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Ruth Ann Baldwin (September 30, 1886 – ) was an American journalist who became a silent film writer and director active during the 1910s, one of the few women to direct in the early era of filmmaking.
Beginning in 1919, Fox Film Company and Metro Pictures Corporation together credited Baldwin with six scenarios through 1921. In 1925, the Los Angeles Times reported that “Ruth Ann Baldwin, a writer” was living in a stone cabin on a 320-acre “desert ranch” (A1). There, for now, her trail ends.
Little personal data can be found on Ruth Ann Baldwin, who was certainly one of the pioneers of the motion-picture industry. Having established a career as a journalist and publicist, Baldwin was hired by Universal in 1915 to write a serial called The Black Box for Herbert Rawlinson and Anna Little , popular matinee idols of the day.
Jul 19, 2018 · Most of the titles have female-driven narratives, but some turn on male protagonists, including Ruth Ann Baldwin’s entertaining “’49-’17,” about a judge who’s nostalgic for his Gold Rush days.
“Ruth Ann Baldwin.” In Jane Gaines, Radha Vatsal, and Monica Dall’Asta, eds. Women Film Pioneers Project. New York, NY: Columbia University Libraries, 2013. Born: 30 September 1886, United States. Died: Unknown. Country most active: United States. Also known as: Ruth A. Pierson.
Jul 13, 2018 · For every Alice Guy-Blaché and Lois Weber, there was a Ruth Ann Baldwin or an Ida May Park or a Mabel Normand, and that’s just the start of the rich history of women behind the camera.
Ruth Ann Baldwin was born on 30 September 1886 in West Suffield, Connecticut, USA. She is known for '49-'17 (1917), The Black Mantilla (1917) and The Storm Woman (1917).
- Writer, Director
- September 30, 1886
- Ruth Ann Baldwin
