# Mildred Considine > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mildred_Considine > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mildred_Considine.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Considine > Source revision: 1238238377 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American screenwriter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Mildred Considine | image = Mildred Considine (1887–1933).png | caption = In the ''[Dramatic Mirror](/source/New_York_Dramatic_Mirror)'', February 9, 1918 | birth_name = Agnes Mildred Considine | birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|6|16}} | birth_place = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), Illinois, US | death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|11|15|1887|6|16}} | death_place = Chicago, Illinois, US | death_cause = | occupation = Screenwriter | spouse = Archie Cherrill | parents = [John Considine](/source/John_Considine_(impresario)) | relatives = [John Considine Jr.](/source/John_Considine_Jr.) (half-brother)
[Tim Considine](/source/Tim_Considine) (nephew)
[John Considine](/source/John_Considine_(actor)) (nephew) }} '''Mildred Considine''' (1887–1933) was an American screenwriter and actress active during [Hollywood](/source/Cinema_of_the_United_States)'s silent era. == Biography == === Origins === Mildred was born in [Chicago](/source/Chicago) to [John Considine](/source/John_Considine_(impresario)) (a big-time [vaudeville](/source/vaudeville) promoter and theater manager who attracted a fair amount of controversies in his day) and Julia Nussbaumer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/inst/discoveries/PfRecord?emailId=N-58ec3bb6-170b-4508-ae06-edf10b15b304&collectionId=2542&recordId=1542714&ahsht=2024-07-25%2018:00:06&language=&ahsh=b68e40dcf8364e995a40a5f793f84fb0 |title=Mrs. Mildred Considine Cherrell |work=Illinois, U.S., Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916–1947 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240725-180219/https://www.ancestry.com/inst/discoveries/PfRecord?emailId=N-58ec3bb6-170b-4508-ae06-edf10b15b304&collectionId=2542&recordId=1542714&ahsht=2024-07-25%2018:00:06&language=&ahsh=b68e40dcf8364e995a40a5f793f84fb0 |archive-date=2024-07-25 |url-status=live |access-date=2024-07-25 |via=Ancestry.com}} Her parents divorced when she was young after her mother found out that her father—who spent a good deal of time working in [Seattle](/source/Seattle)—had taken up with another woman.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-seattle-post-intelligencer-1892-con/35608326/ |title=Done in the Courts |date=6 Oct 1892 |newspaper=[Seattle Post-Intelligencer](/source/Seattle_Post-Intelligencer) |via=Newspapers.com |language=en |page=5 |access-date=2024-07-25}} She spent most of her childhood with her mother and stepfather in Chicago, where she later attended the Academy of Fine Arts.{{Cite journal|title=Are Hollywood Scenario Writers Lucky?|url=https://mk86.net/img/palp/pl3/10.pdf|journal=Screenland}} === Theatrical career === Given her family's vaudeville background, it was not surprising Mildred was writing and performing at venues in Chicago and around the country from a young age. Her work began to attract notice, and in 1913, she sued her father for {{USD|100000}}, alleging that he was interfering with [booking agent](/source/booking_agent)s at theaters around the country to prevent her from being booked.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-louis-star-and-times-daughter-su/152527426/ |title=Daughter Sues Her Father for $100,000, Charging Conspiracy |date=11 Apr 1913 |page=2 |newspaper=[St. Louis Star](/source/St._Louis_Star) |via=Newspapers.com |language=en |access-date=2024-08-02 |place=Chicago}} === Hollywood ambitions === Mildred been writing scenarios since she was 15, and had acted in a number of [Essanay](/source/Essanay_Studios) shorts as a teenager. By 1917, she had been hired by [Constance Talmadge](/source/Constance_Talmadge) as a scenario editor. That same year, her first scripts, ''[Panthea](/source/Panthea_(1917_film))'' and ''[Framing Framers](/source/Framing_Framers)'', were produced and released.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-journal-stage-and-screen/152527513/ |title=Stage and Screen |date=22 Oct 1917 |page=11 |newspaper=[The Mansfield News](/source/The_Mansfield_News) |via=Newspapers.com |language=en |access-date=2024-08-02}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregon-daily-journal-stage-and-scree/152527630/ |title=Stage and Screen |first=Edna |last=Irvine |date=29 Oct 1917 |page=6 |newspaper=[The Oregon Daily Journal](/source/The_Oregon_Daily_Journal) |publication-place=Portland |via=Newspapers.com |language=en |access-date=2024-08-02}} She later wrote for [Anita Stewart](/source/Anita_Stewart){{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-seattle-star-mildred-considine-seat/152527679/ |title=Mildred Considine, Seattle Girl, Now Writing Scenarios |date=March 8, 1919 |page=3 |newspaper=[The Seattle Star](/source/The_Seattle_Star) |via=Newspapers.com |language=en |access-date=2024-08-02}} and [Mary Pickford](/source/Mary_Pickford),{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle-mildred-constantine/152527907/ |title=Mildred Constantine |date=May 23, 1919 |page=8 |newspaper=[The Wichita Daily Eagle](/source/The_Wichita_Daily_Eagle) |via=Newspapers.com |language=en |access-date=2024-08-02}} although her relationship with the latter star would turn sour in 1921 when Mildred alleged that Pickford had ripped off one of her scripts in ''[Through the Back Door](/source/Through_the_Back_Door)'' and not given proper credit.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-point-in-suit-lost/152527983/ |title=Point in Suit Lost by Mrs. Fairbanks |date=September 9, 1921 |page=26 |newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |via=Newspapers.com |language=en |access-date=2024-08-02}} She would also sue [Zelda Sears](/source/Zelda_Sears) on similar grounds. === Death === She died in [Chicago](/source/Chicago), Illinois on November 15, 1933, aged 46. === Relatives === Her half brother, [John Considine Jr.](/source/John_Considine_Jr.), would end up being a film producer; his sons, [Tim](/source/Tim_Considine) and [John](/source/John_Considine_(actor)), forged successful careers for themselves as actors. == Selected filmography == * ''[Panthea](/source/Panthea_(1917_film))'' (1917) * ''[Framing Framers](/source/Framing_Framers)'' (1917) * ''[The Ghosts of Yesterday](/source/The_Ghosts_of_Yesterday)'' (1918) * ''[A Romance of the Underworld](/source/A_Romance_of_the_Underworld)'' (1918) * ''[All Wrong](/source/All_Wrong_(film))'' (1919) * ''[Under Suspicion](/source/Under_Suspicion_(1918_film))'' (1919) * ''[Let's Be Fashionable](/source/Let's_Be_Fashionable)'' (1920) * ''[The Girl of My Heart](/source/The_Girl_of_My_Heart)'' (1920) * ''[Hearts and Masks](/source/Hearts_and_Masks)'' (1921) * ''[The Bride's Play](/source/The_Bride's_Play)'' (1922) * ''[The Dangerous Little Demon](/source/The_Dangerous_Little_Demon)'' (1922) * ''[The Real Adventure](/source/The_Real_Adventure)'' (1922) * ''[Heroes of the Street](/source/Heroes_of_the_Street)'' (1922) == References == == External links == * {{IMDB name}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Considine, Mildred}} Category:American women screenwriters Category:1887 births Category:1933 deaths Category:Screenwriters from Illinois Category:20th-century American women writers Category:20th-century American screenwriters --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mildred Considine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Considine) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Considine?action=history)). 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