Background
Kummer, Frederic Arnold was born on August 5, 1873 in Catonsville, Maryland, United States. Son of Arnold and Mary Morris (Pancoast) Kummer.
Kummer, Frederic Arnold was born on August 5, 1873 in Catonsville, Maryland, United States. Son of Arnold and Mary Morris (Pancoast) Kummer.
Civil Engineer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1894.
Assistant editor Railroad Gazette, 1894-1896. Chief engineer American Wood Preserving Company, 1896-1898. General manager Eastern Paving Brick Company, Catskill, New York, 1898-1900.
General manager and chief engineer United States Wood Preserving Company, 1900-1907.
Literature work since 1907. Corporate member American Society of Civil Engineers.
Member Society American Dramatists and Composers, Authors’ League America, Chi Phi. Author: The Green God, 1911.
The Brute, 1912; A Song of Sixpence, 1913.
A Lost Paradise, 1914. The Second Coming (collaboration), 1916. The Painted Woman, 1917.
The Web, 1919.
The Battle of the Nations, 1919. Peggy-Elsie (collaboration), 1919. Pipes of Yesterday (collaboration), 1921.
Plaster Saints, 1921.
The Earth’s Story (child’s book of knowledge), volunteer 1, 1922, volunteer 2, 1923, volunteer 3, 1924. Phryne, 1924; The Road to Fortune, 1925.
Love’s Greatest Mistake, 1927. Ladies in Hades, 1928.
Maypoles and Morals, 1929.
Gentlemen in Hades, 1930. Forbidden Wine, 1931. The Golden Piper, 1932.
Red Clay, 1933.
Manhattan Masquerade, 1934. Design for Murder, 1936. Death at Eight Bells, 1937.
The Scarecrow Murders, The Twisted, Face, The Great Road, 1938.
Leif Erikson The Lucky, 1939. Courage Over the Andes, 1940.
The Torch of Liberty, 1941. Foreign Flag and Freedom, 1942.
The Perilous Island, 1942.
The Free State of Maryland, 1943. Also author of the following plays: Mr. Buttles, 1910; The Other Woman, 1910.
The Brute, 1912.
The Diamond Necklace, 1912. The Painted Woman, 1913. The Magic Melody (musical comedy, with music by Sigmond Romberg), 1919.
My Golden Girl (musical play, music by Victor Herbert), 1919.
The Bonehead, 1920; The Voice, 1923. Song of Omar (play, with music by Harry Tierney), 1935.
The Captive (grand opera with score by Gustav Strube), 1938. Wrote under pseudonym Arnold Fredericks: One Million Francs, 1912.
The Ivory Snuff Box, 1912.
The Blue Lights, 1915. The Little Fortune, 1915. The Film of Fear, 1917.
The Mark of the Bat, 1929.
The Spanish Lady, 1933. Contributor short stories, serials, et cetera, to magazines, and author of many motion pictures, including The Slave Market, The Yellow Pawn, Motherhood, The Ivory Snuff Box, The Belgian, et cetera
Home: 1501 Park Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland.
Member Society American Dramatists and Composers.
Married Clare Rodman Beecher, 1895. Married second, Marion J. McLean, June 14, 1907. Children: Marjorie Beecher (Mistress Roland Young), Fredericka (deceased).