Grant Carpenter

Grant Carpenter
Born
Louis Grant Carpenter

February 21, 1865
Potter Valley, California
DiedApril 30, 1936
Hollywood
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Occupations

Grant Carpenter (1865–1936) was a newspaperman, attorney, and writer, and twin brother of artist Grace Carpenter Hudson.[1][2][3]

As a youth, Carpenter worked as an apprentice to a printer, and later as a newspaper reporter for the San Francisco Examiner.[1][2] He studied law at the University of Michigan,[4] and after earning his law degree, became an attorney for the Chinese Six Companies in San Francisco, and later served as an Assistant District Attorney.[1][2] He became involved in San Francisco's performing arts circles, writing continued to be an interest, and he served as president of several associations, including the San Francisco Press Club.[3]

In 1916, he moved to Manhattan, New York City, to begin a new career as a writer.[3] In the 1920s, he moved to Los Angeles, California and pursued writing for Hollywood.[3] He was the author of two plays, The Dragon's Claws and The Concubine,[2] several film scenarios,[2] and two novels, Long Sweetening: A Romance of the Red Woods (New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1921, 306 pp.) and The Night Tide, A Story of Old Chinatown (The H. K. Fly Company, New York, 1920, 319 pp.).[1][5][6][7][8] He served as president of the Screen Writers Guild and vice-president of the Authors League of America, now the Authors Guild.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Grant Carpenter, Writer, Lawyer, Dies in San Francisco," The Oakland Tribune, April 21, 1937, p. 35.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Carpenter, S.F. Writer, Dead," The San Francisco Examiner, Tuesday April 21, 1936, p. 11.
  3. ^ a b c d Karen Holmes and Sherrie Smith-Ferri, Grace Hudson Museum: "The other twin, Grant Carpenter," The Ukiah [Calif.] Daily Journal, December 1, 2008.
  4. ^ Calendar of the University of Michigan for 1880–81, Ann Arbor: The University, 1881, p. 181.
  5. ^ "Grant Carpenter". IMDb. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  6. ^ "GRANT CARPENTER: Film / Movie Information". www.citwf.com. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  7. ^ "Grant Carpenter Movies". www.blockbuster.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  8. ^ "Latest Titles With Grant Carpenter". IMDb. Retrieved May 24, 2018.