- Edwin Milton Royle was born on March 2, 1862 in Lexington, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for The Squaw Man (1914), The Unwritten Law (1916) and The Struggle Everlasting (1918). He was married to Selena Fetter (1860-1955). He died on February 16, 1942 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseSelena Fetter (1860-1955)(1892 - February 16, 1942) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- Father of actress Selena Royle.
- Graduated from Princeton University.
- His play "The Squaw Man" became the first movie Cecil B. DeMille had directed in Hollywood.
- Former Shepherd of the Lamb's Club.
- Belonged to the Authors League of America and the Dramatist Guild.
- The orchestra's place is filled by pianists who labor industriously five hours a day each. As they practically live at the piano, their knowledge of current music and their adaptability and skill are often surprising, but they are the most universally abused men I ever met. Everyone who comes off the stage Monday afternoon says of the pianist that he ruins their songs, he spoils their acts, he has sinister designs on their popularity, and he wishes to wreck their future.
- [on the code of conduct in vaudeville theatres] Said a lady to me, 'They are the only theatres in New York where I should feel absolutely safe in taking a young girl without making preliminary inquiries. Though they may offend the taste, they never offend one's sense of decency'. The vaudeville theatres may be said to haver established the commercial value of decency. This is their cornerstone. They were conceived with the object of catering to ladies and children and, strange to say, a large - if not the larger - part of their audiences is always men.
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