Gilson Willets

Gilson Willets (August 10, 1869 - 1922) was a journalist, author, and screenwriter in the United States. He was born in Hempstead, New York. He wrote for Leslie's Weekly, Collier's Weekly and many other publications.^[1] He covered the Spanish–American War in Cuba. He traveled widely^[2] before becoming a production manager for Pathé.^[3] His work includes several film serials.^[4]

Gilson Willets
Born	(1869-08-10)August 10, 1869 Hempstead, New York, U.S.
Died	May 26, 1922(1922-05-26) (aged 52) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Author Journalist Screenwriter
Nationality	American

Volunteers for the Spanish–American War including many Cuban cigar workers from Tampa, Florida in 1898

As a journalist, he covered a plague in India and E. H. Harriman's Harriman Scientific Expedition to Alaska.^[4] He was described as the American Guy de Maupassant for his terse writing style.^[5]

He wrote about New Mexico in 1905.^[6]

He married Daisy Van Der Veer and his son was named Gilson Vander Veer Willets.

Bibliography

• His Neighbor's Wife
• Anita, Cuban Spy
• The Triumph of Yankee Doodle
• Workers of the Nation
• The Commercial Invasion of Europe
• Inside History of the White House
• Rulers of the World at Home^[7]
• The Loves of Twenty and One (1899)
• Myster of the Double Cross^[8]

Filmography

• The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913), a serial co-written with Harold MacGrath
• The Adventures of Ruth (1919), serial
• Little Orphant Annie (1918 film)
• The Mystery of the Double Cross (1917)
• The City of Purple Dreams (1918 film), an adaptation of an Edwin Baird novel
• The Tiger's Trail (1919), an adaptation of a story by Arthur B. Reeve
• The Garden of Allah (1916 film), an adaptation of a Robert Hichens novel
• Hands Up (serial) (1918)
• The Bells (1918 film)
• The Heart of Texas Ryan (1917)
• The Princess of Patches (1917)
• Sweet Alyssum (film), film adaptation
• A Change of Administration
• The House of a Thousand Candles (1915 film)
• In the Days of the Thundering Herd
• Who Shall Take My Life?
• Ruth of the Range
• Beware of Strangers