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June Mathis

June Mathis

Writer · 1887–1927 · Leadville, Colorado, USA

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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).

Wrote 92

1920s

  1. 1927

    An Affair of the Follies

    Writer

  2. The Masked Woman

    Writer

  3. 1926

    The Greater Glory

    Scenario Writer, Screenplay

  4. Irene

    Script Editor

  5. 1925
  6. We Moderns

    Writer

  7. The Desert Flower

    Writer

  8. Sally

    Screenplay

  9. 1924
  10. 1923

    In the Palace of the King

    Screenplay

  11. The Day of Faith

    Adaptation, Screenplay

  12. The Spanish Dancer

    Adaptation, Screenplay

  13. Three Wise Fools

    Writer

  14. 1922

    The Young Rajah

    Writer

  15. Hate

    Adaptation

  16. The Golden Gift

    Story

  17. Turn to the Right

    Writer

  18. 1921

    The Hole in the Wall

    Adaptation

  19. A Trip to Paradise

    Scenario Writer

  20. The Conquering Power

    Writer

  21. The Man Who

    Scenario Writer

  22. 1920

    Polly with a Past

    Scenario Writer

  23. The Price of Redemption

    Writer

  24. The Saphead

    Screenplay

  25. Old Lady 31

    Scenario Writer

  26. The Right of Way

    Screenplay

  27. The Walk-Offs

    Writer

  28. The Willow Tree

    Screenplay

1910s

  1. 1919

    Lombardi, Ltd.

    Scenario Writer

  2. The Brat

    Screenplay

  3. The Microbe

    Writer

  4. The Man Who Stayed at Home

    Writer

  5. The Amateur Adventuress

    Writer

  6. The Red Lantern

    Writer

  7. The Island of Intrigue

    Writer

  8. The Parisian Tigress

    Story

  9. The Way of the Strong

    Writer

  10. Satan Junior

    Writer

  11. Johnny-on-the-Spot

    Scenario Writer

  12. Out of the Fog

    Writer

  13. The Divorcee

    Writer

  14. The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns

    Writer

  15. 1918

    Eye for Eye

    Writer

  16. Secret Strings

    Scenario Writer

  17. Kildare of Storm

    Scenario Writer

  18. The Silent Woman

    Writer

  19. The House of Mirth

    Writer

  20. A Successful Adventure

    Writer

  21. To Hell with the Kaiser!

    Writer

  22. A Man's World

    Writer

  23. The House of Gold

    Writer

  24. Social Quicksands

    Writer

  25. The Winning of Beatrice

    Scenario Writer

  26. The Trail To Yesterday

    Writer

  27. With Neatness and Dispatch

    Writer

  28. Social Hypocrites

    Writer

  29. The Brass Check

    Writer

  30. The Eyes of Mystery

    Writer

  31. The Winding Trail

    Writer

  32. The Legion of Death

    Writer

  33. Daybreak

    Screenplay

  34. 1917

    Blue Jeans

    Writer

  35. Red, White and Blue Blood

    Writer

  36. The Voice of Conscience

    Scenario Writer

  37. Draft 258

    Writer

  38. The Jury of Fate

    Writer

  39. Miss Robinson Crusoe

    Writer

  40. The Trail of the Shadow

    Writer

  41. Aladdin's Other Lamp

    Writer

  42. Lady Barnacle

    Writer

  43. The Call of Her People

    Writer

  44. The Beautiful Lie

    Writer

  45. The Millionaire's Double

    Story

  46. A Magdalene of the Hills

    Writer

  47. The Power of Decision

    Writer

  48. His Father's Son

    Scenario Writer

  49. The Barricade

    Writer

  50. Threads of Fate

    Writer

  51. 1916

    The Sunbeam

    Writer

  52. The Dawn of Love

    Writer

  53. God's Half Acre

    Writer

  54. Her Great Price

    Scenario Writer

  55. The Upstart

    Scenario Writer

  56. 1915

    The House of Tears

    Writer

No release date

  1. Fair and Warmer

    Screenplay

Edited 5

1920s

  1. 1926

    The Girl from Montmartre

    Editorial Manager

  2. 1925

    What Fools Men

    Editorial Coordinator

  3. The Marriage Whirl

    Editorial Manager

  4. 1924

    Name the Man

    Editorial Manager

  5. Wild Oranges

    Editorial Manager

Appearances3

1960s

  1. 1961

    The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

    Self (archive footage)

1920s

  1. 1923

    Souls for Sale

    Self - Celebrity Writer