Background
Schallert, Edwin FRancis was born on April 15, 1890 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of John Joseph and Mary Joseph (Lindsay) Schallert.
Schallert, Edwin FRancis was born on April 15, 1890 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of John Joseph and Mary Joseph (Lindsay) Schallert.
AB, St. Vincent's College, 1908; AM, St. Vincent's College, 1911; student, Los Angeles Business College, 1909-1910.
Writer, associate editor, West Coast Magazine, Los Angeles, 1910-1911;
finance editor, Los Angeles Times, 1912-1915;
drama editor, music critic, Los Angeles Times, 1915-1917;
drama, mtion picture editor, critic, Los Angeles Times, 1919-1958;
music critic, Los Angeles Times, 1919-1934;
editor, Weekly Motin Picture Preview, 1924-1933;
editor, Annual Motion Picture Preview, 1927-1958. West Coast co-correspondent Picture-Play Magazine, 1923-1936. Weekly radio broadcaster Conversations with Film Personalities, radio stations, Los Angeles, 1934-1938.
West Coast correspondent New York Herald-Tribune, 1948-1952. Lecturer theatre arts department University of California at Los Angeles, 1958. Radio gust Elza Schallert Revs., Hollywood on the Air.
Westminster Abbey correspondent for Elizabeth II coronation, 1953.
With American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1919. Member Hollywood Publicists Association (honorary), Variety Club International, Motion Picture Sound Editors, Hollywood Press Club.
Married Elza Emily Baumgarten, June 30, 1921. Children: William Joseph, John Walter, Roy Edwin.
