Mildred Cram was a popular American writer.

Her short story "Stranger Things" was included in the O. Henry Award

O. Henry Award

The O. Henry Award is the only yearly award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American master of the form, O. Henry....

 story collection for 1921. A number of her stories and novels were made into films. She was nominated, along with Leo McCarey

Leo McCarey

Thomas Leo McCarey was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. During his lifetime he was involved in nearly 200 movies, especially comedies...

, for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story

Academy Award for Best Story

The Academy Award for Best Story was an Academy Award given from the beginning of the Academy Awards until 1957, when it was eliminated in favor of the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay, which had been introduced in 1940.-1920s:...

 for Love Affair (1939). Gerald Clarke

Gerald Clarke

Gerald B. Clarke was the principal secretary to the Rhodesian Cabinet throughout the existence of the Rhodesian Front Government...

 wrote in his biography Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland

Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland

Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland is a biography of entertainer Judy Garland. Published in 2000, Get Happy is author Gerald Clarke's follow-up to his 1988 biography of Truman Capote...

that Cram was Tyrone Power

Tyrone Power

Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. , usually credited as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as Ty Power, was an American film and stage actor who appeared in dozens of films from the 1930s to the 1950s, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads such as in The Mark of Zorro, Blood and Sand, The Black Swan,...

's favorite author. Power introduced Garland

Judy Garland

Judy Garland was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years and for her renowned contralto voice, she attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage...

 to Cram's novella Forever, which Garland could eventually "quote word for word".

Filmography

• Subway Sadie (1926) (story)
• Behind the Make-Up
  Behind the Make-Up
  Behind the Make-Up is a 1930 drama film starring Hal Skelly, William Powell, and Fay Wray. It is based on the short story "The Feeder" by Mildred Cram. A vaudeville performer takes advantage of his partner, even to stealing his girlfriend.-Cast:...
  
  (1930) (story "The Feeder")
• This Modern Age
  This Modern Age
  This Modern Age is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film directed by Nick Grinde starring Joan Crawford, Neil Hamilton, Pauline Frederick and Albert Conti...
  
  (1931) (story "Girls Together")
• Amateur Daddy (1932) (novel Scotch Valley)
• Sinners in the Sun (1932) (novel Beachcomber)
• Faithless
  Faithless (1932 film)
  Faithless is a 1932 romantic drama film about a spoiled socialite who learns a sharp lesson when she loses all her money during the Great Depression. It stars Tallulah Bankhead and Robert Montgomery...
  
  (1932) (novel Tinfoil)
• Maquillage (1932), also known as Make Up (novella The Feeder)
• Stars Over Broadway (1935) (story "Thin Air")
• Navy Born
  Navy Born
  Navy Born is a 1936 American film directed by Nate Watt.The film is also known as Mariners of the Sky .- Plot summary :The aircraft carrier appearing at the start is the USS Lexington .- Cast :...
  
  (1936) (story)
• Wings Over Honolulu (1937) (story)
• Love Affair (1939) (story)
• Beyond Tomorrow (1940), also known as Beyond Christmas (story)
• An Affair to Remember
  An Affair to Remember
  An Affair to Remember is a 1957 film starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, and directed by Leo McCarey. It was distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation....
  
  (1957) (story)
• Love and Death
  Love and Death
  Love and Death is a 1975 comedy film by Woody Allen. Starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, Love and Death is a satirical take on Russian epic novels. Coming in between Sleeper and Annie Hall, Love and Death is in many respects an artistic transition between the two...
  
  (1975), French title Guerre et amour (uncredited)
• Love Affair (1994) (story)

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