would live half the time in New York City, writing for the stage, and half in Hollywood, writing for the motion picture industry. In the 1920s, he wrote six screenplays that were produced by Peninsula Studios, including Chalk Marks (1924), The Girl on the Stairs (1924), The Wise Virgin (1924), The Awful Truth (1925), Beauty and The Badman (1925), and Let Women Alone (1925). He was also working on seven original screenplays of his own. He saw the major transitions in the motion picture industry occur, both the move from New York to Hollywood, and the progression from silent films to "talkies". His best known film was probably Johnny Belinda, released in 1948. He would base the story on the residents of the local area of his summer home in Fortune Bridge, and actual events that occurred there. The title character was based on Lydia Dingwell (1852–1931) of Dingwells Mills, Prince Edward Island. Elmer Blaney Harris died at age 88 in Washington, D.C. Partial filmography Pretty Mrs. Smith (1915) Help Wanted (1915) The Wild Olive (1915) Why Smith Left Home (1919) It Pays to Advertise (1919) An Adventure in Hearts (1919) Jack Straw (1920) Mrs. Temple's Telegram (1920) The Sins of St. Anthony (1920) What Happened to Jones (1920) So Long Letty (1920) Miss Hobbs (1920) The Education of Elizabeth (1921) Ducks and Drakes (1921) All Soul's Eve (1921) Sham (1921) The March Hare (1921) The Speed Girl (1921) Her Own Money (1922) Her Gilded Cage (1922) Tess of the Storm Country (1922) Garrison's Finish (1923) No More Women (1924) The Girl on the Stairs (1925) Eve's Leaves (1926) Sunny Side Up (1926) That Certain Thing (1928) So This Is Love? (1928) The Matinee Idol (1928) Ransom (1928) A Woman's Way (1928) Court Martial (1928) The Spirit of Youth (1929) So Long Letty (1929) Stepping Out (1931) Young Sinners (1931) Skyscraper Souls (1932) The Barbarian (1933) Cross Country Cruise (1934) Looking for Trouble (1934) Red Salute (1935) The Three Wise Guys (1936) Johnny Belinda (1948) External links Bio @ The Official Elmer Blaney Harris Homepage 1878 births 1966 deaths Writers from Chicago American male screenwriters Writers from Oakland, California University of California, Berkeley alumni 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers Screenwriters from California Screenwriters from Illinois 20th-century American screenwriters