Biography
George Moore Scarborough (1875 β 1951) was an American lawyer, playwright, and write whose works appeared on stage and screen. He was born in Mount Carmel, Texas and studied at Baylor University and University of Texas. He became a lawyer at his father's firm before deciding to write for the theater and moving to New York after his father's death in 1905.While seeking out a producer for his work, he served as a newspaperman and Secret Service agent. He later used those experiences in his stories.
His Broadway plays include such successes as The Lure (1913), At Bay (1913), The Heart of Wetona (1916), Moonlight and Honeysuckle (1919), and The Son-Daughter (1919), Mrs. Hope's Husband (1921), The Heaven Tappers (1926), The Girl I Loved (1929), and The Moon of Honey (1929). Several of his works were adapted to film.
During a 1929 Los Angeles performance of his play Bad Babies, Scarborough, eight actors and the stage manager were all arrested for staging an "indecent and lewd exhibition." Scarborough subsequently sued the police for $50,000 of damages on behalf of the cast.His sister Dorothy Scarborough was a novelist and musicologist. Around 1921, he married actress Annette Westbay. They later wrote plays together.
Filmography
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Movies 20
Writer 19
The Son-Daughter (1932)
The Locked Door (1929)
The Woman from Hell (1929)
Shameful Behavior? (1926)
The Boob (1926)
The Heart Buster (1924)
Hell's Hole (1923)
Lovebound (1923)
West of Chicago (1922)
Moonlight and Honeysuckle (1921)
Luck and Pluck (1919)
The Heart of Wetona (1919)
The Forbidden City (1918)
Her Only Way (1918)
Her Price (1918)
Under the Yoke (1918)
Cupid's Round Up (1918)
Unknown 274 (1917)
The Final Judgment (1915)
The Lure (1914)
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GenderMale
Birthday1875-06-03
Deathday1951-12-16 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceMount Carmel, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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