Faith Baldwin

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. 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. In the early days of television, she apparently had 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
• 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