Adela Rogers St. John appeared in a couple of films and wrote a few screenplays for silent movies, but she is best remembered for her groundbreaking exploits as a "girl reporter." The daughter of a prominent San Francisco criminal lawyer who was good friends with publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, she got her first job at age 19 working as a cub reporter for Hearst's San Francisco Examiner. She eventually rose to become one of the paper's ace reporters and was on hand for some of her era's biggest stories. She also worked closely with the influential Photoplay magazine and was once hailed as "Mother Confessor of Hollywood." She worked at MGM for a time as a story consultant and script doctor. Some of Rogers Saint Johns' stories served as the basis for other studios' films. In 1981, she played a small role in Reds, a film about her former compatriot reporter, John Reed.
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Reds
Actor |
1981 | |||
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Gable: The King Remembered
Interviewee |
1975 | |||
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Never Again
Screen Story |
1956 | |||
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The Girl Who Had Everything
Book Author |
1953 | |||
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Smart Woman
Screenwriter |
1948 | |||
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That Brennan Girl
Short Story Author |
1946 | |||
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Government Girl
Short Story Author |
1943 | |||
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The Great Man's Lady
Short Story Author |
1942 | |||
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I Want a Divorce
Short Story Author |
1940 | |||
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A Star Is Born
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Back in Circulation
Short Story Author |
1937 | |||
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Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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The Animal Kingdom
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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What Price Hollywood?
Screenwriter, Short Story Author |
1932 | |||
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A Free Soul
Book Author, Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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Wicked
Short Story Author |
1931 | |||
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Scandal
Short Story Author |
1929 | |||
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The Single Standard
Book Author, Screenwriter |
1929 | |||
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The Heart of a Follies Girl
Short Story Author |
1928 | |||
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Arizona Wildcat
Screen Story |
1927 | |||
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Broncho Twister
Screen Story |
1927 | |||
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Singed
Short Story Author |
1927 | |||
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The Patent Leather Kid
Screenwriter |
1927 | |||
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The Skyrocket
Screen Story |
1926 | |||
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Lady of the Night
Short Story Author |
1925 | |||
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Pretty Ladies
Screenwriter, Short Story Author |
1925 | |||
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Red Kimono
Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
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Broken Laws
Screenwriter |
1924 | |||
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Inez from Hollywood
Short Story Author |
1924 | |||
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The Secret Code
Screenwriter |
1918 |

