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EARL I. STRICKLAND
Earl I. Strickland, editor of “The
Author & Composer,” a monthly magazine published in Hollywood, has won an
enviable reputation as a writer and dramatic critic. He was born in Soquel, Santa Cruz County,
California, December 13, 1890. His maternal grandfather, Edward Wheaton, was
a California pioneer who crossed the plains to the Golden state in 1850,
locating first in San Bernardino.
Subsequently he purchased land near Santa Barbara, where he died a few
years later, and this property is now a part of the Montiato
Estates.
Earl I. Strickland received his
preliminary education at the place of his nativity and later studied in a
private school at Santa Cruz. After
putting aside his textbooks he obtained employment as chemist in a drug store
of Santa Cruz but did not find this work to his liking and at the age of
eighteen years embarked upon a literary career.
He devoted the period between 1910 and 1917 to the study of literature,
spending three years in Santa Cruz and five years in northern California. Rejected for military service at the time of
the World War, he engaged in literary work at San Jose, California, from 1917
to 1922, writing fiction and special articles for newspapers. In 1923 he came to Hollywood as dramatic
critic for the Palmer Photo Play Corporation, with which he was thus connected
for five years. As stated above, he is
now editor of “The Author & Composer,” a successful monthly
publication. He has also become widely
known as the author of the textbooks “Dramatic Fiction Writing” and “Writing
for Talking Pictures,” and he is an honorary member of the Santa Monica Writers
Club.
On the 1st of November,
1917, Mr. Strickland was united in marriage to Mabel Hall, a native of Oakdale,
California, and they are the parents of two children: Marjorie and Wilbur, who are ten and seven years
of age, respectively. The family home is
near Tujunga in Los Angeles County.
Transcribed by
V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: California of the South
Vol. IV, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages 515-516, Clarke Publ.,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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