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About: Adrian Johnson (screenwriter)

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Adrian Johnson was a prolific screenwriter during the silent film era. Johnson wrote some of Fox Film's highest grossing films. More than a dozen starred Theda Bara. His screenplay for Cleopatra (1917 film) depicted Antony and Cleopatra's love affair from the perspective of Hamarachi. He copyrighted and sold an Adrian Johnson Photoplay System that brought "the fascinating profitable profession of screen writing to the very door of the person of average intelligence." The course included 20 lessons and a dictionary of terms. It promised to "make failire impossible."

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  • Adrian Johnson was a prolific screenwriter during the silent film era. Johnson wrote some of Fox Film's highest grossing films. More than a dozen starred Theda Bara. His screenplay for Cleopatra (1917 film) depicted Antony and Cleopatra's love affair from the perspective of Hamarachi. He copyrighted and sold an Adrian Johnson Photoplay System that brought "the fascinating profitable profession of screen writing to the very door of the person of average intelligence." The course included 20 lessons and a dictionary of terms. It promised to "make failire impossible." (en)
  • Adrian Johnson (Knoxville, 13 gennaio 1883 – Los Angeles, 14 settembre 1964) è stato uno sceneggiatore statunitense che lavorò a Hollywood all'epoca del muto, collaborando a lungo con J. Gordon Edwards, regista di fiducia della diva Theda Bara. Era sposato con l'attrice Margaret Cloud. (it)
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  • Adrian Johnson was a prolific screenwriter during the silent film era. Johnson wrote some of Fox Film's highest grossing films. More than a dozen starred Theda Bara. His screenplay for Cleopatra (1917 film) depicted Antony and Cleopatra's love affair from the perspective of Hamarachi. He copyrighted and sold an Adrian Johnson Photoplay System that brought "the fascinating profitable profession of screen writing to the very door of the person of average intelligence." The course included 20 lessons and a dictionary of terms. It promised to "make failire impossible." (en)
  • Adrian Johnson (Knoxville, 13 gennaio 1883 – Los Angeles, 14 settembre 1964) è stato uno sceneggiatore statunitense che lavorò a Hollywood all'epoca del muto, collaborando a lungo con J. Gordon Edwards, regista di fiducia della diva Theda Bara. Era sposato con l'attrice Margaret Cloud. (it)
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