Sylvia Bernstein (screenwriter)

Sylvia Bernstein (sometimes credited as Sylvia Bernstein Seid or Sylvia Seid) was an American screenwriter and playwright active in Hollywood in the late 1920s.[1][2]

Sylvia Bernstein
Born
Sylvia Frances Bernstein

December 31, 1900
Brooklyn, New York, USA
DiedOctober 22, 1979 (aged 78)
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationScreenwriter, playwright
Spouse(s)Louis Banks
John Hartley Seid
Parent(s)Isadore Bernstein

He was born in Brooklyn, and her father was screenwriter Isadore Bernstein.[3] She was of Jewish ancestry.[4] She eventually moved out to Los Angeles with her family, where she began working as a screenwriter. She was married twice: first to Louis Banks and then to John Hartley Seid.

Selected filmography

References

  1. "At the Theatres". The Lansing State Journal. 20 May 1929. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  2. Von Blon, Katherine (28 Apr 1941). "Here Today: Gay Play of Bad Manners in the Bahamas". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  3. "S.F. Man Marries Director's Daughter". The San Francisco Examiner. 4 Aug 1924. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  4. "Stepping Along Aids Jewish Center". The Brooklyn Daily Times. 10 Mar 1927. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  5. "Dreamland". The Edmonton Journal. 6 Aug 1929. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  6. "At the Majestic". The Seymour Tribune. 8 Nov 1928. Retrieved 2019-07-28.


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