Faith Green (born Faith Emily Wheeler; June 1869 - June 8, 1933) was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood's silent era. She worked with directors like David Hartford, King Vidor, and Henry McRae.
Early life and career Born Faith Emily Wheeler in British India, between June 8 and June 30, 1869, Green was the eldest of eight children born to Esther E. (née Sackett) and the Rev. Francis Marion Wheeler.Weygant, Charles A. The Sacketts of America: Their Ancestors and Descendants, 1630 - 1907. New Burgh, New York. 1907 p. 385. Brought to the United States while still an infant by her parents, Faith, as the eldest, may well have been asked to provide substantial assistance in caring for her younger siblings. In any event, no reporting appears to have been done, either contemporaneous or retrospective, regarding the particulars of her schooling, much less any early portents of theatrical aspirations and their subsequent realization.
Green got her start as a journalist in New York City before turning to screenwriting; she also served as secretary of the New York Pen & Brush Club.
Mrs. Green resided in New York but also worked extensively in Canada. She was also valued due to her editing skills and knowledge of censor boards in the U.S. and Canada.
She spent time with Ralph Connor and adapted many of his novels for the big screen. At one point, she was in talks with Canada's Lady Byng of Vimy to adapt a story into a film, but this doesn't seem to have come to fruition.
Personal life and death On June 15, 1892, Faith Wheeler became Mrs. Faith Wheeler Green, wife of architect Franklin A. Green. Within well under three years, the entire next generation of Greens had arrived, two daughters and one son."United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSV1-YYP : Fri Apr 25 16:45:29 UTC 2025), Entry for Franklin A Green and Faith Green, 1900.
On June 8, 1933, (having conceivably just turned 64, but undeniably destined to do so at some point that month), Green died, following a long illness, at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. Predeceased by both her husband—in 1914—and, even before that, her daughter, Lucy, she was survived by her other two children, Mrs. Grace Farmhold and Guy Wheeler Green.
Selected filmography The Sky Pilot (1921) God's Crucible (1921) Cameron of the Royal Mounted (1921) The Rapids (1922) The Man from Glengarry (1922) Glengarry School Days (1923) Blue Water (1924)
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