Writing

Forrest Halsey

Born November 9, 1877 · Roseville, New Jersey, USA

Died September 30, 1949 · aged 71

William Forrest Halsey (November 9, 1877 – September 30, 1949) was an American writer and screenwriter. Halsey's novels included Fate and the Butterfly (1909), The Bawlerout (1912), and The Shadow on the Hearth (1914). From 1907 to 1918, he published more than one hundred short stories in popular magazines including Young's Magazine, The Argosy, The Cavalier, and Munsey's Magazine. As a screenwr…

Known For

Kept HusbandsKept Husbands · 1931
Kept Husbands
★ 5.31931
MovieDrama
A former All-American football star, now working as a steel mill supervisor in New Jersey, falls in love with the mill owner's wealthy, very spoiled daughter.
New YorkNew York · 1927
New York
★ 9.01927
MovieDrama
A product of the Bowery, Trent Regan grows up to become a powerful gangster. Regan's girlfriend Angie Miller, hearing that her childhood sweetheart (and Regan's lifelong pal) Mike Cassidy is about to marry Marjorie Church, pays a visit to Mike to offer congratulations. Convinced that Angie is fooling around behind his back, Regan accidentally kills her. A lost film.
Wages of VirtueWages of Virtue · 1924
Wages of Virtue
★ 8.01924
MovieDramaRomance
A carnival strongman and his girlfriend flee to Algiers to escape a murder charge but there they are caught again in a web of jealousy, deceit and murder.
CareersCareers · 1929
Careers
★ 10.01929
MovieDrama
In French Indochina, a magistrate is assigned to investigate the murder of his boss. Unknown to him, the boss had a policy of requiring the wives of his subordinates to sleep with him if they wanted their husbands to get promoted. What he also didn't know was that his wife was in the boss' office when he was killed. Complications ensue.
The Sorrows of SatanThe Sorrows of Satan · 1926
The Sorrows of Satan
★ 7.21926
MovieDramaRomance
Geoffrey Tempest is desperately in love with aspiring writer Mavis Claire, a tenant of his boardinghouse. Unable to marry her due to his poverty, in his anger, he curses God for abandoning him. Soon, Geoffrey meets Prince Lucio de Rimanez, a wealthy, urbane gentleman who informs Geoffrey that he's inherited a fortune, but that he must place himself in the Prince's hands in order to enjoy the fruits of his inheritance. What Geoffrey doesn't know is that Prince Lucio is actually Satan.
The Lady Who DaredThe Lady Who Dared · 1931
The Lady Who Dared
★ 7.01931
MovieDrama
A blackmailer falls in love with his female victim.
The Whip WomanThe Whip Woman · 1928
The Whip Woman
★ 10.01928
MovieDrama
A different kind of a story about a different kind of a girl---a modern, young cavewoman who whipped her way into the heart of a man who wanted to forget about love!
Sally of the SawdustSally of the Sawdust · 1925
Sally of the Sawdust
★ 6.11925
MovieComedyRomance
Judge Henry L. Foster throws his daughter out as she's married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Professor Eustance McGargle before she dies. Years later, Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of Judge Foster's friend, falls in love.

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