Scott Darling

Scott Darling

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1898-05-28
Deathday: 1951-10-29 (53 years old)

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Biography

William Scott Darling (May 28, 1898 – October 29, 1951) was a Canadian-born writer and a pioneer screenwriter and film director in the Hollywood motion picture industry. He is often known in Hollywood histories as Scott Darling, though he was almost invariably credited in films as W. Scott Darling. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Darling embarked on a career as a writer, primarily doing humor stories for magazines. He married Eleanor Fried, who later worked as a film editor, and they had a daughter, Gretchen (1915–1994), who became a stage actress and playwright.

In 1914, Darling was hired by the Kalem Company of New York City to work at their California studios writing the scripts for the adventure film serial The Hazards of Helen. So successful were the short films that the job would last more than two years with Darling writing 119 episodes of what became the longest serial ever made at 23.8 hours. When finished writing the exhausting serial he took a year off then in 1918 accepted an offer from fellow Ontarians Charles and Al Christie to write short comedy films for their Christie Film Company.

In 1921, Carl Laemmle at Universal Studios lured Darling away from Christie Films with the promise of an opportunity to direct in addition to writing screenplays. While adaptations from other works was Darling's forte, between 1922 and 1928 at Universal he directed 27 silent films and wrote 40 screenplays.

With the advent of sound film, he easily adapted to creating dialogue and wrote scripts for early "talkies" such as Fox's Trent's Last Case (1929) based on the E. C. Bentley novel and directed by Howard Hawks. Six years after directing his last silent film, Darling tried his hand at directing a sound film in the United Kingdom but was unable to devote the time necessary to attempt to develop the directorial skills required for the rapidly changing technology.

A prolific and diverse writer, during the 1930s and 1940s, Darling wrote more than seventy screenplays that were used for major films and popular B-movie thrillers produced by American studios in Hollywood as well as in London. Among these were Universal's The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) and Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) that received critical acclaim and were considerable box office successes. Darling also wrote four scripts at Twentieth Century Fox for their Laurel & Hardy productions .

In 1950 and '51, five more of Darling's scripts were made into films. After his death his final script, after 119 Hazards of Helen episodes and 167 other screenplays, was posthumously released on film in 1952.

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Filmography

all 96

Movies 96

Writer 90

Screenplay 3

Director 2

Writer
Desert Pursuit

Desert Pursuit (1952)

Movie
Writer
Meet Me After the Show

Meet Me After the Show (1951)

Movie
Writer
According to Mrs. Hoyle

According to Mrs. Hoyle (1951)

Movie
Writer
Blue Blood

Blue Blood (1951)

Movie
Writer
County Fair

County Fair (1950)

Movie
Writer
Blue Grass of Kentucky

Blue Grass of Kentucky (1950)

Movie
Writer
The Wolf Hunters

The Wolf Hunters (1949)

Movie
Writer
Forgotten Women

Forgotten Women (1949)

Movie
Screenplay
Tuna Clipper

Tuna Clipper (1949)

Movie
Writer
The Lawton Story

The Lawton Story (1949)

Movie
Writer
Kidnapped

Kidnapped (1948)

Movie
Writer
The Golden Eye

The Golden Eye (1948)

Movie
5.3
Writer
Shanghai Chest

Shanghai Chest (1948)

Movie
Writer
Docks of New Orleans

Docks of New Orleans (1948)

Movie
4
Writer
The Chinese Ring

The Chinese Ring (1947)

Movie
5.44
Writer
Louisiana

Louisiana (1947)

Movie
Writer
Bush Pilot

Bush Pilot (1947)

Movie
Writer
Too Many Winners

Too Many Winners (1947)

Movie
Writer
Born to Speed

Born to Speed (1947)

Movie
Writer
Behind Green Lights

Behind Green Lights (1946)

Movie
6
Writer
The Spider

The Spider (1945)

Movie
Writer
The Caribbean Mystery

The Caribbean Mystery (1945)

Movie
Writer
The Bullfighters

The Bullfighters (1945)

Movie
9
Writer
The Big Noise

The Big Noise (1944)

Movie
6
Writer
Cobra Woman

Cobra Woman (1944)

Movie
Writer
Bermuda Mystery

Bermuda Mystery (1944)

Movie
Writer
Weird Woman

Weird Woman (1944)

Movie
3.5
Writer
The Dancing Masters

The Dancing Masters (1943)

Movie
6
Writer
Jitterbugs

Jitterbugs (1943)

Movie
8
Writer
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

Movie
4.33
Writer
The Great Impersonation

The Great Impersonation (1942)

Movie
Writer
Sin Town

Sin Town (1942)

Movie
Writer
The Ghost of Frankenstein

The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

Movie
5.16
Writer
The Body Disappears

The Body Disappears (1941)

Movie
Writer
Cracked Nuts

Cracked Nuts (1941)

Movie
Writer
Double Date

Double Date (1941)

Movie
Writer
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now

I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now (1940)

Movie
Writer
Margie

Margie (1940)

Movie
Story
He Married His Wife

He Married His Wife (1940)

Movie
Writer
The Fatal Hour

The Fatal Hour (1940)

Movie
Writer
Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)

Movie
4
Writer
Stunt Pilot

Stunt Pilot (1939)

Movie
Writer
The Mystery of Mr. Wong

The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)

Movie
3.29
Writer
King of the Sierras

King of the Sierras (1938)

Movie
Writer
Boy of the Streets

Boy of the Streets (1938)

Movie
Writer
Telephone Operator

Telephone Operator (1937)

Movie
Writer
Adventure's End

Adventure's End (1937)

Movie
Writer
Atlantic Flight

Atlantic Flight (1937)

Movie
Writer
California Straight Ahead

California Straight Ahead (1937)

Movie
Writer
Charlie Chan at the Opera

Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)

Movie
4.67
Writer
Frontier Justice

Frontier Justice (1936)

Movie
Writer
Forced Landing

Forced Landing (1935)

Movie
Writer
Confidential

Confidential (1935)

Movie
Writer
The Old Homestead

The Old Homestead (1935)

Movie
Writer
Ladies Crave Excitement

Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)

Movie
Writer
Unknown Woman

Unknown Woman (1935)

Movie
Writer
Sweepstake Annie

Sweepstake Annie (1935)

Movie
Writer
The Church Mouse

The Church Mouse (1934)

Movie
Writer
I Adore You

I Adore You (1933)

Movie
Writer
The Bermondsey Kid

The Bermondsey Kid (1933)

Movie
Writer
The River House Ghost

The River House Ghost (1932)

Movie
Writer
Her Night Out

Her Night Out (1932)

Movie
Writer
Outlaw Justice

Outlaw Justice (1932)

Movie
Screenplay
Gold

Gold (1932)

Movie
Writer
Lucky Ladies

Lucky Ladies (1932)

Movie
Writer
High Society

High Society (1932)

Movie
Writer
Night Beat

Night Beat (1931)

Movie
Writer
Dragnet Patrol

Dragnet Patrol (1931)

Movie
Writer
The Pocatello Kid

The Pocatello Kid (1931)

Movie
Writer
Soul of the Slums

Soul of the Slums (1931)

Movie
Writer
Murder at Midnight

Murder at Midnight (1931)

Movie
Writer
Caught Cheating

Caught Cheating (1931)

Movie
Writer
Borrowed Wives

Borrowed Wives (1930)

Movie
Writer
Trent's Last Case

Trent's Last Case (1929)

Movie
Writer
Taxi 13

Taxi 13 (1928)

Movie
Writer
Golf Widows

Golf Widows (1928)

Movie
Writer
Scarlet Seas

Scarlet Seas (1928)

Movie
Writer
Smith's Pony

Smith's Pony (1927)

Movie
Writer
Topsy and Eva

Topsy and Eva (1927)

Movie
Writer
On Ze Boulevard

On Ze Boulevard (1927)

Movie
Director
The Little Pest

The Little Pest (1927)

Movie
Director
The Phoney Express

The Phoney Express (1926)

Movie
Writer
Oh! What a Nurse!

Oh! What a Nurse! (1926)

Movie
Writer
The Meddler

The Meddler (1925)

Movie
Writer
Sporting West

Sporting West (1925)

Movie
Writer
P.D.Q.

P.D.Q. (1921)

Movie
Writer
813

813 (1920)

Movie
Writer
Mr. Fatima

Mr. Fatima (1920)

Movie
Writer
So Long Letty

So Long Letty (1920)

Movie
Writer
A Home Spun Hero

A Home Spun Hero (1920)

Movie
Writer
Why Wild Men Go Wild

Why Wild Men Go Wild (1920)

Movie
Writer
His Pajama Girl

His Pajama Girl (1920)

Movie
Writer
All Jazzed Up

All Jazzed Up (1920)

Movie
Writer
A Roman Scandal

A Roman Scandal (1919)

Movie
Writer
Rowdy Ann

Rowdy Ann (1919)

Movie
Screenplay
The Hazards of Helen

The Hazards of Helen (1917)

Movie

Ratings

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Information

Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1898-05-28

Deathday
1951-10-29 (53 years old)

Birth Place
Toronto, Canada

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
W. Scott Darling


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