William Scott Darling (May 28, 1898 â€" October 29, 1951) was a
Canadian-born writer and a pioneer screenwriter and film director in
the Hollywood motion picture industry. He is often known in Hollywood
histories as Scott Darling, though he was almost invariably credited
in films as W. Scott Darling.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Darling
embarked on a career as a writer, primarily doing humor stories for
magazines. He married Eleanor Fried, who later worked as a film
editor, and they had a daughter, Gretchen (1915â€"1994), who became a
stage actress and playwright.In 1914, Darling was hired by the Kalem
Company of New York City to work at their California studios writing
the scripts for the adventure film serial The Hazards of Helen. So
successful were the short films that the job would last more than two
years with Darling writing 119 episodes of what became the longest
serial ever made at 23.8 hours. When finished writing the exhausting
serial he took a year off then in 1918 accepted an offer from fellow
Ontarians Charles and Al Christie to write short comedy films for
their Christie Film Company.
Canadian-born writer and a pioneer screenwriter and film director in
the Hollywood motion picture industry. He is often known in Hollywood
histories as Scott Darling, though he was almost invariably credited
in films as W. Scott Darling.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Darling
embarked on a career as a writer, primarily doing humor stories for
magazines. He married Eleanor Fried, who later worked as a film
editor, and they had a daughter, Gretchen (1915â€"1994), who became a
stage actress and playwright.In 1914, Darling was hired by the Kalem
Company of New York City to work at their California studios writing
the scripts for the adventure film serial The Hazards of Helen. So
successful were the short films that the job would last more than two
years with Darling writing 119 episodes of what became the longest
serial ever made at 23.8 hours. When finished writing the exhausting
serial he took a year off then in 1918 accepted an offer from fellow
Ontarians Charles and Al Christie to write short comedy films for
their Christie Film Company.
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