Charles Graham Baker
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Charles Graham Baker | |
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Born |
Evansville, Indiana | 16 July 1883
Died |
15 May 1950 66) Reseda, Los Angeles, California | (aged
Other names |
Graham Baker Leslie S. Barrows |
Years active | 1915–1948 |
Charles Graham Baker (16 July 1883 – 15 May 1950) was an American screenwriter and director. He wrote for more than 170 films between 1915 and 1948. He and his father invented the game of Gin rummy in 1909.
He was born in Evansville, Indiana. He and his father, Elwood T. Baker, invented the game of Gin rummy in 1909. By 1918 he was working as a "playwright" for the Vitagraph company in Brooklyn.[1] Baker died in Reseda, Los Angeles, California in 1950.[2]
Selected filmography
- Frauds and Frenzies (1918)
- The Inner Chamber (1921)
- Fortune's Mask (1922)
- The Girl in the Limousine (1924)
- Just Suppose (1926)
- The Third Degree (1926)
- The Singing Fool (1928)
- Sonny Boy (1930)
- Broadway Through a Keyhole (1933)
- She Couldn't Take It (1935)
- Shanghai (1935)
- Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
- You Only Live Once (1937)
- Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
- Eternally Yours (1939)
- Danger Signal (1945)
- Ramrod (1947)
References
- ↑ World War I draft registration
- ↑ "C.G. Baker, Helped Devise Gin Rummy". New York Times. May 17, 1950. Retrieved 2008-05-22. "C. Graham Baker, writer and producer of motion pictures and co-creator of the card game gin rummy, died today at his home in Reseda in the San Fernando Valley. ..."
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