Lotta Woods

Lotta Woods
Woods in 1920
Born	Charlotte Nelson (1869-04-18)April 18, 1869 Pennsylvania, US
Died	September 8, 1957(1957-09-08) (aged 88) Los Angeles County, California, US
Occupation	Screenwriter
Spouse	Arthur Woods
Relatives	Frank E. Woods (brother-in-law)

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]

Biography

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

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

• The Nut (1921)
• The Three Musketeers (1921)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
• Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925)
• The Black Pirate (1926)
• The Flaming Forest (1926) (titles)
• The Fire Brigade (1926) (titles)
• Mr. Wu (1927) (titles)
• The Gaucho (1927), (as Scenario Editor)

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.

External links

• Lotta Woods at IMDb