Show I Ex- Ex Et Utahn Dies I i I Iy y f s WALDEMAR- WALDEMAR YOUNG Long Career of writing ends HEART HEAR ATTACK CLAIMS AUTHOR Former S. S L. L Writer Succumbs Waldemar Young 58 fa famed m e d ds s scenarist playwright and former Salt Lake Lale City newspaperman died Tuesday at his bis Hollywood Cal home of heart trouble Mr Young was a brother of Mahonri Young noted New York City sculptor and a grandson of Brigham Young He lie was waI born here July 1 I 1880 n a son lion of Mahonri and Agnes Mackintosh Mackintosh Mack Mack- intosh Young He lie attended local public schools and was graduated from front the Salt Lake high school In 1898 Mr Youngs Young's tong long career as a e movie scenarist newspaper columnist columnist columnist colum colum- actor and playwright began in Salt Lake City Here Hero he was a member of the editorial staff of the theold theold theold old Salt Lake Herald a position he took after graduation from rom the Salt Lake high school While here he worked under Charles T. T Harte Dick Cannon and Joel L. L Priest Sr After a year of newspaper work in Salt Lake City he left to attend Stanford university at Palo Alto CaL where his activity as a playwright playwright play play- wright began During his senior year he collaborated on the Stanford Stanford Stan Stan- ford senior class farce with Ralph Renaud New York City newspaperman newspaper man lie Ho thought It advisable then Continued on P Pale Page c Twelve Column One HEART A ATTACK TT ACK CLAIMS AUTHOR Continued rage One Ine ne fo to forsake college for newspaper work ork and hence became a re reporter reporter reporter re- re porter on the San Francisco Chronicle and subsequently be became became became be- be came sports editor a post he be held beld for two and a half baU years ears After the San Francisco e earthquake earth earth- earthquake h- h quake and fire he returned to Salt Lake City and collaborated with Race Whitney for the Press club show of ot 1909 The Old Bedstead produced at the Salt Lake theater He then returned to San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco and became the dramatic critic of ot the San Francisco Examiner Examiner Ex Ex- and later late filled the same post with the Chronicle On a short leave lea of absence he The Dublin Minstrel and The House of Kerrigan and ft upon hi hl return to the Chronicle jT o began belan his famous column Bits Bib of Color About Town Mr Youngs Young's career with the motion mo mo- Hon tion pictures began after he published published pub pub- When Caesar Ran a Paper press agent travesty He joined the scenario staff of Universal studios and nd then wrote Suds Suda for Mary Pickford in 1920 In the next three i years he alternated between the Hollywood and Long Island studios C of If Famous Players producing some 18 photoplays He then became affiliated with Louis B. B Mayer and Metro Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer His outstanding works with M-G-M M were The Unholy Three The Great Divide The Dixie Handicap Th The Blackbird and many others Mr rr Young went under contract to Paramount studios in 1931 and since inre then had written sc scenarios of The Plainsman D e a s sir I r e c Poppy PoPPO The Crusades Peter Men Ien in White Lives of a Bengal Lancer A Bedtime Story StorO Sign of the Cross Love Lo Mo Tonight and Rhythm on the Range Eange He returned to M-G-M M two years ago ego Mr Young was an early member ef cf the Bohemian club of ot San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco and produced several of their annual plays Recently a book of his poems Lace of a Thousand Trees was published In 1912 he married Elizabeth Haight gr granddaughter of Sam Brannan pioneer San Francisco newspaper publisher i He is survived by his widow of ot Hollywood Cal his mother Mrs Agnes M. M Young of ot Salt Lake City a a. brother Mahonri and a twin brother Winfield S. S Young also of Salt Bait Lake City |