Mildred Horn
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Mildred Horn was a film critic and screenwriter, best known for her work on the Kroger Babb exploitation film Mom and Dad.
Horn was born in Erie, Pennsylvania and studied at Academy High School.[1]She later moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where she became a film critic for a local paper. She was sent to review Kroger Babb's production of Dust to Dust, which she referred to as a "cheap, mislabeled morality play."[2] Babb later meet with Horn, and the two became close, entering a common-law marriage in 1944.[3]
Horn wrote the screenplay for Babb's best known production, Mom and Dad. The film was presented in a unique way, and included lectures and the sale of hygiene books that Horn wrote.[4]
Horn also wrote the screenplays for Why Men Leave Home, a film about female beauty, and Prince of Peace, a passion play.
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[edit] Selected works
[edit] Films
- Mom and Dad - screenplay - 1945
- Prince of Peace (formerly The Lawton Story) - screenplay - 1949
- Why Men Leave Home (formerly Secrets of Beauty) - screenplay - 1951
[edit] Books
- Man and Boy (1944)
- Woman and Girl (1944)
[edit] References
- ^ Erie, PA, Times: "Erieite Wins Fame as Hollywood Screen Writer." 16 December 1951.
- ^ John Waters: "My Kind of Guy." URL accessed 16 October 2006.
- ^ Internet Movie Database: Mildred Horn. URL accessed 16 October 2006.
- ^ Profoundly Disturbing: Shocking Movies That Changed History! (ISBN 0-7893-0844-4). Joe Bob Briggs. Universe Publishing, 2003.
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