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词条 Elizabeth Beecher
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Filmography

     Television  Movies 

  4. Personal life

  5. References

  6. External links

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Elizabeth Beecher is an American screenwriter best known for her work on western-themed movies and television shows in the 1940s and 1950s.

Early life

Beecher was born on February 19, 1898 in Bridgeport, Connecticut and is a descendant of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin. She graduated from Syracuse University in 1920 with majors in English and History.[1]

Career

Beecher worked as a news reporter and writer for the Syracuse Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, and the New York American.[1] She moved to Hollywood in 1937 where she took up work as a freelance writer. She began writing screenplays for western film producers as well as television shows such as Lassie and The Gene Autry Show.[1]

Outside of film, Beecher wrote comic and children's books, including adaptions of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Tonka[2] for the Walt Disney Corporation.[1] Additional writings included a cookbook of early American family recipes, seven Little Golden Books, four Big Golden Books, and The Bar-Twenty Cowboy, a book selected for inclusion in the Children's Library at the British Museum.[1] She also rewrote or ghost wrote more than 100 manuscripts.[1]

Filmography

Television

  • The Cisco Kid (various)[3]

Movies

  • Bullets and Saddles, 1943 (writer)[4]
  • Rough Riders of Cheyenne, 1945 (writer)[5]

Personal life

Beecher died on Saturday, March 3, 1973, in Burbank, California. She was survived by her son Guy Snowden Miller, her sister, Dorothy Shidler grandson, Gene and granddaughter, Kerry.[1]

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Author Elizabeth Beecher Dies in Hospital, Was 75|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/23694877/|accessdate=10 February 2016|publisher=The Van Nuys News|date=8 March 1973}}
2. ^{{cite book|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1959: January-June|date=1960|publisher=LIbrary of Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSEhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=%22elizabeth+Beecher%22+%2B+%22tonka%22&source=bl&ots=5o7RbLs4M3&sig=TOXoAhZW3gMugPwTcr3OhfC40OY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7yL2i8fDKAhXEbj4KHYbOBPA4FBDoAQgbMAA#v=onepage&q=%22elizabeth%20Beecher%22%20%2B%20%22tonka%22&f=false|accessdate=11 February 2016}}
3. ^{{cite book|last1=Nevins|first1=Francis M.|title=The Cisco Kid: American Hero, Hispanic Roots|date=2008|publisher=Bilingual Press|isbn=9781931010498|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQgnAQAAIAAJ&q=%22elizabeth+Beecher%22+%2B+%22cisco+kid%22&dq=%22elizabeth+Beecher%22+%2B+%22cisco+kid%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOp63c8vDKAhVDaD4KHe5KBYMQ6AEIKzAB|accessdate=11 February 2016}}
4. ^{{cite book|last1=Pitts|first1=Michael R.|title=Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed.|date=2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476600901|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vgo3EgGRt44C&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=%22Elizabeth+Beecher%22+%2B+%22bullets+and+saddles%22&source=bl&ots=HUunUu-1Mk&sig=TkGhW43knB2p8tqAfBmqoofaLHU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj57OaDm-7KAhVCJR4KHXrsCOUQ6AEISDAH#v=onepage&q=%22Elizabeth%20Beecher%22%20%2B%20%22bullets%20and%20saddles%22&f=false|accessdate=10 February 2016}}
5. ^{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Len D.|title=The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959|date=2006|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786427406|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5QleCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq=%22Elizabeth+Beecher%22+%2B+Rough+Riders+of+Cheyenne&source=bl&ots=i3dEE3yLN4&sig=PMQG6W3bVQU3VFJrZ7iMjGtn4DI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2rqS12_vKAhWGGh4KHQ_0DIM4ChDoAQgeMAE#v=onepage&q=%22Elizabeth%20Beecher%22%20%2B%20Rough%20Riders%20of%20Cheyenne&f=false|accessdate=15 February 2016}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0066321}}
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6 : 1898 births|1973 deaths|Syracuse University alumni|Writers from Bridgeport, Connecticut|Screenwriters from Connecticut|Screenwriters from New York (state)

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