Draft:Rufus Steele
Rufus Steele | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 3, 1877 Hope, Arkansas |
| Died | December 25, 1935 (aged 57–58) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Occupation(s) | writer and director |
| Known for | The Eagle's Wings, The Purple Highway and The Divorcee |
Rufus Steele (born March 3, 1877, died 25 December 1935) was a writer, screenwriter,[1] and director best known for various films, including The Eagle's Wings, The Purple Highway and The Divorcee.[2]
Writing
[edit]Steele is known for various books, including:[3]
- Rule G (1915)
- The Eagle's Wings (1916)
- The Divorcee (1917)
- The Purple Highway (1923)
- Scar Neck (1930)[4]
- The City That Is; the Story of the Rebuilding of San Francisco in Three Years
- The Fall of Ug: a Masque of Fear
- The University and Diversity of Nevada
- Aces for Industry
- What Mrs. Eddy Said to Arthur Brisbane; the Celebrated Interview of the Eminent Journalist with the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science ...
- The Big Idea
- 7 News Stories About the Movies[5]
Career
[edit]Steele got a science bachelor's degree in the Pacific Methodist College in 1896.[citation needed]
From 1900 until 1902, Steele worked as an editor of the Redding Free Press.[citation needed]
In San Francisco Chronicle, he worked as a writer from 1902 until 1904. He was a Sunday editor from 1904 until 1906.
From August 1906 until December 15, 1912, he was a Sunday editor at San Francisco Call.
At the University of Miami, Steele was a coach in magazine special article writing in 1927, and from 1929 until 1931, he was an associate professor in English.
Steele has been listed by Marquis Who's Who as a notable author.[citation needed]
Films
[edit]In 1915, Paramount Pictures created a silent movie called Rule G, based on Steele's book.[6] That same year, Steele wrote the script for The Eagle's Wings, a silent film created by Bluebird Pictures.[7]
Death
[edit]Steele died on December 25, 1935. He was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rufus Steele (1877 – December 25, 1935) was an American screenwriter and film director. (ja)" - [1] (DBPedia)
- ^ "Rufus Steele was born in 1877. He was a writer and director, known for The Eagle's Wings (1916), The Purple Highway (1923) and The Divorcee (1917). He died on 25 December 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA." - [2] (IMDb)
- ^ "Books from the extended shelves: (7 item list)" - [3](The Online Books Page)
- ^ [4] (AbeBooks)
- ^ [5] (Bookshop US)
- ^ "In 1915 (Taisho 4), when he was 38 years old, Paramount Pictures distributed silent movie Rule G..." - [6] (Weblio Japan)
- ^ "In the same year, he provided the story for The Eagle's Wing, a silent film starring Grace Carlyle, produced by Bluebird Pictures, a subsidiary established by Universal Film Manufacturing Company (now Universal Pictures)." - [7] (Weblio Japan)
- ^ [8] (Find a Grave Memorial)