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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), Reaching for the Moon (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

Movie

Producer

1936

Douglas Fairbanks and Eileen Percy in Reaching for the Moon (1917)

Reaching for the Moon

6.1

Movie

Writer

1917

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

Movie

Writer

1918

Down to Earth (1917)

6.2

Movie

Writer

1917

Credits

Writer

Rumor of Love
8.0
- play "The Whole Town's Talking"
- 1960
Kraft Television Theatre
7.9
TV Series
- play
- 1949
The Cowboy and the Lady
6.5
- contributing writer (uncredited)
- 1938
The Girl from Missouri
6.6
- original screenplay
- 1934
Social Register
6.8
- story
- 1934
The Struggle
5.9
- from the screen story by
- 1931
Ex-Bad Boy
4.7
- 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
Three Miles Out
- 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
Reaching for the Moon
6.1
- Director
- 1917
Down to Earth
6.2
- Director
- 1917
Wild and Woolly
6.4
- Director
- 1917
In Again, Out Again
6.4
- Director
- 1917
The Americano
6.0
- Director
- 1916
Less Than the Dust
5.8
- Director
- 1916
The Social Secretary
5.8
- Director
- 1916
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
6.7
Short
- Director
- 1916
Macbeth
6.5
- Director
- 1916
His Picture in the Papers
5.9
- Director
- 1916
Old Heidelberg
6.1
- Director
- 1915

Producer

Saratoga
6.5
- associate producer
- 1937
Mama Steps Out
5.6
- producer
- 1937
San Francisco
7.1
- producer
- 1936
Red Hot Romance
4.3
- executive producer
- 1922
Dangerous Business
- producer
- 1920
The Love Expert
5.9
- producer
- 1920
In Search of a Sinner
- producer (uncredited)
- 1920
A Virtuous Vamp
6.2
- producer (uncredited)
- 1919
A Temperamental Wife
7.0
- producer
- 1919
Good-Bye, Bill
- producer
- 1918
Come on In
- producer
- 1918
Reaching for the Moon
6.1
- producer
- 1917
Down to Earth
6.2
- producer
- 1917
Wild and Woolly
6.4
- producer
- 1917

Personal details

Height
- 6′ (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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