Name George Chester | Role Writer | |
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Movies Black Beauty, The Making of Bobby Burnit, New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford Spouse Lillian Christy Chester (m. 1911–1924), Elizabeth Rothermel (m. 1895–1911) Children Robert Fay Chester, George Randolph Chester Jr. Books Get‑Rich‑Quick Wallingford, The Making of Bobby Bu, Young Wallingford, The Jingo, The Early Bird Similar People George M Cohan, Charles MacArthur, Oscar Apfel, Fred Niblo, Sam Wood | ||
George Randolph Chester (January 27, 1869 – February 26, 1924) was an American writer. He was the author of such popular works such as Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford and "Five Thousand an Hour: How Johnny Gamble won the heiress" that were made into silent films within his lifetime. His success in selling stories to The Saturday Evening Post and leaving his position with the Cincinnati Enquirer and moving to New York City to write fiction was the impetus for James Bearsley Hendryx to buy a typewriter and try his hand at writing fiction.
Biography
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 27, 1869. He died on February 26, 1924 of a heart attack in his New York City home.
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