Mary Rider

Mary Rider (sometimes credited as Mary Rider Mechtold or Mary Mechtold Rider) was an American screenwriter, playwright, and short story writer active primarily during the 1910s.

Mary Rider
Other namesMary Rider Mechtold
OccupationScreenwriter, playwright, journalist
Years active1907–1923

Biography

Rider went to the Chicago University.[1] She wrote plays[2] as well as short stories[3] during the 1910s that appeared in publications like Sunset[4], Metropolitan,[5] and Munsey's Magazine.[6] She also wrote for vaudeville before writing stories for the screen during Hollywood's silent era.[7]

One of her earliest stories to hit the screen was 1914's The Mountain Rat.[8] Over the next few years, she'd go on to write a dozen or so shorts and features. It's unknown what happened to her after 1923.

Selected filmography
  • Sunshine Alley (1917)
  • Behind the Lines (1916)
  • The Snowbird (1916)
  • Gladiola (1915)
  • The Way Back (1915)
  • The Mountain Girl (1915) (short)
  • Indiscretion (1915) (short)
  • At the Stroke of the Angelus (1915) (short)
  • Killed Against Orders (1915) (short)
  • Ashes of the Past (1914) (short)
  • The Temple of Moloch (1914) (short)
  • The Old Derelict (1914) (short)
  • The Mountain Rat (1914) (short)

References
  1. "Women Playwrights and Authors". www.ahgp.org. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  2. "4 Aug 1910, Page 14 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  3. "23 May 1912, Page 6 - The Washington Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  4. "27 Nov 1914, Page 3 - The Monroe Journal at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  5. Metropolitan. Metropolitan magazine Company. 1914.
  6. "25 Apr 1914, Page 8 - The Washington Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  7. "7 Nov 1917, 9 - The Anaconda Standard at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  8. "28 Aug 1914, Page 7 - Trenton Evening Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
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