Charles T. Dazey

Charles T. Dazey
Charles T. Dazey (1855–1938) was an American playwright and screenwriter known for his contributions to early 20th-century theater and silent films. One of his most famous plays is "In Old Kentucky" (1893), which was a long-running success and adapted into several film versions. Dazey also wrote for silent films, including the screenplay for "The Common Law" (1923). His works often reflected themes of rural life and American ideals, making him a significant figure in popular American drama of his time.

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CHAPTER I. She was coming, singing, down the side of Nebo Mountain—"Old Nebo"—mounted on an ox. Sun-kissed and rich her coloring; her flowing hair was like spun light; her arms, bare to the elbows and above, might have been the models to drive a sculptor to despair, as their muscles played like pulsing liquid beneath the tinted, velvet skin of wrists and forearms; her short skirt bared her... more...

CHAPTER I Herr Kreutzer was a mystery to his companions in the little London orchestra in which he played, and he kept his daughter, Anna, in such severe seclusion that they little more than knew that she existed and was beautiful. Not far from Soho Square, they lived, in that sort of British lodgings in which room-rental carries with it the privilege of using one hole in the basement-kitchen range on... more...