25 Facts About Emilie Johnson

Emilie Johnson was a Swedish-American author, scenarist, and movie producer.

Emilie Johnson was the mother of American actor, director, producer, and writer Emory Johnson.

In 1912, Emory Johnson dropped out of college and embarked upon a career in the movie business, starting as an assistant camera operator at Essanay Studios.

Emilie Johnson wrote all of the stories and screenplays her son used for his successful career directing melodramas.

The Emilie Johnson team continued producing melodramas until the late 1920s.

Emilie Johnson was living with her son at the time of her death.

Emilie Johnson was born Emilie Matilda Jonsdotter in Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden on June 3,1867.

Emilie Johnson arrived in San Francisco on September 24,1891.

In 1900, the Emilie Johnson family lived comfortably on Bush Street in San Francisco.

Emilie Johnson continued to raise their son, and attended California College of the Arts as an art major.

In 1912, Emory Emilie Johnson entered the movie business as an assistant cameraman.

That year, Emilie Johnson began writing scenarios for the silver screen.

Emilie Johnson would make seventeen movies in 1916, including six shorts and eleven feature-length dramas, the second-highest output of his career in a year.

Emilie Johnson was credited with both the story and screenplay for this melodrama.

Emilie Johnson wrote the script, their only production of the year.

Emilie Johnson's grandson was run over by a truck and killed in Los Angeles.

Alfred Bernard Emilie Johnson was only five years old when he died in March 1926.

Emilie Johnson was now approaching sixty years of age, while Emory was still in his thirties.

Emilie Johnson's granddaughter Diana Marie was born in October 1929.

In November 1930, Emory Emilie Johnson released his first Tiffany-Stahl Productions contract production, The Third Alarm.

Emilie Johnson was married to her only husband, Alfred, and had one son, Emory Johnson.

Emilie Johnson had four grandchildren after her son married Ella Hall:.

Emilie Johnson wrote stories about law enforcement officers, firefighters, mail carriers, railroad engineers, patriots, baseball players, and newspaper press operators.

Emilie Johnson's son brought them to the screen in epic melodramas.

The Emilie Johnson team felt their human-interest stories would be relatable on the silver screen.