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name: "Charles Kenyon"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 November 1880"
died: "27 June 1961"
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# Charles Kenyon

Writer. Born 2 November 1880 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 27 June 1961.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 November 1880, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 27 June 1961
- **Active:** 1935–1937
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kenyon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5079766, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448981/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81166

## Biography

Charles Kenyon (2 November 1880 – 27 June 1961) was an American screenwriter. Born in San Francisco, California, he wrote or co-wrote screenplays for more than 110 films between 1915 and 1946.

His credits include *The Penalty* (1920), *The Iron Horse* (1925), *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935, arranged for the screen with Mary C. McCall Jr.) and *The Petrified Forest* (1936). He also wrote several stage plays that reached Broadway, including *Kindling* (1911). Kenyon was married to actress Jane Winton from 1927 to 1930.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935), Fi1m 74, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/a-midsummer-nights-dream.md)

## Complete filmography (100)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Strange Journey* (1946), Screenplay, Story
- *Phantom of the Plains* (1945), Screenplay
- *The Man in Half Moon Street* (1945), Screenplay
- *The Unwritten Code* (1944), Story
- *It Comes Up Love* (1943), Writer
- *Salute for Three* (1943), Writer
- *Highway West* (1941), Screenplay
- *Flight from Destiny* (1941), as Additional Writing
- *Lady with Red Hair* (1940), Screenplay
- *The Lady Objects* (1938), Screenplay
- *One Hundred Men and a Girl* (1937), Screenplay
- *The Road Back* (1937), Screenplay
- *Crack-Up* (1936), Writer
- *The Golden Arrow* (1936), Screenplay
- *The Petrified Forest* (1936), Screenplay
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935), Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/a-midsummer-nights-dream.md)
- *The Goose and the Gander* (1935), Story, Screenplay
- *The Girl from 10th Avenue* (1935), Adaptation
- *The Firebird* (1934), Screenplay
- *Dr. Monica* (1934), Adaptation, Screenplay
- *Journal of a Crime* (1934), Screenplay
- *Mandalay* (1934), Writer
- *I Loved a Woman* (1933), Dialogue, Screenplay
- *The Working Man* (1933), Screenplay
- *Crooner* (1932), Screenplay
- *Street of Women* (1932), Adaptation
- *Man Wanted* (1932), Adaptation
- *Alias the Doctor* (1932), Dialogue
- *Under Eighteen* (1932), Screenplay
- *Bought!* (1931), Writer
- *Night Nurse* (1931), Additional Dialogue
- *Party Husband* (1931), Writer
- *My Past* (1931), Writer
- *Millie* (1931), Adaptation, Dialogue
- *River's End* (1930), Screenplay
- *The Office Wife* (1930), Screenplay
- *Recaptured Love* (1930), Screenplay
- *The Lost Zeppelin* (1929), Dialogue
- *The Woman from Hell* (1929), Writer
- *The Girl on the Barge* (1929), as Continuity · Adaptation
- *The Crash* (1928), Writer
- *The Foreign Legion* (1928), Writer
- *Alias The Deacon* (1927), Writer
- *Surrender* (1927), Adaptation, Screenplay
- *Butterflies in the Rain* (1926), Writer
- *The Old Soak* (1926), Adaptation, Screenplay
- *The Flaming Frontier* (1926), Scenario Writer
- *The Still Alarm* (1926), Scenario Writer
- *The Iron Horse* (1925), Story, Screenplay
- *Dick Turpin* (1925), Story, Writer
- *The Arizona Romeo* (1925), Story, Scenario Writer
- *The Roughneck* (1924), Writer
- *Hearts of Oak* (1924), Scenario Writer
- *The Desert Outlaw* (1924), Story, Screenplay
- *The Lone Chance* (1924), Writer
- *A Man's Mate* (1924), Writer
- *Hoodman Blind* (1923), Writer
- *White Tiger* (1923), Writer
- *The Grail* (1923), Writer
- *Second Hand Love* (1923), Writer
- *Railroaded* (1923), Scenario Writer
- *The Shock* (1923), Writer
- *Fools and Riches* (1923), Scenario Writer
- *Brass Commandments* (1923), Writer
- *The Power of a Lie* (1923), Scenario Writer
- *The Dust Flower* (1922), Scenario Writer
- *Grand Larceny* (1922), Writer
- *The Golden Gift* (1922), Writer
- *Beating the Game* (1921), Screenplay, Story
- *A Tale of Two Worlds* (1921), Scenario Writer
- *Bunty Pulls the Strings* (1921), Writer
- *The Penalty* (1920), Scenario Writer
- *Stop Thief* (1920), Scenario Writer
- *The Joyous Trouble-Makers* (1920), Scenario Writer
- *Dangerous Days* (1920), Writer
- *The Feud* (1919), Story, Screenplay
- *Wings of the Morning* (1919), Scenario Writer
- *The Last of the Duanes* (1919), Screenplay
- *Rough-Riding Romance* (1919), Screenplay
- *The Wilderness Trail* (1919), Writer
- *The Lone Star Ranger* (1919), Scenario Writer
- *Words and Music by -* (1919), Writer
- *The Siren's Song* (1919), Screenplay
- *Fighting for Gold* (1919), Writer
- *Hell-Roarin' Reform* (1919), Scenario Writer
- *The Light* (1919), Scenario Writer
- *The Rainbow Trail* (1918), Scenario Writer
- *The Bird of Prey* (1918), Writer
- *Nobody's Wife* (1918), Writer
- *The Rough Lover* (1918), Writer
- *The Moral Law* (1918), Scenario Writer
- *Painted Lips* (1918), Writer
- *The Fighting Grin* (1918), Scenario Writer
- *Cupid's Round Up* (1918), Story
- *The Silent Man* (1917), Writer
- *On the Level* (1917), Story
- *The Sacrifice* (1917), Story
- *Husband and Wife* (1916), Theatre Play
- *Kindling* (1915), Theatre Play
- *Mignon* (1915), Screenplay

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