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Name
  
May Edginton

Ex-spouse
  
Francis E. Bailey

Role
  
Writer

Died
  
June 17, 1957, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa

Movies
  
The False Madonna, Secrets, The Joy Girl, Three Hours, The Prude's Fall

Books
  
The Adventures of Napoleon Prince, Married Life, or, The True Romance

Similar People
  
Frank Borzage, Frances Marion, Allan Dwan, Graham Cutts, George Fitzmaurice

May Edginton (1883 - June 17, 1957) was a British writer. She was married to Francis E. Bailey and died in Rondebosch, South Africa in 1957.

Contents

Novels and short stories

  • World Without End novel, adapted to film as His Supreme Moment (1925) starring Blanche Sweet.
  • Purple and Fine Linen, novel; adapted to film as Three Hours (1927) starring Corinne Griffith and as Adventure in Manhattan (1936) starring Jean Arthur.
  • The Joy Girl, novel; adapted to film as The Joy Girl (1927) starring Olive Borden.

    • Plays

  • Secrets (1922), play adapted to film as Secrets (1924) starring Norma Talmadge and as Secrets (1933) starring Mary Pickford.
  • The Prude's Fall play adapted as a film Dangerous Virtue (1924), directed by Graham Cutts, art direction by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Jane Novak and Julanne Johnston.

    • References

    May Edginton Wikipedia
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