In Hollywood 1916–1935

Eaton flirted with the film industry as early as 1915 but did not actually sign on with a studio until 1924, when she was hired by Universal Pictures, a leading producer of silent films. Eaton proved “able to turn out scripts rapidly and to order,” according to biographer Diana Birchall. She later worked for Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and Twentieth-Century Fox, writing original screenplays as well as adaptations. William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and many other seasoned writers found writing for the film industry difficult but Eaton flourished. She found herself assigned to write film vehicles for two stars, Mary Nolan (Barbary Coast, Shanghai Lady) and Mary Philbin (Phantom of the Opera), and was able to translate her experience writing Japanese romances into scripts featuring exotic locales and peoples--which made up about a quarter of the work to which she was assigned.

In Hollywood

TitleDate PublishedTranscription Available
Gloria’s RomanceMay 1916No
Five Thousand Dollar Reward1918No
False Kisses1921No
The Wallop1921No
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Willard Mack to Collaborate With Mrs. Frances ReeveSeptember 14, 1921Yes
Scarlet Lily1923No
Phantom of the OperaJanuary 1925No
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Savage in Silks1917–1926No
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The Claw1927Yes
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Rose MarieSeptember 01, 1927Yes
Blood Will Tell1928No
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Honorable Movie Takee SojinMarch 1928Yes
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Butchering BrainsSeptember 1928Yes
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Barbary Coast Outline1929Yes
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Barbary Coast Treatment1929Yes
The Come on Girl1929No
The Mississippi Gambler1929No
Prince of Hearts1929No
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Shanghai Lady1929No
Showboat1929No
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What Happened to HayakawaJanuary 1929Yes
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Re: Story for SchildkrautJanuary 06, 1929No
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I Could Get Any Woman’s Husband!March 1929Yes
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How Frenchmen Make LoveJune 1929Yes
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Re: Knight of the SeaNovember 02, 1929No
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Re: Cattle 1November 13, 1929No
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Re: Cattle 2November 16, 1929No
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Re: Wild RoseNovember 16, 1929No
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Re: CreditNovember 25, 1929No
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Re: RopesNovember 25, 1929No
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Re: What Men Want 3November 25, 1929No
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Re: Barbary Coast 1November 26, 1929No
East is West1930No
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Movie Madness [Fifth Instalment]1930Yes
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Movie Madness [Fourth Instalment]1930Yes
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Movie Madness [Second Instalment]1930No
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Movie Madness [Third Instalment]1930No
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Ropes1930Yes
Undertow1930No
What Men Want1930No
Young Desire1930No
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Re: CarnivalJanuary 13, 1930No
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Re: K by Mary Roberts Rinehart 1January 21, 1930No
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Re: K by Mary Roberts Rinehart 2January 22, 1930No
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Re: ScandalJanuary 26, 1930No
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Re: The Flirt 2January 26, 1930No
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Re: Wise WivesJanuary 30, 1930No
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Movie Madness [Part One]February 1930Yes
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Re: What Men Want 1February 19, 1930No
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Movie Madness [Part Two]March 1930Yes
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Re: East is WestMarch 05, 1930No
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Movie Madness [Part Three]April 1930Yes
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OurangApril 16, 1930No
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Hollywood Melody1931Yes
Brides Will Be Brides1917–1935No
Busman’s Holiday1917–1935No
Charity1917–1935No
Cowboy Racket1917–1935No
Gallegher1917–1935No
Gipsy1917–1935No
Hi-Jack1917–1935No
How They Cast1917–1935No
Idol of Paris1917–1935No
Imperial Road1917–1935No
Indian Summer1917–1935No
Leave It To Me1917–1935No
Love Me, Love My Dog1917–1935No
Man From Canada1917–1935No
McCoy1917–1935No
Old California1917–1935No
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Oregon Trail1917–1935Yes
Pale Hands I Loved1917–1935No
Roofs1917–1935No
Un Peu D’Amour1917–1935No
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Wild Rose1917–1935Yes
Wild seed1923–1935No
Texas Rangers1936No
Singing Bandit1937No
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Re: Maidee Crawford 1January 23, 1939No
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As I Was SayingYes
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Movie RelativesNo
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Movie Rhymes 1No
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Movie Rhymes 2No
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Re: Barbary Coast 2No
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Re: Sunday’s TimesNo
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Re: The Flirt 1No
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Re: What Men Want 2No
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Wolf of Wall StreetNo

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Joey Takeda is the Technical Director of The Winnifred Eaton Archive and a Developer at Simon Fraser University’s Digital Humanities Innovation Lab (DHIL). He is a graduate of the M.A. program in English at the University of British Columbia where he specialized in Indigenous and diasporic literature, science and technology studies, and the digital humanities.
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