J. G. Hawks

John Gerald Hawks (1874-1940) was an American screenwriter.^[1] He wrote several scripts for Thomas H. Ince's^[2] Kay-Bee Pictures. He also wrote the first photoplay featuring Mabel Normand.^[1]

One of his scripts was made as a tribute to the deceased jurist Juan J. Carrillo.^[1] His career ended with the transition to talking pictures requiring scripted dialogue.^[3]

Filmography

• The Quakeress (1913)
• The Geisha (1914)
• Aloha Oe (1915) co-written with Ince
• "Bad Buck" of Santa Ynez (1915)^[4]
• D'artagnan (1915)^[5]
• House of His Fathers (1915) co-written with Ince
• Raiders (1915) co-written with Ince
• The Three Musketeers (1916)
• The Vagabond Prince (1916)
• The Raiders (1916)
• The Primal Lure (1916), an adaptation of a Vingie E. Roe novel^[1]
• Somewhere in France (1916), based on a book
• Chicken Casey (1917)
• Wooden Shoes (1917)
• A Strange Transgressor (1917), from a story
• Paws of the Bear (1917)
• The Firefly of Tough Luck (1917)
• The Bride of Hate (1917)
• The Dark Road (1917)
• The Last of the Ingrams (1917)
• Paddy O'Hara (1917)
• Blood Will Tell (1917)
• Truthful Tulliver (1917)
• Time Locks and Diamonds (1917)
• The Tar Heel Warrior (1917)
• The Millionaire Vagrant (1917)
• Flare-Up Sal (1918)
• Partners Three (1919)
• Under Crimson Skies (1920)
• Love in the Dark (1922)
• The Glorious Fool (1922)
• Hearts Aflame (1923)
• The Sea Hawk (1924)
• The Splendid Road (1925)
• Her Husband's Secret (1925)
• The Price of Pleasure (1925)
• Percy (1925)
• The Combat (1926)
• Breed of the Sea (1926)
• Enemies of Society (1927)
• The Sonora Kid (1927)
• Ladies Beware (1927)
• Shanghaied (1927)
• Freedom of the Press (1928)
• The Michigan Kid (1928)
• Melody Lane (1929)