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C. Gardner Sullivan (September 18, 1884 – September 5, 1965) was an American screenwriter and film producer. He was a prolific writer with more than 350 films among his credits. In 1924 the magazine ''Story World'' selected him on a list of the ten individuals who had contributed the most to the advancement of the motion picture industry from its inception forward. Four of Sullivan's films, ''The Italian'' (1915), ''Civilization'' (1916), ''Hell's Hinges'' (1916) and ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1930), have been listed in the National Film Registry. ==Early years== Sullivan was born in Stillwater, Minnesota and educated in the public schools of St. Paul, Minnesota. Interviewed in 1916, Sullivan said he was "not precisely what one would call a college man, although I had some training at the University of Minnesota.〔 In 1907, Sullivan went into the newspaper business, working on the staff of the ''St. Paul Daily News'' at a starting salary of six dollars per week. Shortly afterward, Sullivan was assigned to write a column that he later said "was supposed to be a humorous column."〔 He moved to New York where he joined the staff of the ''New York Evening Journal''. While working in New York, a colleague showed him an advertisement by a motion picture company in the ''Saturday Evening Post'' inviting new authors to contribute stories.〔〔 Gardner recalled it was that advertisement that got him started with "photoplay writing."〔 Sullivan's first script was returned to him, and he did not make another submission for some time.〔 The first story he sold was ''Her Polished Family'', which was purchased by Edison Studios for $25.〔〔 He later submitted a western story to the New York Motion Picture Corporation run by Thomas H. Ince and received a check for $50. In the following months, Ince's company purchased sixty of Sullivan's stories.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「C. Gardner Sullivan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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