Viña Delmar

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Viña Delmar (born Alvina Croter, 29 January 1903, New York City - 19 January 1990, Los Angeles) was a 20th century playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. With the editorial assistance of her husband, Eugene, she wrote or adapted about twenty plays which were produced as films during her lifetime, in a career that lasted from the 1920s to the 1950s.

An obituary described her as "a young woman [who] wrote a series of novels that scandalized the country, making them not only best-sellers but giving her entree to Hollywood".[1] Her first major work was a 1928 novel titled "Bad Girl", a cautionary tale about premarital sex and pregnancy, which was adapted for both stage and screen. The book was the fifth best-selling work for that year. She was nominated for an Academy Award for 1937 for her screen adaptation of the Arthur Richman play, "The Awful Truth".[2]

[edit] Personal life

She was married to Eugene Delmar until his death in 1956. They had one son, Gray, who was born in 1924 and killed in an automobile racing accident in 1966. After the death of her husband, Delmar ceased to be productive as a writer.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vina Delmar; Adapted 'The Awful Truth' For the Screen. The Los Angeles Times, January 28, 1990, A-28.
  2. ^ Vina Delmar; Adapted 'The Awful Truth' For the Screen. The Los Angeles Times, January 28, 1990, A-28.

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