Background
Beatty, Jerome was born on November 14, 1886 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of William Herbert and Nellie (Griswold) Beatty.
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Jerome Beatty
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Griswold
Education
Educated University of Kansas, 1904-1908.
Career
Began as reporter on newspapers at Lawrence Kansas, Hutchinson, Kansas, Kansas City, Missoury, New Orleans, Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, 1908-1915. Entered motion picture publicity and advertising with Essanay Film Company, 1915. With Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, 1916-1922 (special representative Hollywood Studio, 1922).
With Preferred Pictures, 1923.
Director exploitation Universal Pictures, 1924. Assistant to Will H. Hays, president Motion Picture Producers and Distributor American, 1925-1927, also director 2 national greater movie season campaigns.
Director publicity and advertising First National Pictures, 1927-1928. Free lance writer articles and fiction, mostly for American Magazine, Reader’s Digest and Collier’s Weekly, since 1928, also writing under pen names of J. B. Griswold and Lawrence McCann.
Republican, Connecticut General Assembly, 1949-1958.
Reecipient distinguished service award University Kansas Alumni Association, 1951.
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Member Sigma Chirurgical Toured world for Reader’s Digest and wrote about interesting Americans abroad.
Connections
Married Dorothea Janet McKnight, April. Children: Jerome McKnight, James McKnight (deceased).
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Political Party
Republican