Rufus Steele
Writer and director born in 1877
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Rufus Steele (March 3, 1877 - 25 December 1935) was a writer and director best known for various films, including The Eagle's Wings, The Purple Highway and The Divorcee.
Rufus Steele | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 3, 1877 Hope, Arkansas, US |
| Died | December 25, 1935 (aged 57–58) Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Occupations | writer and director |
| Known for | The Eagle's Wings, The Purple Highway and The Divorcee |
Writing
Steele is known for various books, including:[1]
- Rule G (1915)
- The Eagle's Wings (1916)
- The Divorcee (1917)
- The Purple Highway (1923)
- Scar Neck (1930)[2]
- The City That Is; the Story of the Rebuilding of San Francisco in Three Years
- The Fall of Ug: a Masque of Fear
- The University and Diversity of Nevada
- Aces for Industry
- What Mrs. Eddy Said to Arthur Brisbane; the Celebrated Interview of the Eminent Journalist with the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science ...
- The Big Idea
- 7 News Stories About the Movies[3]
Career
Steele has worked in multiple cities, including Hope, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.[4]
Steele got a science bachelor's degree in the Pacific Methodist College in 1896.[citation needed]
From 1900 until 1902, Steele worked as an editor of the Redding Free Press.[citation needed]
In San Francisco Chronicle, he worked as a writer from 1902 until 1904. He was a Sunday editor from 1904 until 1906.
From August 1906 until December 15, 1912, he was a Sunday editor at San Francisco Call.
At the University of Miami, Steele was a coach in magazine special article writing in 1927, and from 1929 until 1931, he was an associate professor in English.
Steele has been listed by Marquis Who's Who as a notable author.[citation needed]
Films
In 1915, Paramount Pictures created a silent movie called Rule G, based on Steele's book.[5] That same year, Steele wrote the script for The Eagle's Wings, a silent film created by Bluebird Pictures.[6]
Death
Steele died on December 25, 1935.