglas Fairbanks and Eileen Percy in Douglas dans la lune (1917)

Douglas dans la lune

6.1

Writer

1917

Shirley Mason and Ernest Truex in Come on In (1918)

Writer

1918

L'île du salut (1917)

L'île du salut

6.3

Writer

1917

Credits

Writer

Une rumeur d'amour
8.0
- play "The Whole Town's Talking"
- 1960
Kraft Television Theatre
7.9
TV Series
- play
- 1949
Madame et son cowboy
6.5
- contributing writer (uncredited)
- 1938
J'épouserai un millionnaire
6.6
- original screenplay
- 1934
Social Register
6.5
- story
- 1934
L'assommoir
5.9
- from the screen story by
- 1931
Ex-Bad Boy
4.6
- story "The Whole Town's Talking"
- 1931
Conspiracy
5.1
- play (uncredited)
- 1930
The Fall of Eve
- story
- 1929
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- writer
- 1928
The Whole Town's Talking
5.9
- play
- 1926
Learning to Love
- screenplay
- story
- 1925
Le collier fatal
- scenario
- 1924
Dulcy
- scenario
- 1923
Polly of the Follies
6.6
- scenario
- story
- 1922

Director

Polly of the Follies
6.6
- Director
- 1922
Oh, You Women!
- Director
- 1919
Good-Bye, Bill
- Director
- 1918
Come on In
- Director
- 1918
Douglas dans la lune
6.1
- Director
- 1917
L'île du salut
6.3
- Director
- 1917
Wild and Woolly
6.4
- Director
- 1917
Sa revanche
6.9
- Director
- 1917
L'américain
6.0
- Director
- 1916
Miss Bengali
5.8
- Director
- 1916
La secrétaire particulière
5.8
- Director
- 1916
Le mystère du poisson volant
6.7
Short
- Director
- 1916
Macbeth
5.9
- Director
- 1916
Amour et publicité
5.9
- Director
- 1916
Old Heidelberg
5.8
- Director
- 1915

Producer

Saratoga
6.5
- associate producer
- 1937
Mama Steps Out
5.7
- producer
- 1937
San Francisco
7.1
- producer
- 1936
Red Hot Romance
4.5
- executive producer
- 1922
La bonne manière
- producer
- 1920
Les Signes de l'amour
5.9
- producer
- 1920
Le Second Mariage de Lucette
- producer (uncredited)
- 1920
A Virtuous Vamp
6.2
- producer (uncredited)
- 1919
A Temperamental Wife
6.8
- producer
- 1919
Good-Bye, Bill
- producer
- 1918
Come on In
- producer
- 1918
Douglas dans la lune
6.1
- producer
- 1917
L'île du salut
6.3
- producer
- 1917
Wild and Woolly
6.4
- producer
- 1917

Personal details

Height
- 1.83 m
Born
- May 29, 1874
- Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Died
- March 7, 1956
- Pasadena, California, USA(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Anita LoosJune 15, 1919 - March 7, 1956 (his death)
Other works
Stage: Appeared (Broadway debut) in "Tit For Tat" on Broadway. Farce. Written by Leo Ditrichstein. Based on the French of Maurice Hennequin and Paul Bilhaud. Scenic Design by Joseph A. Physioc. Savoy Theatre: 25 Apr 1904-May 1904 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: W.J. Constantine, Leo Ditrichstein, Elizabeth Emmett, John Flood, Joseph Kilgour, Jane Marbury, Deronda Mayo, Felice Morris, Alice Neal, Robert Ober, Frank Powell, Charles Ransome, Helen Tracy, Elizabeth Tyree, Harold R. Woolf.
Publicity listings
- 24 Articles

Did you know

Trivia
Suffered from mental illness and spent the last 18 years of his life confined to hospital.

Salary
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
  (1928)
  $26,000

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When did John Emerson die?
March 7, 1956
How did John Emerson die?
Undisclosed
How old was John Emerson when he died?
81 years old
Where did John Emerson die?
Pasadena, California, USA
When was John Emerson born?
May 29, 1874

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