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'''Faith Baldwin''' was born on October 1, 1893 in New Rochelle, NY. She died March 19, 1978. Ms. Baldwin is the author of some 85 romance novels, often concentratin on women juggling career and family. Several of her books were made into films. In the early days of television, she apparently had a weekly Saturday afternoon anthology series on ABC network, entitled "Faith Baldwin Romance Theater." From 1958 to 1965, she wrote a column that was published in ''Woman’s Day'' magazine..
 
  
  
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'''Faith Baldwin''' was born on October 1, 1893 in New Rochelle, NY. She died March 19, 1978. Ms. Baldwin is the author of some 100 novels ([http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,820735,00.html]), often concentrating on women juggling career and family. She apparently began her career writing for "women's magazines" that produced romance novels as six-part serials. ([http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,896415,00.html]). Her first published book was ''[[Mavis of the Green Hill]]'' published in 1921. She also wrote three books with Achmed Abdullah which were published in 1929, 1930 and 1932. In 1935 she was described as the newest of the "highly paid" women romance writers by Time magazine. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,748834,00.html Time 7/8/1935]. Several of her books were made into films. ([http://imdb.com/name/nm0049903/]). In the early days of television, she hosted a weekly Saturday afternoon anthology series on ABC network, entitled "Faith Baldwin Romance Theater." [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,821468,00.html Time 1/29/51]. From 1958 to 1965, she wrote a column that was published in ''Woman’s Day'' magazine called "The Open Door."
  
 
== Books ==
 
== Books ==
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=== Fiction ===
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Some of her books
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Some of her 85 books
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* ''[[Mavis of the Green Hill]]'' - 1921
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*''[[Adam's Eden]]'' (1977)
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* ''[[Alimony]]'' - 1928 copyright
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*''[[Alimony]]'' (1928)
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* ''[[Those Difficult Years]]'' (1925)
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*''[[American Family]]'' (1934)
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* ''[[Three Women]]'' (1926)
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*''[[And New Stars Burn]]'' (1941)
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* ''[[Week-End Marriage]]'' - 1931, 1932 copyright
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*''[[Any Village]]'' (1972)
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* ''[[Office Wife]]'' - 1930
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*''[[Apartment for Peggy]]'' - 1948
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* ''[[Skyscraper]]'' - 1931, reissued in 2003 ISBN 1558614575
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*''[[Arizona Star]]'' (1940)
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* ''[[Beauty]]'' - 1933, reissued in 1940 by Triangle Books
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*''[[Babs, A Story of Devine Corners]]'' (1931)
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* ''[[White Collar Girl]]'' (1933)  
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*''[[Beauty]]'' (1933)
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* ''[[American Family]]'' - 1934
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*''[[Betty]]'' (1928)
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* ''[[That Man is Mine]]'' - 1935, 1937 copyright
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*''[[Blaze of sunlight]]'' (1960)
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* ''[[Men Are Such Fools!]]'' (1936) Aoneian Press, ISBN 0884116115
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*''[[Blue Horizons]]'' (1942)
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* ''[[The Heart Has Wings]]'' - 1937
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*''[[Breath of Life]]'' (1942)
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* ''[[Station Wagon Set]]'' - 1940, reissued by Warner books ISBN 0446766828
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*''[[Broadway Interlude]]'' (1929) (with Achmed Abdullah)
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* ''[[Apartment for Peggy]]'' - 1948
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*''[[Broadway Sensation]]'' (1930) (with Achmed Abdullah)
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* ''[[The Juniper Tree]]'' - 1957
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*''[[Career By Proxy]]'' (1939)
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* ''[[One More Time]]'' - 1974
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*''[[Change of Heart]]'' (1998) P.F. Collier 1944
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* ''[[Twenty-Four Hours a Day]]'' (1976)
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*''[[Departing Wings]]'' (1927)
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* ''[[White Collar Girl]]'' (1976)
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*''[[District Nurse]]'' (1993)
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* ''[[Thursday's Child]]'' (1976)
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*''[[Enchanted Oasis]]'' (1938)
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* ''[[Hold on to Your Heart]]'' (1976)
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*''[[Evening Star]]'' (1994) 1964 Hardback, Holt, Rinehart & Winston
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* ''[[Letty and the Law]]'' (1976)
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*''[[Face Towards the Spring]]'' (1956)
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*''[[Garden Oats]]'' (1929)
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*''[[Girl On the Make]]'' (1932)]]'' (with Achmed Abdullah)
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*''[[Give Love the Air]]'' (1947)
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*''[[Golden Shoestring]]'' (1949)
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*''[[Harvest of Hope]]'' (1962)
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*''[[He Married a Doctor]]'' (1944)
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*''[[Heart Has Wings]]'' (1937)
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*''[[Heart Remembers]]'' (1941)
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*''[[High Road]]'' (1939)
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*''[[Hold on to Your Heart]]'' (1976) UK title
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*''[[Honor Bound - Faith Baldwin|Honor Bound]]'' (1934)
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*''[[Hotel Hostess]]'' (1938)
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*''[[Incredible Year]]'' (1929)
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*''[[Innocent Bystander]]'' (1934)
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*''[[Job for Jenny]]'' (1945)
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*''[[Judy: A Story of Divine Corners]]'' (1930)
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*''[[Juniper Tree]]'' (1952)
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*''[[Laurel of Stonystream]]'' (1923)
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*''[[Letty and the Law]]'' (1940) Hardback, P. F. Collier
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*''[[Living By Faith]]'' (1964)
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*''[[Lonely Man]]'' (1964)
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*''[[The Lonely Doctor]]'' (1964)
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*''[[Look Out for Liza]]'' (1950)
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*''[[Love’s a Puzzle]]'' (1933)
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*''[[Magic and Mary Rose]]'' (1924)
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*''[[Make-Believe]]'' (1930)
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*''[[Manhattan Nights]]'' (1937)
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*''[[Many Windows: Seasons of the Heart]]'' (1958)
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*''[[Mary Lou, A Story of Divine Corners]]'' (1931)
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*''[[Marry for Money]]'' (1948)
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*''[[Mavis of Green Hill]]'' (1921)
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*''[[Medical Center]]'' (1940)
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*''[[Men Are Such Fools!]]'' (1936)
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*''[[Moon’s Our Home]]'' (1936)
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*''[[Myra, A story of Divine Corners]]'' (1932)
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*''[[New Girl in Town]]'' (1975)
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*''[[No Bed of Roses]]'' (1973)
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*''[[No Private Heaven]]'' (1946)
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*''[[Office Wife]]'' (1930)
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*''[[One More Time - Faith Baldwin|One More Time]]'' (1972)
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*''[[Private Duty]]'' (1936)
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*''[[The Puritan Strain]]'' (1935)
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*''[[Rehearsal for Love]]'' (19400
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*''[[Rest of My Life With You]]'' (1942)
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*''[[Rich Girl, Poor Girl]]'' (1938)
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*''[[Rosalie’s Career]]'' (1928)
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*''[[Self-Made Woman]]'' (1932)
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*''[[Sign Posts]]'' (1924) Poems
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*''[[Skyscraper]]'' (1931), reissued in 2003 ISBN 1558614575
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*''[[Sleeping Beauty - Faith Baldwin|Sleeping Beauty]]'' (1947)
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*''[[Something Special]]'' (1940)
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*''[[The Station Wagon Set]]'' (1939) reissued by Warner books ISBN 0446766828
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*''[[Take What You Want - Faith Baldwin|Take What You Want]]'' (1971)
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*''[[Tell Me My Heart]]'' (1950) UK title
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*''[[Temporary Address: Reno]]'' (1941)
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*''[[Testament of Trust]]'' (1960)
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*''[[That Man is Mine]]'' (1937)
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*''[[There Is a Season]]'' (1966)
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*''[[Those Difficult Years]]'' (1925)
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*''[[Three Faces of Love]]'' (1958)
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*''[[Three Women]]'' (1926)
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*''[[Thresholds]]'' (1925)
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*''[[Thursday's Child - Faith Baldwin|Thursday's Child]]'' (1976)
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*''[[Time and the Hour]]'' (1975)
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*''[[Today’s Virtue]]'' (1931)
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*''[[Twenty-Four Hours a Day]]'' (1937)
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*''[[Velvet Hammer]]'' (1969)
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*''[[Washington USA]]'' (1943)
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*''[[Week-End Marriage]]'' (1932)
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*''[[The West Wind]]'' (1963)
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*''[[White Collar Girl]]'' (1933)
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*''[[White Magic]]'' (1939)
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*''[[The Whole Armour]]'' (1951)
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*''[[Widow’s Walk, Variations on a Theme]]'' (1954) Poems
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*''[[Within A Year]]'' (1934)
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*''[[Woman on Her Way]]'' (1946)
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*''[[You Can't Escape]]'' (1943)
  
 
== Movies made from books ==
 
== Movies made from books ==
 
* [[Office Wife]] - 1934 movie with Joan Blondell
 
* [[Office Wife]] - 1934 movie with Joan Blondell
 
* [[Week-End Marriage]] 1932 movie with Loretta Young
 
* [[Week-End Marriage]] 1932 movie with Loretta Young
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* Skyscraper Souls - 1932 movie based on ''[[Sckyscraper]]''
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* Skyscraper Souls - 1932 movie based on ''[[Skyscraper]]''
 
* Beauty for Sale - 1933 movie based on ''[[Beauty]]''
 
* Beauty for Sale - 1933 movie based on ''[[Beauty]]''
 
* Men are Such Fools! - 1938 movie
 
* Men are Such Fools! - 1938 movie
 
* ''[[Apartment for Peggy]]'' 1948 movie
 
* ''[[Apartment for Peggy]]'' 1948 movie
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== Related Titles ==
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* ''[[American Family]]'' - 1934
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* ''[[The Puritan Strain]]'' - 1935

Latest revision as of 17:13, 5 November 2022


Faith Baldwin was born on October 1, 1893 in New Rochelle, NY. She died March 19, 1978. Ms. Baldwin is the author of some 100 novels ([1]), often concentrating on women juggling career and family. She apparently began her career writing for "women's magazines" that produced romance novels as six-part serials. ([2]). Her first published book was Mavis of the Green Hill published in 1921. She also wrote three books with Achmed Abdullah which were published in 1929, 1930 and 1932. In 1935 she was described as the newest of the "highly paid" women romance writers by Time magazine. Time 7/8/1935. Several of her books were made into films. ([3]). In the early days of television, she hosted a weekly Saturday afternoon anthology series on ABC network, entitled "Faith Baldwin Romance Theater." Time 1/29/51. From 1958 to 1965, she wrote a column that was published in Woman’s Day magazine called "The Open Door."

Books

Some of her books

Movies made from books

Related Titles

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