Rufus Steele
Rufus Steele | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 3, 1877 Hope, Arkansas, US |
| Died | December 25, 1935 (aged 57–58) Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Occupation(s) | writer and director |
| Known for | The Eagle's Wings, The Purple Highway and The Divorcee |
Rufus Steele (born March 3, 1877, died 25 December 1935) was a writer and director best known for various films, including The Eagle's Wings, The Purple Highway and The Divorcee.
Writing
Steele is known for various books, including:[1]
- Rule G (1915)
- The Eagle's Wings (1916)
- The Divorcee (1917)
- The Purple Highway (1923)
- Scar Neck (1930)[2]
- The City That Is; the Story of the Rebuilding of San Francisco in Three Years
- The Fall of Ug: a Masque of Fear
- The University and Diversity of Nevada
- Aces for Industry
- What Mrs. Eddy Said to Arthur Brisbane; the Celebrated Interview of the Eminent Journalist with the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science ...
- The Big Idea
- 7 News Stories About the Movies[3]
Career
Steele has worked in multiple cities, including Hope, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.[4]
Steele got a science bachelor's degree in the Pacific Methodist College in 1896.
From 1900 until 1902, Steele worked as an editor of the Redding Free Press.
In San Francisco Chronicle, he worked as a writer from 1902 until 1904. He was a Sunday editor from 1904 until 1906.
From August 1906 until December 15, 1912, he was a Sunday editor at San Francisco Call.
At the University of Miami, Steele was a coach in magazine special article writing in 1927, and from 1929 until 1931, he was an associate professor in English.
Steele has been listed by Marquis Who's Who as a notable author.
Films
In 1915, Paramount Pictures created a silent movie called Rule G, based on Steele's book.[5] That same year, Steele wrote the script for The Eagle's Wings, a silent film created by Bluebird Pictures.[6]
Death
Steele died on December 25, 1935.
References
- ^ "Books from the extended shelves: (7 item list)" - [1](The Online Books Page)
- ^ [2] (AbeBooks)
- ^ [3] (Bookshop US)
- ^ "Steele is remembered for his career as a popular author, producer of motion pictures and a member of the editorial board of the Christian Science Monitor and has worked in such cities as Hope, AR, Los Angeles, and San Francisco." - [4] (UCLA Library Digital Collections)
- ^ "In 1915 (Taisho 4), when he was 38 years old, Paramount Pictures distributed silent movie Rule G..." - [5] (Weblio Japan)
- ^ "In the same year, he provided the story for The Eagle's Wing, a silent film starring Grace Carlyle, produced by Bluebird Pictures, a subsidiary established by Universal Film Manufacturing Company (now Universal Pictures)." - [6] (Weblio Japan)