(1869-08-10)August 10, 1869 Hempstead, New York, U.S.
Died
May 26, 1922(1922-05-26) (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation
Author Journalist Screenwriter
Nationality
American
Volunteers for the Spanish–American War including many Cuban cigar workers from Tampa, Florida in 1898
Gilson Willets (August 10, 1869 - 1922) was a journalist, author, and screenwriter in the United States. He was born in Hempstead, New York. He wrote for Leslie's Weekly, Collier's Weekly and many other publications.[1] He covered the Spanish–American War in Cuba. He traveled widely[2] before becoming a production manager for Pathé.[3] His work includes several film serials.[4]
As a journalist, he covered a plague in India and E. H. Harriman's Harriman Scientific Expedition to Alaska.[4] He was described as the American Guy de Maupassant for his terse writing style.[5]
He wrote about New Mexico in 1905.[6]
He married Daisy Van Der Veer and his son was named Gilson Vander Veer Willets.
^Hills, William Henry; Luce, Robert (October 22, 1897). "The Writer: A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers". Writer Publishing Company – via Google Books.
^"Willets Gilson 1911 his 42nd birthday". August 10, 1911. p. 4 – via newspapers.com.
^"Sacramento Union 26 May 1922 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu.
^"The Writer". The Writer. October 22, 1897 – via Google Books.
^Willets, Gilson (August 20, 1905). "Most Un-American Part of the United States; Strange Stories of People and Things in New Mexico -- A Large Proportion of the Population Ignorant of or Indifferent to Our Laws and Institutions -- Some Reasons Why Admission Has Been Refused" – via NYTimes.com.
GilsonWillets (August 10, 1869 - 1922) was a journalist, author, and screenwriter in the United States. He was born in Hempstead, New York. He wrote for...
directed by Francis J. Grandon from a story by Harold MacGrath and GilsonWillets and starred Kathlyn Williams as the heroine. Harold MacGrath's novel...
It was produced by William Selig and directed by Giles R. Warren. GilsonWillets wrote the script. Motography covered the film. The movie was shot in...
directed by Ruth Roland. Roland was the producer, but it was written by GilsonWillets and directed by George Marshall. As described in a film magazine, Daniel...
March 9, 2019. Dolley Madison's letter to her sister as quoted in Willets, Gilson (1908). Inside History of the White House. New York, The Christian...
able to see some of the action considering they were half a mile away. GilsonWillets also acknowledges the significance of The Great Shadow when he combines...
directed by Louis J. Gasnier and William Parke, from a story written by GilsonWillets, produced by the Astra Film Corporation and released in weekly chapters...
substitute for coal. The film was the final feature created by scenarist GilsonWillets for Pathe Productions, and is now thought to be a lost film. The Last...
The Heart of Texas Ryan Directed by E. A. Martin Written by GilsonWillets (scenario) Produced by Selig Polyscope Company William N. Selig Starring Tom...
Thundering Herd Directed by Colin Campbell Francis J. Grandon Written by GilsonWillets Produced by Selig Polyscope Company Colonel Selig Starring Tom Mix Bessie...
Beware of Strangers Directed by Colin Campbell Written by GilsonWillets Produced by William Nicholas Selig Starring Fritzi Brunette Tom Santschi Bessie...
A Change in Administration Release flier Written by GilsonWillets Produced by Hardee Kirkland Starring Charles Clary Harry J. Lonsdale Adrienne Kroell...
film At Piney Ridge, Daly directed and produced. It was an adaption by GilsonWillets David K Higgins' theater production and Daly "escorted a company of...
of Patches Directed by Alfred E. Green Written by Mark Swan (play) GilsonWillets Starring Violet De Biccari Vivian Reed Burke Wilbur Production company...
pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-1557506924. Willets includes Dolley Madison's letter to her sister describing these events. (Willets 1908, p. 219) Siegel & Block 2009...
Routledge. p. 174. ISBN 9781351561549. Retrieved 27 February 2019. Willets, Gilson (1 March 1894). The New Vanderbilt Palace. The Art Interchange. p. 69...
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