Lotta Woods

Lotta Woods (born Charlotte Nelson), was an American screenwriter. She wrote 10 films between the years 1921 and 1929 for Douglas Fairbanks and MGM.[1][2]

Lotta Woods
Script advisory committee for The Three Musketeers (1921) with Douglas Fairbanks, Kenneth Davenport, Lotta Woods, Mary Pickford, and Edward Knoblock
Born
Charlotte Nelson

(1869-04-18)April 18, 1869
Pennsylvania, USA
DiedSeptember 8, 1957(1957-09-08) (aged 88)
Los Angeles County, California, USA
OccupationScreenwriter
Spouse(s)Arthur Woods (–his death)
RelativesFrank E. Woods (brother-in-law)

Biography
Lotta Woods portrait

Lotta was born in Alleghany, Pennsylvania, to Normand Nelson and Orilla Akin.

She worked as a newspaper journalist before getting a job around 1919 as a reader for Fairbanks' company, eventually climbing the ladder to serve as chief scenario editor.[3][4][5] She later signed a long contract at MGM.[6] During the 1920s, she was responsible for films like The Three Musketeers and The Fire Brigade.[7]

At some point during the 1910s, she married physician Arthur Woods, brother of film pioneer Frank E. Woods.

She died in Los Angeles County, California, in 1957 at the age of 88.

Partial filmography

References
  1. Vance, Jeffrey; Maietta, Tony (2008). Douglas Fairbanks. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520256675.
  2. Hollywood. 1922.
  3. "3 Dec 1922, 57 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  4. "17 Sep 1926, Page 7 - The Indianapolis Star at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  5. "10 Dec 1922, 39 - The Tampa Tribune at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  6. "11 Sep 1926, 12 - The San Francisco Examiner at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  7. "22 Aug 1930, 26 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-03-17.


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