Writing

Edward Childs Carpenter

Born December 13, 1872 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died June 28, 1950 · aged 77

No biography available.

Known For

The Major and the MinorThe Major and the Minor · 1942
The Major and the Minor
7.11942
MovieComedyRomance
Low on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay half fare home. But little 'Sue Sue' finds herself in a whole heap of grownup trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Philip Kirby.
You're Never Too YoungYou're Never Too Young · 1955
You're Never Too Young
6.61955
MovieComedy
When an aspiring barber becomes inadvertently involved in the theft of a valuable diamond, necessity forces him to masquerade as a 12 year-old child - with humorous consequences.
One New York NightOne New York Night · 1935
One New York Night
7.51935
MovieComedyMystery
Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel room next to his. He gets tangled up into the affair, and with the aid of Phoebe, the hotel telephone operator who takes a liking to him, and also Countess Louise Browssiloff, who innocently had left some personal belongings in the murdered man's room and is most anxious to recover the incriminating evidence, Foxhall solves the murder mystery.
Whistling in the DarkWhistling in the Dark · 1941
Whistling in the Dark
5.91941
MovieComedyMystery
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
The Tongues of MenThe Tongues of Men · 1916
The Tongues of Men
1916
MovieDrama
Rev. Dr. Penfield Sturgis, of fashionable St. Martins-in-the-Lane, finds himself face to face with Jane Bartlett, a grand opera prima donna whose opera he has denounced on grounds of morality, and who comes to his very vestry room to make him "eat his sermon word for word."
The Perfect GentlemanThe Perfect Gentleman · 1935
The Perfect Gentleman
6.31935
MovieComedyDrama
A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.
Whistling in the DarkWhistling in the Dark · 1933
Whistling in the Dark
6.01933
MovieComedyCrime
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect murder.
Three Men and a GirlThree Men and a Girl · 1919
Three Men and a Girl
8.01919
MovieComedyRomance
Three men, disillusioned in love and intent on getting away from all women, rent a cabin and retreat there. But the young woman who owns the cabin, unaware that it has been rented, is on her way there to escape from an unhappy engagement.

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The Bachelor FatherThe Bachelor Father · 1931
The Bachelor Father
6.51931
MovieComedyDrama
Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) children around him in his declining years. He uses a ledger which keeps track of the payments he has been making to ex-lovers to locate 2 of them, and a third is found by a lawyer in New York, her mother was too proud to accept any money. Sir Basil is a curmudgeon, and his three adult children have a hard time with him at first. Toni, the American, is a free spirit who had a budding career in show business. Jeffery is English and a semi-gentleman, and Maria is Italian, with a Latin temperament. They begin to bond, especially Sir Basil and Toni, whose outgoing personality finally wins over the old man. But past lives begin to creep back into the picture and threaten the old man's plans for a life filled with his children.

Theatre Play

The ChallengeThe Challenge · 1916
The Challenge
1916
MovieDrama
Quarrier's rival Robert Lester schemes to have the engineer imprisoned, but the government pardons him so he can oversee a project vital to the country's growth. On the job, Quarrier once again meets Lester, who has tricked Alberta Bradley into selling him the land which is to be used for the project. Alberta still feels as if the land is her own, and threatens to kill the first of Quarrier's workers to swing a pick into it. Quarrier himself begins digging, and while she is unable to kill him, she vows to hate him forever. Gradually, their relationship softens, and the two come to love each other, with Alberta acknowledging the worth of Quarrier's project. Then, working together, they expose Lester to government authorities, since he has been plotting to keep all of the project's profits for himself.

Screenplay