Hagar Wilde
Hagar Wilde was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and screenwriter from the 1930s through the 1950s. She is perhaps best known for the screenplays for Bringing Up Baby and I Was a Male War Bride, two Howard Hawks films, both starring Cary Grant.
Early life
Hagar Wilde was born Beverly Violet Bidwell in Toledo, Ohio.Career
Wilde was a prolific young short story writer and debut novelist when she was hired by billionaire Howard Hughes in 1931, to write dialogue for The Age for Love, starring Billie Dove. Her association with director Howard Hawks included co-writing the screenplay for Bringing Up Baby, and the screenplay for I Was a Male War Bride. She also co-wrote the screenplay for The Unseen, with Raymond Chandler, based on the novel Midnight House by Ethel Lina White.Wilde wrote two shows produced on Broadway. Her first stage success was a "taut little horror drama" titled Guest in the House ; she co-wrote the play with Dale Eunson, and it was adapted into a film in 1944. She also wrote Made in Heaven. In the 1950s she worked extensively in adapting scripts for television.