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Mildred Sledge

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Mildred Sledge was a screenwriter.[1][2] She scripted several Texas Guinan movies.[3][4] During two years she wrote seven Western themed screenplays in which she told the stories from a female perspective.[5] The final Western screenplay she wrote was The Code of the West, a reconfiguration of Owen Wister's groundbreaking 1902 novel The Virginian.[5]

Filmography

  • The Claws of Texas (1921)
  • Code of Texas Storm (1921)
  • The Heart of Texas (1921)
  • The Soul of Texas (1921)[6]
  • The Girl of the Border
  • Vengeance of Texas Grey
  • Texas of the Mounted
  • The Code of the West[5]

References

  1. ^ Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing in Western Movies by Buck Rainey, McFarland, 1992 page 38
  2. ^ Brode, Douglas (August 2013). Dream West: Politics and Religion in Cowboy Movies. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292748286.
  3. ^ Lahue, Kalton C. (1971). Winners of the West: The Sagebrush Heroes of the Silent Screen. A. S. Barnes. ISBN 9780498073960.
  4. ^ Shirley, Glenn (1989). "Hello, Sucker!": The Story of Texas Guinan. Eakin Press. ISBN 9780890156902.
  5. ^ a b c Brode, Douglas (August 2013). Dream West: Politics and Religion in Cowboy Movies. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292748286.
  6. ^ Rainey, Buck (1992). Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing in Western Movies. McFarland. ISBN 9780899505657.