Ethel Hill
Ethel Hill (April 6, 1898, Sacramento, California – May 17, 1954, Hollywood, California) was an American screenwriter and race horse owner.[1][2][3]
When Dore Schary first went to work for Columbia Pictures as a new screenwriter, he was paired with the veteran Hill to learn from her; together, they wrote the screenplay for Fury of the Jungle (1933).[4] Hill was described by Marc Norman in his book What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting as "an extremely dear and generous woman [who] had an interest in horses and often wore jodhpurs and riding gear to the studio."[4] Perhaps her best known film is The Little Princess (1939), starring Shirley Temple.
Hill bought the Thoroughbred race horse War Knight, a son of Preakness winner High Quest, as a foal "with her $1500 life savings".[5] He went on to win 10 of 28 starts,[5] including the 1944 Arlington Handicap.[2] He was injured in 1945 and did not win any of his five 1946 starts[5] leading up to the $100,000 added Santa Anita Handicap, which he proceeded to win in a photo finish.[1][3] He retired to stud afterward.[5]
Partial filmography
- As screenwriter, unless otherwise indicated.
- The Level (1914 short)
- Dollar Down (1925)
- Virtue (1932, story)
- Fury of the Jungle (1933)
- Whirlpool (1934)
- Side Streets (1934, story)
- Blind Date (1934)
- Party Wire (1935)
- The Public Menace (1935)
- More Than a Secretary (1936, story)
- When You're in Love (1937, story)
- It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
- Just Around the Corner (1938)
- The Little Princess (1939)
- Maryland (1940)
- Small Town Deb (1941)
- Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
- In Old Oklahoma (1943)
- The Fighting Seabees (1945, uncredited contributing writer)
- Twice Blessed (1945)
- Two Smart People (1946)
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