Charles Brackett (November 26, 1892 - March 9, 1969) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer.
Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, Charles William Brackett was the son of New York State Senator, lawyer, and banker, Edgar Truman Brackett. Brackett's American roots traced back to the arrival of Richard Brackett in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629, near present-day Braintree, Massachusetts. His mother was Mary Emma Corliss, whos...
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Charles Brackett (November 26, 1892 - March 9, 1969) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer.
Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, Charles William Brackett was the son of New York State Senator, lawyer, and banker, Edgar Truman Brackett. Brackett's American roots traced back to the arrival of Richard Brackett in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629, near present-day Braintree, Massachusetts. His mother was Mary Emma Corliss, whose uncle, George Henry Corliss, built the Centennial Engine that powered the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
Brackett was a 1915 graduate of Williams College, and received his law degree from Harvard University. He joined the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War I, and served as vice-consul in St. Nazaire, France. He was awarded the French Medal of Honor. He was a frequent contributor to the Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, and Vanity Fair, and a drama critic for The New Yorker from 1925 to 1929.
Brackett married Elizabeth...
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