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{{Short description|American writer}}
'''Irene Temple Bailey''' (February 20, 1869 – July 6, 1953) was an American [[novelist]] and [[short story]] writer.
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1869|2|24}}
| birth_place = Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia, USA
| death_date = {{death date and age|1953|7|6|1869|2|24}}
| death_place = Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
| occupation = Writer (novelist)
| nationality = [[Americans|American]]
| period = 20th century
| genre = Romance, fiction
| birth_name = Irene Temple Bailey
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'''Irene Temple Bailey''' (February 24, 1869 – July 6, 1953) was a popular American [[novelist]] and [[short story]] writer.<ref name="1928utica">Clayton, Marion E. (15 July 1928). [http://fultonhistory.com/Newpapers%20Disk2/Utica%20NY%20Daily%20Observer/Utica%20NY%20Observer%201928%20pdf/Utica%20NY%20Observer%201928%20-%206027.pdf Noted Author Tells About Life, Writing on Visit in Valley], ''[[Observer-Dispatch|Utica Observer-Dispatch]]''</ref><ref name="1933alden">Alden, Alice (17 February 1933). [http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2024/Flushing%20NY%20North%20Shore%20%20Daily%20Journal/Flushing%20NY%20North%20Shore%20%20Daily%20Journal%201933/Flushing%20NY%20North%20Shore%20%20Daily%20Journal%201933%2000516.pdf Is Ideal Love Out of Fashion], ''North Shore Daily Journal'' (Flushing, New York) (syndicated article)</ref>

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Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'', ''[[Frank Munsey|Cavalier Magazine]]'', ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', ''[[The American Magazine]]'', ''[[McClure's]]'', ''[[Woman's Home Companion]]'', ''[[Good Housekeeping]]'', ''[[McCall's]]'' and others.{{Needs citation|date=March 2024}}


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In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the [[Vitagraph Studios]] film ''Auntie'', and two of her novels were filmed. She also had three of her books on the [[list of bestselling novels in the United States]] in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.{{Needs citation|date=March 2024}}
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Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'', ''[[Frank Munsey|Cavalier Magazine]]'', ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', ''[[The American Magazine]]'', ''[[McClure's]]'', ''[[Woman's Home Companion]]'', ''[[Good Housekeeping]]'', ''[[McCall's]]'' and others.


Bailey never married. She died at her apartment in [[Washington, D.C.]], on July 6, 1953. Her obituary in the ''[[New York Post]]'' estimated that her novels had sold three million copies, making her among the best paid writers in the world, and that ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' had once given her $325,000 for three serial novels and a group of short stories.<ref name="obit1">(8 July 1953). [http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2024/New%20York%20NY%20Post/New%20York%20NY%20Post%201953/New%20York%20NY%20Post%201953%20a%20-%200743.pdf Temple Bailey, Novelist], ''[[New York Post]]'', p. 59.</ref><ref name="deathmention">(8 July 1953). [http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Jamestown%20NY%20Post%20Journal/Jamestown%20NY%20Post%20Journal%201953/Jamestown%20NY%20Post%20Journal%201953%20-%203251.pdf Round About Town], ''Jamestown Post-Journal'' (mention of her death, notes she was a native of Petersburg, Virginia)</ref>
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In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the [[Vitagraph Studios]] film ''Auntie'', and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the [[list of bestselling novels in the United States]] in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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*''Glory of Youth'' (1913)
*''Glory of Youth'' (1913)
*''Contrary Mary'' (1914)
*''Contrary Mary'' (1914)
*''A Girl's Courage'' (1916) The Inch Library Inch II
*''A Girl's Courage'' (1916)
*''Adventures in Girlhood'' (1917)
*''Adventures in Girlhood'' (1917)
*''Mistress Anne'' (1917) Grosset & Dunlap, New York [http://books.google.com/books?id=WHoZAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s]
*''Mistress Anne'' (1917)
*''[[The Tin Soldier]]'' (1918) - No.8 for the year 1919 in the U.S.
* ''The Tin Soldier'' (1918) – No.8 for the year 1919 in the U.S.
*''Trumpeter Swan'' (1920)
*''Trumpeter Swan'' (1920)
*''The Gay Cockade'' (1921)
*''The Gay Cockade'' (1921)
*''[[The Dim Lantern]]'' (1922) - No.5 for the year 1923 in the U.S.
*''The Dim Lantern'' (1922) – No.5 for the year 1923 in the U.S.
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*''Peacock Feathers'' (1924) – [[Peacock Feathers|made into a motion picture]]

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*''[[Peacock Feathers]]'' (1924) - made into a motion picture
*''Holly Hedge, and other Christmas stories'' (1925)
*''Holly Hedge, and other Christmas stories'' (1925)
*''The Blue Window'' (1926)<ref name="bluewindowreview">{{cite news |date=12 December 1926 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/12/12/archives/alone-in-a-big-city-the-blue-window-by-temple-bailey-318-pp.html |url-access=subscription |title=Alone in a Big City; The Blue Window |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> – No.10 for the year 1926 in the U.S.
*''[[The Blue Window]]'' (1926) - No.10 for the year 1926 in the U.S.
*''Wallflowers'' (1927) - made into a motion picture
*''Wallflowers'' (1927) – [[Wallflowers (film)|made into a motion picture]]
*''Silver Slippers'' (1928)
*''Silver Slippers'' (1928)
*''Star in the Well; a Christmas story'' (1928)
*''Star in the Well; a Christmas story'' (1928)
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*''Wild Wind'' (1930)
*''Wild Wind'' (1930)
*''So this Is Christmas'' (1931)
*''So this Is Christmas'' (1931)
*''Little Girl Lost'' (1932)<ref name="littlegirlreview">{{cite news |date=30 October 1932 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/10/30/archives/cinderella-again-little-girl-lost-by-temple-bailey-318-pp.html |url-access=subscription |title=Cinderella Again; Little Girl Lost |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*''Little Girl Lost'' (1932)
*''Enchanted Ground'' (1933)
*''Enchanted Ground'' (1933)
*''Radiant tree, and other stories'' (1934)
*''Radiant tree, and other stories'' (1934)
*''Fair as the Moon'' (1935)
*''Fair as the Moon'' (1935)
*''I've Been To London'' (1937)
*''I've Been To London'' (1937)
*''Tomorrow's Promise (1938)
*''Tomorrow's Promise (1938)
*''The Blue Cloak'' (1941)<ref name="bluecloakrev">{{cite news |first=Dean |last=Charlotte |date=16 March 1941 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/03/16/archives/the-blue-cloak-by-temple-bailey-300-pp-boston-houghton-mifflin.html |url-access=subscription |title=The Blue Cloak |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*''The Blue Cloak'' (1941)
*''Pink Camellia'' (1942)
*''Pink Camellia'' (1942)
*''Red Fruit'' (1945)
*''Red Fruit'' (1945)

==Filmography==
*''Auntie'' (1914)
*''[[Peacock Feathers]]'' (1925)
*''[[Wallflowers (film)|Wallflowers]]'' (1928)


== References==
== References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Gutenberg author |id=Bailey,+Temple | name=Temple Bailey}}
{{wikisource author|Irene Temple Bailey}}
* {{Gutenberg author |id=6704 | name=Temple Bailey}}
* {{FadedPage|id=Bailey, Temple|name=Temple Bailey|author=yes}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Temple Bailey |sopt=t}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Temple Bailey |sopt=t}}
* {{Librivox author |id=12407}}

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Latest revision as of 23:56, 17 March 2024

Temple Bailey
BornIrene Temple Bailey
(1869-02-24)February 24, 1869
Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia, USA
DiedJuly 6, 1953(1953-07-06) (aged 84)
Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
OccupationWriter (novelist)
NationalityAmerican
Period20th century
GenreRomance, fiction

Irene Temple Bailey (February 24, 1869 – July 6, 1953) was a popular American novelist and short story writer.[1][2]

Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.[citation needed]

In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film Auntie, and two of her novels were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by Publishers Weekly.[citation needed]

Bailey never married. She died at her apartment in Washington, D.C., on July 6, 1953. Her obituary in the New York Post estimated that her novels had sold three million copies, making her among the best paid writers in the world, and that Cosmopolitan had once given her $325,000 for three serial novels and a group of short stories.[3][4]

Bibliography

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Illustration by C.S. Corson in Glory of Youth
  • Judy (1907)
  • Glory of Youth (1913)
  • Contrary Mary (1914)
  • A Girl's Courage (1916)
  • Adventures in Girlhood (1917)
  • Mistress Anne (1917)
  • The Tin Soldier (1918) – No.8 for the year 1919 in the U.S.
  • Trumpeter Swan (1920)
  • The Gay Cockade (1921)
  • The Dim Lantern (1922) – No.5 for the year 1923 in the U.S.
  • Peacock Feathers (1924) – made into a motion picture
  • Holly Hedge, and other Christmas stories (1925)
  • The Blue Window (1926)[5] – No.10 for the year 1926 in the U.S.
  • Wallflowers (1927) – made into a motion picture
  • Silver Slippers (1928)
  • Star in the Well; a Christmas story (1928)
  • Burning Beauty (1929)
  • Wild Wind (1930)
  • So this Is Christmas (1931)
  • Little Girl Lost (1932)[6]
  • Enchanted Ground (1933)
  • Radiant tree, and other stories (1934)
  • Fair as the Moon (1935)
  • I've Been To London (1937)
  • Tomorrow's Promise (1938)
  • The Blue Cloak (1941)[7]
  • Pink Camellia (1942)
  • Red Fruit (1945)

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Clayton, Marion E. (15 July 1928). Noted Author Tells About Life, Writing on Visit in Valley, Utica Observer-Dispatch
  2. ^ Alden, Alice (17 February 1933). Is Ideal Love Out of Fashion, North Shore Daily Journal (Flushing, New York) (syndicated article)
  3. ^ (8 July 1953). Temple Bailey, Novelist, New York Post, p. 59.
  4. ^ (8 July 1953). Round About Town, Jamestown Post-Journal (mention of her death, notes she was a native of Petersburg, Virginia)
  5. ^ "Alone in a Big City; The Blue Window". The New York Times. 12 December 1926.
  6. ^ "Cinderella Again; Little Girl Lost". The New York Times. 30 October 1932.
  7. ^ Charlotte, Dean (16 March 1941). "The Blue Cloak". The New York Times.
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