Leroy Scott
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Leroy Scott was an American writer of novels and screenplays. He was born in Fairmount, Indiana
11 May 1875. His father was a minister with the Religious Society of Friends
. He graduated from Indiana University in 1897. His writing career began with three years experience as a reporter; he worked at a Louisiana newspaper owned by his brother. Later (1900-01) he became assistant editor of the Woman’s Home Companion.
Scott was a social activist. In 1902–3 he was assistant headworker at the University Settlement House
. It is there that he met and later married on 27 Jun 1904 Miriam Finn, a Russian Jewish writer, with whom he had a daughter. Around this time Scott was an officer of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society
, of which he was a founder. Scott had come to University Settlement after Hull House
experience. After his settlement experience, Scott and his wife came to live at the "A-Club", a cooperative, and a "radical center."
In 1906, Scott helped arrange accommodations for Maxim Gorky
during his visit to the United States. In 1907 Scott and his wife visited Russia.
To research his book about labor relations, The Walking Delegate (1905), Scott Joined the Structural Iron Workers Union.
In addition to novels, Scott became involved in the movie industry, where he accumulated numerous writing credits, as well as an acting credit in one film. When Goldwyn Pictures
determined a need to produce movies in New York as well as on the west coast, Scott's Partners of the Night was chosen as the first work.
Scott drowned in Lake Chateaugay, near Plattsburg, New York on 21 July 1929.
Fairmount, Indiana
Fairmount is a town in Fairmount Township, Grant County in the east central part of the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 2,992 at the 2000 census. It is ninety kilometers northeast of Indianapolis...
11 May 1875. His father was a minister with the Religious Society of Friends
Religious Society of Friends
The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...
. He graduated from Indiana University in 1897. His writing career began with three years experience as a reporter; he worked at a Louisiana newspaper owned by his brother. Later (1900-01) he became assistant editor of the Woman’s Home Companion.
Scott was a social activist. In 1902–3 he was assistant headworker at the University Settlement House
University Settlement House
University Settlement Society of New York is located at 184 Eldridge Street on New York's Lower East Side...
. It is there that he met and later married on 27 Jun 1904 Miriam Finn, a Russian Jewish writer, with whom he had a daughter. Around this time Scott was an officer of the Intercollegiate Socialist Society
Intercollegiate Socialist Society
The Intercollegiate Socialist Society was the a Socialist student organization from 1905-1921. It attracted many prominent intellectuals and writers and acted as the unofficial Socialist Party of America student wing...
, of which he was a founder. Scott had come to University Settlement after Hull House
Hull House
Hull House is a settlement house in the United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located in the Near West Side of , Hull House opened its doors to the recently arrived European immigrants. By 1911, Hull House had grown to 13 buildings. In 1912 the Hull...
experience. After his settlement experience, Scott and his wife came to live at the "A-Club", a cooperative, and a "radical center."
In 1906, Scott helped arrange accommodations for Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov , primarily known as Maxim Gorky , was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.-Early years:...
during his visit to the United States. In 1907 Scott and his wife visited Russia.
To research his book about labor relations, The Walking Delegate (1905), Scott Joined the Structural Iron Workers Union.
In addition to novels, Scott became involved in the movie industry, where he accumulated numerous writing credits, as well as an acting credit in one film. When Goldwyn Pictures
Goldwyn Pictures
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company founded in 1916 by Samuel Goldfish in partnership with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn using an amalgamation of both last names to create the name...
determined a need to produce movies in New York as well as on the west coast, Scott's Partners of the Night was chosen as the first work.
Scott drowned in Lake Chateaugay, near Plattsburg, New York on 21 July 1929.
Works
- Children of the whirlwind
- The walking delegate (1905)
- To him that hath (1907)
- The shears of destiny (1910)
- Vocations, ed. William DeWitt Hyde. Hall and Locke Company. Boston. Vol. 1. The Mechanic Arts. Richard C. Maclauren ed. (1911). “Selden’s Explosion Buggy”. p. 343
- Counsel for the defense (1912)
- No. 13 Washington Square (1914)
- Graft (1915 serial)Graft (1915 serial)Graft is a 1915 film serial featuring Harry Carey. This serial is considered to be lost.-Cast:* Harry Carey - Tom Larnigan . Carey took over lead from Hobart Henley from the fourth chapter.* Hobart Henley - Bruce Larnigan...
. - Partners of the night (1916)
- The Sturdy Oak; a composite novel of American politics by fourteen American authors (ch xiv) (1917)
- Mary Regan (1918)
- A daughter of two worlds; a novel of New York life (1919)
- Cordelia the Magnificent (1923)
- The heart of Katie O”Doone (1925)
- Folly’s Gold (1926)
- The Trail of Glory (1926)
- The living dead man (1929)