Gerald C. Duffy(1896-1928)
- Writer
American journalist, short-story writer, and film scenarist. Duffy was
editor of Redbook magazine and a most prolific contributor of short
stories to it and other serial magazines. He had written over 200
stories by the age of 23. His popularity as a writer led to employment
by First National Studios as a scenario and title writer in 1919, and
he wrote for dozens of films before dying suddenly at the studio while
dictating a script. He was 32.