641:
619:
607:
309:
short stories, which included Witwer's "The
Chickasha Bone Crusher", reviewer Sybil S. Steinberg praised the "near-forgotten" Witwer, calling him one of "America's wittiest idiomatic stylists".
44:
289:
in Los
Angeles, on August 9, 1929, the lawsuit had not been settled. Witwer's widow pursued the lawsuit and won a judgement against Lloyd in November 1930. On appeal, the
237:. Witwer is credited with producing ten shorts beginning in 1925, but he was most active as a writer, receiving writing credits for 30 more short films after 1925.
742:
732:
712:
668:
659:
285:, claiming that it was "pirated" from Witwer's short story "The Emancipation of Rodney", first published in 1915. By the time Witwer died from
267:
Witwer relocated to
California in 1926 to regain his health, which he apparently did, remaining in good health until he fell ill in May 1929.
727:
301:
Most notable during his lifetime for his baseball and boxing stories, Witwer wrote some 400 stories and articles for magazines and some 125
757:
737:
249:
747:
717:
702:
752:
503:
722:
697:
17:
623:
290:
707:
611:
229:
By the early 1920s, Witwer's works were starting to be filmed, with nearly 30 film credits recorded by the
133:
253:
164:
507:
281:
188:
511:
170:
692:
687:
129:
65:
618:
8:
212:
120:
were based on his works, most from the mid-1920s to 1930, the year after Witwer's death.
504:"Guide to the SFACA Collection : Newspaper Comic Strips, Series I: Comic Features"
176:
654:
636:
584:
474:
217:
184:
515:
645:
149:
488:
632:
379:
Love and Learn: The Story of a
Telephone Girl Who Loved Not Too Well But Wisely
302:
158:
681:
286:
141:
276:
261:
234:
222:
137:
241:
207:
200:
650:
627:
470:
196:
117:
93:
43:
582:
Steinberg, Sybil S. (September 1999). "Boxing's Best Short
Stories".
145:
233:
by 1925. In May 1925, his income was reportedly more than that of
152:—for a time before starting to write for newspapers, counting the
606:
306:
305:
throughout his career. In a 1999 review of an anthology of
293:
overturned the ruling and Witwer's widow received nothing.
112:(March 11, 1890 – August 9, 1929), more commonly known as
240:
In the mid-1920s, Witwer collaborated on two newspaper
279:
in April 1929 for $ 2,300,000 over Lloyd's 1925 film
116:, was an American short-story author. Some 60 comedy
486:
Sherwood, R. E. (May 14, 1925). "the SILENT DRAMA".
140:. He worked in odd jobs—errand boy for a butcher,
679:
256:, which ran for two years. In 1925, he created
187:. His first recorded film contribution at the
183:In 1912, he married Zada "Sadie" Schagrin of
27:American comic strip and short story writer
552:"Finds Harold Lloyd pirated Witwer plot".
492:. Vol. 85, no. 2219. p. 28.
42:
743:20th-century American non-fiction writers
733:20th-century American short story writers
713:People from Bradford County, Pennsylvania
581:
446:
444:
442:
426:
424:
422:
420:
418:
485:
431:"H. C. Witwer dies; a noted humorist".
270:
14:
680:
537:"H. C. Witwer sues Lloyd over story".
466:
464:
462:
439:
415:
128:Witwer was born on March 11, 1890, in
758:20th-century American screenwriters
459:
24:
738:20th-century American male writers
25:
769:
748:American male non-fiction writers
718:American male short story writers
599:
728:Saint Joseph's University alumni
703:Film producers from Pennsylvania
617:
605:
556:. November 19, 1930. p. 48.
753:Screenwriters from Pennsylvania
642:Works by or about H. C. Witwer
575:
567:"Court victory won by Lloyd".
560:
545:
541:. April 12, 1929. p. A20.
530:
496:
479:
455:. August 10, 1929. p. A1.
451:"Death grasps pen of Witwer".
435:. August 10, 1929. p. 13.
291:United States Court of Appeals
244:. In 1924, he began the strip
13:
1:
156:and New York City newspapers
571:. April 11, 1933. p. 8.
123:
7:
723:American war correspondents
698:American male screenwriters
154:St. Cloud (Florida) Tribune
10:
774:
671:from Witwer's comic strip
662:from Witwer's comic strip
210:—he was sent to France by
204:Where D'Ye Get That Stuff?
367:There's No Base Like Home
361:The Rubyiat of a Freshman
296:
99:
85:
71:
50:
41:
34:
508:Cartoon Research Library
409:
312:
319:From Baseball to Boches
189:Internet Movie Database
132:, and briefly attended
134:Saint Joseph's College
633:Works by H. C. Witwer
512:Ohio State University
397:The Classics in Slang
385:Bill Grimm's Progress
226:in this time period.
708:American cartoonists
614:at Wikimedia Commons
345:(1920), introduction
331:Arthur William Brown
271:Harold Lloyd lawsuit
220:. He also wrote for
130:Athens, Pennsylvania
110:Harry Charles Witwer
66:Athens, Pennsylvania
54:Harry Charles Witwer
18:Harry Charles Witwer
355:The Leather Pushers
622:Works by or about
554:The New York Times
433:The New York Times
343:Best College Humor
89:Short story author
664:Switchboard Sally
637:Project Gutenberg
610:Media related to
585:Publishers Weekly
569:Los Angeles Times
539:Los Angeles Times
453:Los Angeles Times
258:Switchboard Sally
232:
218:war correspondent
206:. In 1917—during
194:
185:Yonkers, New York
165:New York American
107:
106:
16:(Redirected from
765:
673:Samson and Delia
646:Internet Archive
621:
609:
594:
593:
579:
573:
572:
564:
558:
557:
549:
543:
542:
534:
528:
527:
525:
523:
518:on June 22, 2008
514:. Archived from
500:
494:
493:
483:
477:
468:
457:
456:
448:
437:
436:
428:
391:Roughly Speaking
337:A Smile a Minute
246:Samson and Delia
230:
192:
78:
62:
60:
46:
32:
31:
21:
773:
772:
768:
767:
766:
764:
763:
762:
678:
677:
602:
597:
588:(book review).
580:
576:
566:
565:
561:
551:
550:
546:
536:
535:
531:
521:
519:
502:
501:
497:
484:
480:
469:
460:
450:
449:
440:
430:
429:
416:
412:
315:
303:film treatments
299:
273:
144:manager, and a
126:
92:
90:
80:
76:
64:
58:
56:
55:
37:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
771:
761:
760:
755:
750:
745:
740:
735:
730:
725:
720:
715:
710:
705:
700:
695:
690:
676:
675:
666:
657:
648:
639:
630:
615:
601:
600:External links
598:
596:
595:
574:
559:
544:
529:
495:
478:
458:
438:
413:
411:
408:
407:
406:
403:Yes Man's Land
400:
394:
388:
382:
376:
370:
364:
358:
352:
346:
340:
334:
328:
325:Alex the Great
322:
314:
311:
298:
295:
272:
269:
216:magazine as a
195:) was writing
180:as employers.
159:Brooklyn Eagle
125:
122:
105:
104:
101:
97:
96:
87:
83:
82:
79:(aged 39)
75:August 9, 1929
73:
69:
68:
63:March 11, 1890
52:
48:
47:
39:
38:
35:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
770:
759:
756:
754:
751:
749:
746:
744:
741:
739:
736:
734:
731:
729:
726:
724:
721:
719:
716:
714:
711:
709:
706:
704:
701:
699:
696:
694:
691:
689:
686:
685:
683:
674:
670:
667:
665:
661:
658:
656:
652:
649:
647:
643:
640:
638:
634:
631:
629:
625:
620:
616:
613:
608:
604:
603:
591:
587:
586:
578:
570:
563:
555:
548:
540:
533:
517:
513:
509:
505:
499:
491:
490:
482:
476:
472:
467:
465:
463:
454:
447:
445:
443:
434:
427:
425:
423:
421:
419:
414:
404:
401:
398:
395:
392:
389:
386:
383:
380:
377:
374:
373:Fighting Back
371:
368:
365:
362:
359:
356:
353:
350:
347:
344:
341:
338:
335:
332:
329:
326:
323:
320:
317:
316:
310:
308:
304:
294:
292:
288:
287:liver failure
284:
283:
278:
268:
265:
263:
259:
255:
254:Paul Robinson
251:
247:
243:
238:
236:
227:
225:
224:
219:
215:
214:
209:
205:
202:
199:for the 1916
198:
190:
186:
181:
179:
178:
173:
172:
171:New York Mail
167:
166:
161:
160:
155:
151:
147:
143:
142:prize fighter
139:
135:
131:
121:
119:
115:
111:
102:
98:
95:
88:
84:
74:
70:
67:
53:
49:
45:
40:
33:
30:
19:
672:
669:Sample panel
663:
660:Sample panel
651:H. C. Witwer
624:H. C. Witwer
612:H. C. Witwer
589:
583:
577:
568:
562:
553:
547:
538:
532:
520:. Retrieved
516:the original
498:
487:
481:
452:
432:
402:
396:
390:
384:
378:
372:
366:
360:
354:
348:
342:
336:
330:
324:
318:
300:
282:The Freshman
280:
277:Harold Lloyd
275:Witwer sued
274:
266:
262:Wesley Morse
257:
245:
242:comic strips
239:
235:Ring Lardner
228:
221:
211:
203:
182:
175:
169:
163:
157:
153:
138:Philadelphia
127:
114:H. C. Witwer
113:
109:
108:
91:screenwriter
77:(1929-08-09)
36:H. C. Witwer
29:
693:1929 deaths
688:1890 births
471:H.C. Witwer
349:Kid Scanlan
208:World War I
201:silent film
197:intertitles
118:film shorts
100:Nationality
81:Los Angeles
682:Categories
628:Wikisource
94:cartoonist
86:Occupation
59:1890-03-11
592:(38): 74.
250:Tim Early
223:McClure's
213:Collier's
146:soda jerk
124:Biography
150:Broadway
103:American
644:at the
522:June 4,
177:The Sun
405:(1929)
399:(1927)
393:(1926)
387:(1926)
381:(1924)
375:(1924)
369:(1923)
363:(1921)
357:(1921)
351:(1920)
339:(1919)
333:(1919)
327:(1919)
321:(1918)
307:boxing
297:Legacy
174:, and
168:, the
162:, the
410:Notes
313:Books
260:with
248:with
655:IMDb
524:2008
489:Life
475:IMDb
252:and
231:IMDB
193:IMDB
72:Died
51:Born
653:at
635:at
626:at
590:246
473:at
148:on
136:in
684::
510:,
506:.
461:^
441:^
417:^
264:.
526:.
191:(
61:)
57:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
