Jay_Gelzer

Jay Gelzer

Jay Gelzer

American writer

Jay Gelzer (January 22, 1889 – June 15, 1964) was an American writer. She wrote novels and short stories, including several that were adapted into films.[1][2]

Gelzer was born in England,[3] brought to the United States as a child, and was adopted after her mother's death.[2][4] She lived in St. Louis, Missouri, where she graduated from Central High School[3] and was a member of the St. Louis Writers' Guild.[5] She later lived in Santa Monica[2] and Detroit.[6]

Gelzer's writing was published in Good Housekeeping,[7] Cosmopolitan,[8] and the New York Daily News.[9]

Her book The Street of a Thousand Delights contained eight stories about a "half-breed" in Melbourne's Chinese quarter.[10] She helped adapt her first novel Compromise, set in St Louis, into a film version for Warner Brothers (Compromise).[11]

She married Jennings Axon Glazer[12] and had two sons.

Selected works

Film poster for Driven
  • The Street of A Thousand Delights (1921), short stories[13][14]
  • "The Flower of the Flock", short story[8]
  • Joan Trevore (1922), her first novel[15]
  • Riding Lights (1924), a play in three acts[16]
  • Compromise (1923), her first novel[4] Robert M. McBride & Company[17]
  • "Broadway Musketeers", short story
  • Rich People, serialized novel that ran in Good Housekeeping[20]
  • Another Dawn (1932), a three act play written with George Bryant of Boston[22]

References

  1. [1]
    Smith, Geoffrey D. (August 13, 1997). American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521434690 – via Google Books.
  2. [2]
    Johnson, Wynonah B. (1925-08-14). "Novelist wins in hard fight". The Los Angeles Times. p. 24. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  3. [3]
    "Jay Gelzer". The St. Louis Star and Times. 1923-06-25. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  4. [4]
    "What women are doing: Jay Gelzer". The Los Angeles Times. 1925-06-28. p. 51. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  5. [5]
    "Two prominent short story writers address the Y. School of Journalism". The News-Times. 1931-08-14. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  6. [6]
    Mathews, Edith L. (1935-12-20). "A cosmopolite talks on life - and fiction". The St. Louis Star and Times. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  7. [7]
    "Good Housekeeping". 1922.
  8. [8]
    "Cosmopolitan". 1921.
  9. [9]
    Office, Library of Congress Copyright (September 7, 1961). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series". Copyright Office, Library of Congress. – via Google Books.
  10. [10]
    Harrison, Joseph Barlow; Scholz, Richard Frederick; Densmore, Harvey B. (1922). "The Pacific Review".
  11. [11]
    "Irene Rich stars in "Compromise"". The Times Dispatch. 16 August 1925. p. 31.
  12. [12]
    Howes, Durward (1937). "American Women".
  13. [13]
    "The street of delights". Oakland Tribune. 1921-07-17. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  14. [14]
    "Recent fiction". Detroit Free Press. 1921-10-01. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  15. [15]
    Beamish, Alfred Ernest (1922). "First Steps to Lawn Tennis".
  16. [16]
    "Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures". 1924.
  17. [17]
    Croly, Herbert David (1923). "The New Republic".
  18. [18]
    "Irene Rich stars in "Compromise"". The Times Dispatch. 1925-08-16. p. 31. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  19. [19]
    "Trianon now Sound Theatre; opens with 'Broadway Babies'". The Birmingham News. 1929-09-15. p. 63. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  20. [20]
    "Advertisement for "Rich People"". Evening Star. 1928-03-01. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  21. [21]
    Taylor, Ken (1930-05-23). "Characters in light comedy are all alive". Los Angeles Evening Express. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  22. [22]
    "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series". 1933.


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