Alice Eyton Alice Eyton i(A12057 works by) (a.k.a. Alice Von Saxmar; Alice Rose Eyton)
Born: Established: 8 Jun 1874 Hokitika, West Coast, South Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region,
; Died: Ceased: 3 Nov 1929 Pasadena, California,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,

Gender: Female
Departed from Australia: 18 Feb 1902
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BiographyHistory

New Zealand-born Alice Eyton was living in Australia by 1881. She wrote for various Sydney newspapers and magazines, including the Sunday Times and the Sydney Mail, both as a reporter and a fiction writer. She also wrote vaudeville sketches and plays. Eyton moved to England in 1902 where she became a staff writer for several newspapers. Her assignments included covering the coronation of Edward VII from a colonial perspective.

By 1908, Eyton was living and working in the US where she married the scriptwriter Robert Von Saxmar and established a career as a 'scenario writer' for motion pictures of the silent era. Eyton's brother, Charles F. Eyton (1871-1941), a former boxing promoter, was also involved in the motion picture industry.

Eyton died in 1929 from burns received after her costume caught fire at a Halloween party.

Sources include: New York Times 4 Nov 1929. p.24 and Donna R. Casella. 'Feminism and the Female Author: The Not So Silent Career of the Woman Scenarist in Hollywood, 1896-1930'. Quarterly Review of Film and Video 23 (2006): 217-35.

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