Young Sinners
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Young Sinners was a film released on 17 May 1931, directed by John G. Blystone
. The screenplay was initially written by Maurine Watkins
(the script filmed was Wm. Conselman's, not Maurine's; Maurine's script is in the archives of 20th C.-Fox's Produced Scripts); William Conselman scrapped her screenplay
in favor of his own (adaptation, continuity and dialog, according to American Film Institute
) based on the play Young Sinners by Elmer Harris
(New York, 28 November 1929) (American Film Institute Catalog
).
John G. Blystone
John G. Blystone was an American film director. He directed 100 films between 1915 and 1938.He was born in Rice Lake, Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack. His grave is located at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.-Relatives:John Blystone's brother was actor Stanley...
. The screenplay was initially written by Maurine Watkins
Maurine Dallas Watkins
Maurine Dallas Watkins was an American journalist and playwright.She was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and attended Crawfordsville High School, followed by five colleges...
(the script filmed was Wm. Conselman's, not Maurine's; Maurine's script is in the archives of 20th C.-Fox's Produced Scripts); William Conselman scrapped her screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
in favor of his own (adaptation, continuity and dialog, according to American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
) based on the play Young Sinners by Elmer Harris
Elmer Blaney Harris
Elmer Blaney Harris was an American author, dramatist, and playwright.- Biography :He was born in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest of eight children. He moved with his family to Oakland, California, after his father's broom factory burned to the ground...
(New York, 28 November 1929) (American Film Institute Catalog
The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures
The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures is an ongoing project by the American Film Institute since the late 1960s to catalog all commercially-made American motion pictures from the earliest days of the industry to the present...
).