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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| − | '''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]). 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 | + | '''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]). 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 == | ||
Revision as of 02:18, 5 January 2007
Biography
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]). 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
Fiction
Some of her 85 books
- Mavis of the Green Hill - 1921
- Alimony - 1928 copyright
- Those Difficult Years (1925)
- Three Women (1926)
- Week-End Marriage - 1931, 1932 copyright
- Office Wife - 1930
- Skyscraper - 1931, reissued in 2003 ISBN 1558614575
- Beauty - 1933, reissued in 1940 by Triangle Books
- White Collar Girl (1933)
- American Family - 1934
- The Puritan Strain - 1935
- That Man is Mine - 1935, 1937 copyright
- Men Are Such Fools! (1936) Aoneian Press, ISBN 0884116115
- The Heart Has Wings - 1937
- Station Wagon Set - 1940, reissued by Warner books ISBN 0446766828
- Apartment for Peggy - 1948
- Look Out for Liza - 1950
- The Whole Armour - 1951
- The Juniper Tree - 1957
- One More Time - 1974
- Twenty-Four Hours a Day (1976)
- White Collar Girl (1976)
- Thursday's Child (1976)
- Hold on to Your Heart (1976)
- Letty and the Law (1976)
Movies made from books
- Office Wife - 1934 movie with Joan Blondell
- Week-End Marriage 1932 movie with Loretta Young
- Skyscraper Souls - 1932 movie based on Skyscraper
- Beauty for Sale - 1933 movie based on Beauty
- Men are Such Fools! - 1938 movie
- Apartment for Peggy 1948 movie
Related Titles
- American Family - 1934
- The Puritan Strain - 1935
