Ethel Mumford
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Ethel Watts Mumford was a U.S. author
, a New Yorker. "Mumford" came from her first husband George D Mumford, a lawyer (married 1894-1901).
After her first husband grew intolerant of her prolific writing and art career, she fled to San Francisco in 1899 with their only child, a son. She sued for divorce on grounds of desertion. After the divorce was granted in 1901, she returned to New York, vowing never to remarry unless her husband accepted her career. On 4 Jun 1906 she married Peter Geddes Grant of Grantown, Morayshire, Scotland
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The daughter of a wealthy businessman, she was given a fine education, topped by her study of painting at the Julian Academy of Paris. She traveled extensively in Europe, the Far East, and North America, experience that is well-reflected in her work.
Most of her early published works were written in San Francisco including her first novel, Dupes. She was a heavy producer of plays, vaudeville sketches, novels, short stories, joke collections, songs, poems, and articles. She also painted and illustrated books. In the teen-years, after studying dramatic technique by reading 2,000 manuscripts, she turned to playwriting. Her farces were produced on New York and London stages. After her 1906 marriage she wrote for a time under the name "Ethel Watts Mumford Grant," adding her second husband's name, but eventually reverted to "Ethel Watts Mumford" as a byline.
Famous quotes
She said, "God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends."
She said, "Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person."
With Addison Mizner
and Oliver Herford
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, a New Yorker. "Mumford" came from her first husband George D Mumford, a lawyer (married 1894-1901).
After her first husband grew intolerant of her prolific writing and art career, she fled to San Francisco in 1899 with their only child, a son. She sued for divorce on grounds of desertion. After the divorce was granted in 1901, she returned to New York, vowing never to remarry unless her husband accepted her career. On 4 Jun 1906 she married Peter Geddes Grant of Grantown, Morayshire, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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The daughter of a wealthy businessman, she was given a fine education, topped by her study of painting at the Julian Academy of Paris. She traveled extensively in Europe, the Far East, and North America, experience that is well-reflected in her work.
Most of her early published works were written in San Francisco including her first novel, Dupes. She was a heavy producer of plays, vaudeville sketches, novels, short stories, joke collections, songs, poems, and articles. She also painted and illustrated books. In the teen-years, after studying dramatic technique by reading 2,000 manuscripts, she turned to playwriting. Her farces were produced on New York and London stages. After her 1906 marriage she wrote for a time under the name "Ethel Watts Mumford Grant," adding her second husband's name, but eventually reverted to "Ethel Watts Mumford" as a byline.
Famous quotes
She said, "God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends."
She said, "Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person."
- Dupes (1901)
- Whitewash (1903)
- Out of the Ashes (1913 - ISBN 1-4142-4999-3)
- Sick-a-bed: A farcical comedy in three acts (1919)(*made into a 1920 silent film Sick AbedSick AbedSick Abed is a 1920 silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures/ Artcraft, an affiliate of Paramount. It was directed by Sam Wood and stars matinee idol Wallace Reid. It is based on a 1918 Broadway stage play Sick-a-bed by Ethel Watts Mumford starring...
) - All in the Night's Work (1924)
- Hand-reading today: A new angle of an ancient science (1925)
With Addison Mizner
Addison Mizner
Addison Cairns Mizner was an American resort architect whose Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival style interpretations left an indelible stamp on South Florida, where it continues to inspire architects and land developers. In the 1920s Mizner was the best-known and most-discussed...
and Oliver Herford
Oliver Herford
Oliver Herford was a British-born American writer, artist and illustrator who has been called "The American Oscar Wilde". As a frequent contributor to The Mentor, Life, and Ladies' Home Journal, he sometimes signed his artwork as "O Herford". In 1906 he wrote and illustrated the "Little Book of...
- The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1903 (1902).
- The Limerick Up to Date Book (1903)
- The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1904 (1903)
- The Entirely New Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1905 (1904)
- The Complete Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1906 (1905)
- The Altogether New Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1907 (1906)
- The Quite New Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1908 (1907)
- The Perfectly Good Cynic's Calendar (1908)
- The Complete Cynic (1910)
- The Revived Cynic's Calendar (1917)