Charles Graham Baker

Charles Graham Baker
Born	July 16, 1883(1883-07-16) Evansville, Indiana
Died	May 15, 1950(1950-05-15) (aged 66) Reseda, Los Angeles, California
Other names	Graham Baker Leslie S. Barrows
Years active	1915 - 1948

Charles Graham Baker (16 July 1883 – 15 May 1950) was an American screenwriter and director. He wrote for over 170 films between 1915 and 1948. He and his father invented the game of Gin rummy in 1909.

He was born in Evansville, Indiana. He and his father, Elwood T. Baker, invented the game of Gin rummy in 1909. By 1918 he was working as a "playwright" for the Vitagraph company in Brooklyn.^[1] Baker died in Reseda, Los Angeles, California in 1950.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Frauds and Frenzies (1918)
• Fortune's Mask (1922)
• The Girl in the Limousine (1924)
• The Singing Fool (1928)
• Sonny Boy (1930)
• She Couldn't Take It (1935)
• Shanghai (1935)
• Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
• You Only Live Once (1937)
• Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
• Eternally Yours (1939)
• Ramrod (1947)

References

1. ^ World War I draft registration
2. ^ "C.G. Baker, Helped Devise Gin Rummy". New York Times. May 17, 1950. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60E10FC3E5A1A7B93C5A8178ED85F448585F9. Retrieved 2008-05-22. "C. Graham Baker, writer and producer of motion pictures and co-creator of the card game gin rummy, died today at his home in Reseda in the San Fernando Valley. ..." 

External links

• C. Graham Baker at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Baker, C. Graham
Alternative names
Short description	Screenwriter
Date of birth	16 July 1883
Place of birth	Evansville, Indiana, USA
Date of death	15 May 1950
Place of death	Hollywood, California, USA