#SayTheirNames #SilentFilmEdition Elinor Glyn

• Published over a dozen short stories and essays in addition to a novel The Career of Katharine Bush
• Had helped direct "Three Weeks" (1924) in addition to writing the screenplay
• Wrote a series for the magazine Scottish Life on fashion and beauty
• Coined the term of having "it" in a Cosmopolitan serial before adapting it for the screen which catapulted Clara Bow's career
• At 56 years old signed a contract at the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation for $36,364 and release time for an annual visit to Europe
• Incorporated her own production company Elionor GLyn Productions Ltd. in 1930