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The first full-length study of the authorial and cross-media practices of the English novelist Elinor Glyn (1864-1943); Elinor Glyn as Novelist; Moviemaker; Glamour Icon and Businesswoman examines Glynrsquo;s work as a novelist in the United Kingdom followed by her success in Hollywood where she adapted her popular romantic novels into films. Making extensive use of newly available archival materials; Vincent L. Barnett and Alexis Weedon explore Glynrsquo;s experiences from multiple perspectives; including the artistic; legal and financial aspects of the adaptation process. At the same time; they document Glynrsquo;s personal and professional relationships with a number of prominent individuals in the Hollywood studio system; including Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg. The authors contextualize Glynrsquo;s involvement in scenario-writing in relationship to other novelists in Hollywood; such as Edgar Wallace and Arnold Bennett; and also show how Glyn worked across Europe and America to transform her stories into other forms of media such as plays and movies. Providing a new perspective from which to understand the historical development of both British and American media industries in the first half of the twentieth century; this book will appeal to historians working in the fields of cultural and film studies; publishing and business history.