Charles Goddard

Charles William Goddard (November 26, 1879 – January 11, 1951) was a playwright and screenwriter.

Goddard began writing Broadway plays before turning to film, adapting a number of his stage works to film. He wrote the script for the Pathé Freres film The Exploits of Elaine, which has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Today he is interred in Evergreen Cemetery in Portland, Maine.

He was born in Portland, Maine and died in Miami, Florida.

Plays

Broadway plays

• The Misleading Lady (1913)
• The Ghost Breaker (1914)
• Miss Information (1915)
• The Last Laugh (1915)
• The Broken Wing (1920)

Screenplays

• The Perils of Pauline(1914)
• The Exploits of Elaine (1914)
• The Ghost Breaker (1914)
• The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford (1915)
• The Goddess (1915)
• Hearts of Three (1916; later novelized by Jack London)
• The Misleading Lady (1916)
• The Mysteries of Myra (1916)
• The Hidden Hand (1917)
• Patria (1917)
• The Lightning Raider (1919)
• The Hope Diamond Mystery (1921)
• The Broken Wing (1932)

External links

• Charles W. Goddard at the Internet Movie Database
• Works by Charles W. Goddard at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Charles Goddard in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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