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Edgar Franklin(1879-1958)

  • Writer
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Edgar Franklin was born on 3 February 1879 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Working Man (1933), Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) and I Can Explain (1922). He died in 1958.
BornFebruary 3, 1879
Died1958
BornFebruary 3, 1879
Died1958
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Bette Davis and George Arliss in The Working Man (1933)
The Working Man
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1933
Robert Young and Ruth Hussey in Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938)
Rich Man, Poor Girl
6.2
  • Writer
  • 1938
Bartine Burkett, Grace Darmond, and Gareth Hughes in I Can Explain (1922)
I Can Explain
  • Writer
  • 1922
Gladys Hulette and Kate Lester in Annexing Bill (1918)
Annexing Bill
  • Writer
  • 1918

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  • Robert Young and Ruth Hussey in Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938)
    Rich Man, Poor Girl
    6.2
    • adapted from the story by
    • 1938
  • Irvin S. Cobb, Johnny Downs, and Rochelle Hudson in Everybody's Old Man (1936)
    Everybody's Old Man
    5.6
    • story
    • 1936
  • Anne One Hundred
    • novel "Rescuing Anne"
    • 1933
  • Easy Millions
    • story
    • 1933
  • Bette Davis and George Arliss in The Working Man (1933)
    The Working Man
    7.2
    • based on a story by
    • 1933
  • William C. de Mille, Leila Hyams, Bessie Love, and Conrad Nagel in The Idle Rich (1929)
    The Idle Rich
    5.9
    • adapted from the story: "Regular People" by
    • 1929
  • Poker Faces (1926)
    Poker Faces
    6.2
    • story
    • 1926
  • Clara Bow, Donald Keith, and Lee Moran in My Lady of Whims (1925)
    My Lady of Whims
    5.7
    • adapted from the Argosy story "Protecting Prue" by
    • 1925
  • Reginald Denny in Where Was I? (1925)
    Where Was I?
    3.6
    • story
    • 1925
  • George Arliss and Edith Roberts in Twenty Dollars a Week (1924)
    Twenty Dollars a Week
    6.3
    • story "The Adopted Father"
    • 1924
  • Viola Dana in A Noise in Newboro (1923)
    A Noise in Newboro
    • story
    • 1923
  • The Ladder Jinx (1922)
    The Ladder Jinx
    7.3
    • story
    • 1922
  • Bartine Burkett, Grace Darmond, and Gareth Hughes in I Can Explain (1922)
    I Can Explain
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1922
  • Otto Hoffman and Eileen Percy in Whatever She Wants (1921)
    Whatever She Wants
    • story
    • 1921
  • Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran in A Shocking Night (1921)
    A Shocking Night
    • story
    • 1921

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Edgar Franklin Stearns
  • Born
    • February 3, 1879
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • 1958
  • Other works
    Story: "The Web of Chance". NOTE Filmed as The Web of Chance (1919).

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Son of writer Franklin Albert Stearns (1854-1899).

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