Faith Baldwin
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]). 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
- Adam's Eden (1977)
- Alimony (1928)
- American Family (1934)
- And New Stars Burn (1941)
- Any Village (1972)
- Apartment for Peggy - 1948
- Arizona Star (1940)
- Babs, A Story of Devine Corners (1931)
- Beauty (1933)
- Betty (1928)
- Blaze of sunlight (1960)
- Blue Horizons (1942)
- Breath of Life (1942)
- Broadway Interlude (1929) (with Achmed Abdullah)
- Broadway Sensation (1930) (with Achmed Abdullah)
- Career By Proxy (1939)
- Change of Heart (1998) P.F. Collier 1944
- Departing Wings (1927)
- District Nurse (1993)
- Enchanted Oasis (1938)
- Evening Star (1994) 1964 Hardback, Holt, Rinehart & Winston
- Face Towards the Spring (1956)
- Garden Oats (1929)
- Girl On the Make (1932)]] (with Achmed Abdullah)
- Give Love the Air (1947)
- Golden Shoestring (1949)
- Harvest of Hope (1962)
- He Married a Doctor (1944)
- Heart Has Wings (1937)
- Heart Remembers (1941)
- High Road (1939)
- Hold on to Your Heart (1976) UK title
- Honor Bound (1934)
- Hotel Hostess (1938)
- Incredible Year (1929)
- Innocent Bystander (1934)
- Job for Jenny (1945)
- Judy: A Story of Divine Corners (1930)
- Juniper Tree (1952)
- Laurel of Stonystream (1923)
- Letty and the Law (1940) Hardback, P. F. Collier
- Living By Faith (1964)
- Lonely Man (1964)
- The Lonely Doctor (1964)
- Look Out for Liza (1950)
- Love’s a Puzzle (1933)
- Magic and Mary Rose (1924)
- Make-Believe (1930)
- Manhattan Nights (1937)
- Many Windows: Seasons of the Heart (1958)
- Mary Lou, A Story of Divine Corners (1931)
- Marry for Money (1948)
- Mavis of Green Hill (1921)
- Medical Center (1940)
- Men Are Such Fools! (1936)
- Moon’s Our Home (1936)
- Myra, A story of Divine Corners (1932)
- New Girl in Town (1975)
- No Bed of Roses (1973)
- No Private Heaven (1946)
- Office Wife (1930)
- One More Time (1972)
- Private Duty (1936)
- The Puritan Strain (1935)
- Rehearsal for Love (19400
- Rest of My Life With You (1942)
- Rich Girl, Poor Girl (1938)
- Rosalie’s Career (1928)
- Self-Made Woman (1932)
- Sign Posts (1924) Poems
- Skyscraper (1931), reissued in 2003 ISBN 1558614575
- Sleeping Beauty (1947)
- Something Special (1940)
- The Station Wagon Set (1939) reissued by Warner books ISBN 0446766828
- Take What You Want (1971)
- Tell Me My Heart (1950) UK title
- Temporary Address: Reno (1941)
- Testament of Trust (1960)
- That Man is Mine (1937)
- There Is a Season (1966)
- Those Difficult Years (1925)
- Three Faces of Love (1958)
- Three Women (1926)
- Thresholds (1925)
- Thursday's Child (1976)
- Time and the Hour (1975)
- Today’s Virtue (1931)
- Twenty-Four Hours a Day (1937)
- Velvet Hammer (1969)
- Washington USA (1943)
- Week-End Marriage (1932)
- The West Wind (1963)
- White Collar Girl (1933)
- White Magic (1939)
- The Whole Armour (1951)
- Widow’s Walk, Variations on a Theme (1954) Poems
- Within A Year (1934)
- Woman on Her Way (1946)
- You Can't Escape (1943)
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
