Biography
Helen Logan (December 13, 1906 β January 15, 1989) was an American screenwriter active from 1935 to 1950. Helen Logan was born in Los Angeles, California, to William Edson Logan and Ida Jane Busick. She attended the University of California at Los Angeles and then went to work at Fox as a script reader before moving up the ranks to be a script clerk. Eventually she began writing her own screenplays for Fox, working on two popular franchises, Charlie Chan and the Jones Family. Later she worked on wartime musical films.
She wrote many of her scripts in collaboration with writer-director-actor Robert Ellis, who she began working with around 1934 and married at some point after 1940. In fact, in 1938, Ellis was sued by actress Vera Reynolds for $150,000; Reynolds alleged that Ellis had promised to marry her but instead took a trip to Mexico with Logan. Ellis and Logan had separate contracts but made the same salary.
Filmography
all 54
Movies 54
Writer 52
Screenplay 1
I'll Get By (1950)
Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
If I'm Lucky (1946)
Do You Love Me (1946)
Something for the Boys (1944)
Pin Up Girl (1944)
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
Iceland (1942)
Footlight Serenade (1942)
Song of the Islands (1942)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
The Great American Broadcast (1941)
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
Star Dust (1940)
High School (1940)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
The Honeymoon's Over (1939)
Too Busy to Work (1939)
City in Darkness (1939)
The Escape (1939)
Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
Chasing Danger (1939)
Pardon Our Nerve (1939)
Road Demon (1938)
Sharpshooters (1938)
Down on the Farm (1938)
Speed to Burn (1938)
Rascals (1938)
A Trip to Paris (1938)
Love on a Budget (1938)
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
Big Town Girl (1937)
Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
That I May Live (1937)
Born Reckless (1937)
Big Business (1937)
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
Off to the Races (1937)
Laughing at Trouble (1936)
Red Lights Ahead (1936)
Back to Nature (1936)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
Hitch Hike To Heaven (1936)
Here Comes Trouble (1936)
Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
Ladies Love Danger (1935)
The Lady in Scarlet (1935)
Happiness C.O.D. (1935)
Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
Insure Your Wife (1935)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1906-12-13
Deathday1989-01-15 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceLos Angeles, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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