Florence Hein

Florence Hein (February 2, 1880 – April 22, 1953) was a Scottish-born American screenwriter in the silent film era, and later worked as actress Pola Negri's personal secretary.

Florence Hein
BornFebruary 2, 1880
Aberdeen, Scotland
DiedApril 22, 1953 (aged 73)
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationScreenwriter

Early life

Florence was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, to Gustav Hein and Laura Hyde. Her father taught German at a girls' high school in Aberdeen.[1] and was a member of the Aberdeen Philosophical Society.[2] The Hein family immigrated to the United States when Florence was a girl.

Career

Hein was a screenwriter in the silent film era. She worked in Hollywood at Metro Pictures in the early to mid-1920s.[3][4] Her first film, The Golden Gift (1922), was directed by Maxwell Karger and starred Alice Lake.[5] She was also announced as scenarist for an Elliott Dexter film titled The Man Who Forgave, in 1923.[6] By 1925[7] she was private secretary to actress Pola Negri.[8][9] She attended Rudolph Valentino's funeral with Negri in 1926.[10]

Selected filmography

Personal life

Hein died in Los Angeles in 1953, aged 73 years.

References
  1. "Post Office Aberdeen directory, 1892-1893". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  2. Aberdeen, Philosophical Society of (1892). Transactions of the Aberdeen Philosophical Society. Society. pp. lxii.
  3. "Metro Pictures Corporation, Weekly Payroll, 1915-1920 – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  4. "Much Music at the Metro". The Los Angeles Times. 21 Aug 1921. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  5. "Virginia Valli and Bert Lytell". The Intelligencer Journal. 16 Aug 1921. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  6. "Washburn-Dexter Units Prepare for Own Productions". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1923-08-23. p. 24. Retrieved 2020-07-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Bunch, Audrey (1925-04-03). "Society". Statesman Journal. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-07-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Society and Club News". The Capital Journal. 1 Apr 1925. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  9. Ellenberger, Allan R. (2014-06-24). The Valentino Mystique: The Death and Afterlife of the Silent Film Idol. McFarland. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-7864-8341-9.
  10. "Pola Negri Will Leave for East Today". The Los Angeles Times. August 25, 1926. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.


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