Nan Blair

Nan Blair (born Clyte Cosper) was an American screenwriter and literary agent active primarily during Hollywood's silent era.

Nan Blair
Born
Clyte May Cosper

28 Sep 1891
Dallas, Oregon, USA
DiedAugust 15, 1944
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationScreenwriter
Spouse(s)Joseph Elizalde
Sheldon Ballinger
Benjamin Dailey

Biography

Nan was born in Dallas, Oregon, to Otis Cosper and Nettie Niece.

Her husband Joseph Elizalde[1] died in Santa Barbara in 1917, around the time she began writing screenplays in Hollywood.[2] She later married Sheldon Ballinger (a marriage that ended in divorce) and Ben Dailey (who she was married to until her death).

By 1918, Blair headed up the script-reading department at Triangle Pictures, where she worked on shorts like A Dream of Egypt and A Prince for a Day.[3] She later headed Palmer Photoplays' manuscript sales department and was affiliated with Zeppo Marx Inc.[4] Her last known credit was on This Is the Life in 1935. She died in Los Angeles in 1944.[5]

Selected filmography
  • A Dream of Egypt (1917) (short)
  • A Prince for a Day (1917) (short)
  • Little Mariana's Triumph (1917) (short)
  • Trail of No Return (1918) (short)
  • Whom the Gods Would Destroy (1919)
  • The Hawk's Trail (1919)
  • The Fatal Wallop (1920)
  • Beach of Dreams (1921)
  • The Love Trap (1923)
  • This Is the Life (1935)

References
  1. "Santa Barbara". The Los Angeles Times. 9 January 1910. p. 41. Retrieved 28 January 2019 – via The Los Angeles Times.
  2. "Dies Crossing the Mountains". The Los Angeles Times. 19 February 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via The Los Angeles Times.
  3. "Triangle Tells Plans". The Los Angeles Times. 1 June 1918. p. 13. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via The Los Angeles Times.
  4. "Flashes". The Los Angeles Times. 18 October 1918. p. 17. Retrieved 27 January 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Mrs. Nan B. Dailey". The Los Angeles Times. 18 Aug 1944. Retrieved 2020-03-23.


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