June Mathis

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1887-01-30 (40 years old)

Deathday

1927-07-26

Place of Birth

Leadville, Colorado, USA

June Mathis

Biography

June Mathis (born June Beulah Hughes, January 30, 1887 – July 26, 1927) was an American screenwriter. Mathis was the first female executive for Metro/MGM and at only 35, she was the highest paid executive in Hollywood. In 1926 she was voted the third most influential woman in Hollywood, behind Mary Pickford and Norma Talmadge. Mathis is best remembered for discovering Rudolph Valentino and writing such films as The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), and Blood and Sand (1922).

Acting

1961

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

1923

Souls for Sale

as Self - Celebrity Writer

2016

The Women Who Run Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1924

Greed

as Screenplay

1916

The Upstart

as Scenario Writer

1920

The Walk-Offs

as Writer

1921

1917

1919

The Brat

as Screenplay

1918

Toys of Fate

as Scenario Writer

1917

His Father's Son

as Scenario Writer

1917

Blue Jeans

as Writer

1917

The Barricade

as Writer

1921

Camille

as Writer

1922

1917

A Wife by Proxy

as Scenario Writer

1924

Name the Man

as Editorial Manager

1919

1918

Daybreak

as Screenplay

1917

Draft 258

as Writer

1919

1923

The Day of Faith

as Adaptation

1923

1922

1919

The Divorcee

as Writer

1918

Eye for Eye

as Writer

1918

Secret Strings

as Scenario Writer

1918

1919

Lombardi, Ltd.

as Scenario Writer

1917

1923

The Spanish Dancer

as Adaptation

1926

The Girl from Montmartre

as Editorial Manager

1925

The Marriage Whirl

as Editorial Manager

1920

Polly with a Past

as Scenario Writer

1925

We Moderns

as Writer

1924

Wild Oranges

as Editorial Manager

1918

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Fair and Warmer

as Screenplay

1926

The Greater Glory

as Scenario Writer

1927

1922

1926

Irene

as Script Editor

1918

1918

1920

The Willow Tree

as Screenplay

1920

The Right of Way

as Screenplay

1925

What Fools Men

as Editorial Coordinator

1922

Blood and Sand

as Screenplay

1919

Satan Junior

as Writer

1920

The Saphead

as Screenplay

1923

The Spanish Dancer

as Screenplay

1926

The Greater Glory

as Screenplay

1923

The Day of Faith

as Screenplay

1920

1916

1925

Sally

as Screenplay

1925

1918

1917

1918

1918

A Man's World

as Writer

1918

The Winning of Beatrice

as Scenario Writer

1918

Kildare of Storm

as Scenario Writer

1915

1921

A Trip to Paradise

as Scenario Writer

1918

1920

Old Lady 31

as Scenario Writer

1919

Johnny-on-the-Spot

as Scenario Writer

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