Anne Merwin

{{Infobox person | name = Anne Merwin | birth_name = Anne Nelson | birth_date = April 9, 1887 | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, USA | death_date = September 12, 1962 (aged 75) | death_place = Los Angeles, California, USA | occupation = Screenwriter | years_active = | spouse = Bannister Merwin }} '''Anne Merwin''' (born '''Anne Nelson'''; April 9, 1887 – September 12, 1962) was an American screenwriter known for writing short Edison comedies in the silent era. She was married to director Bannister Merwin, who also worked for Edison. Later, both Anne and Bannister Merwin wrote scenarios for the London Film Company.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k64KqzJwJvAC&q=anne+bannister+merwin&pg=RA1-PA17|title=The Edison Kinetogram|date=1913|publisher=Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bottomore|first1=Stephen|last2=Brabin|first2=Charles|date=2003|title='Weather Cloudy - No Sun': Filming in Britain for the Edison Company in 1913, from Charles Brabin's diary|journal=Film History|volume=15|issue=4|pages=403–435|issn=0892-2160|jstor=3815498|doi=10.2979/FIL.2003.15.4.403}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbDbAAAAQBAJ&q=%22anne+merwin%22&pg=PA111|title=The History of British Film (Volume 2): The History of the British Film 1906 - 1914|last=Low|first=Rachael|page=111|date=2013-09-13|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136205859}}</ref>

''The Bioscope'' wrote that "The names of Anne and Bannister Merwin as authors of a drama for the screen are a guarantee of originality and felicity of invention, combined with a picturesque treatment which never fails to render their productions of unusual interest".<ref>{{cite news |title=An Edison Programme|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002396/19140716/293/0088 |accessdate=5 May 2019 |work=The Bioscope |date=16 July 1914}}</ref> The same magazine comments on Merwin's writing when discussing The Ring and the Rajah: "Miss Anne Merwin has written a very effective drama, ... The story is interesting, and is set forth in a concise and dramatic manner..."<ref>{{cite news |title=The Ring and The Rajah|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002396/19140319/365/0110 |accessdate=9 May 2019|work=The Bioscope |date=19 March 1914}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

* ''The Foreman's Treachery'' (1913) * ''The Elder Brother'' (1913) * ''A Youthful Knight'' (1913) * ''The Revenge of Mr. Thomas Atkins'' (1914) * ''The Fringe of War'' (1914) * ''The Victoria Cross'' or ''V.C.'' (1914)<ref name="TB1">{{cite news |title=You will this year enjoy|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002396/19141022/244/0073 |accessdate=5 May 2019 |work=The Bioscope |date=22 October 1914}}</ref> * ''The Ring and the Rajah'' (1914) * ''All for His Sake'' (1914) * ''A Daughter of Romany'' (1914)<ref name="BFI1">{{cite web |title=A Daughter of Romany (1914) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69bd963b |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505174844/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69bd963b |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 5, 2019 |website=BFI |publisher=British Film Institute |accessdate=5 May 2019}}</ref> * ''A Warning'' (1914)<ref name="TB2">{{cite news |title=A Warning|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002396/19140730/113/0030 |accessdate=5 May 2019 |work=The Bioscope |date=30 July 1914}}</ref> * ''Stormflower'' (1921)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0581682}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Merwin, Anne}} Category:American women screenwriters Category:1887 births Category:1962 deaths Category:Screenwriters from New York (state) Category:20th-century American women writers Category:20th-century American screenwriters