Background
Porter, Verne Hardin was born on December 2, 1889 in Abilene, Texas, United States. Son of Henry Alexander and Margaret (Moran) Porter.
Porter, Verne Hardin was born on December 2, 1889 in Abilene, Texas, United States. Son of Henry Alexander and Margaret (Moran) Porter.
Educational public schools, Everett, Washington.
Entered newspaper work at 16. City editor Duluth Star and Saint Paul News, 1907. Editor Washington Democrat, 1908.
Telegraph editor Portland (Oregon) Journal, 1911-1913.
City editor Salt Lake Herald-Republican and editor of Telegram, 1913-1914. Associate editor The Red Book Magazine, The Blue Book Magazine, The Green Book Magazine, 1914-1916.
Editor-in-chief Salt Lake Telegram, 1917. Editor Cosmopolitan Magazine, and associate editor-in-chief International Magazine Company.
Became editor-in-chief International Film Service Company (Cosmopolitan Productions), 1918, was editor-in-chief Tower Publications.
Also publisher Smart Secretariat magazine, 1926. Editor in chief Famous Players-Lasky (Paramount Pictures) Corporation, 1927. Vice president, secretary and editor in chief Trade Publications, Incorporated.
Editor Universal Pictures Corporation Writer scenarios for Triangle Film Company.
Western manager Paralta Productions, Incorporated., 1917. President Verne Porter, Incorporated., consultant editors.
Company-Author: (serials) The Life Story of Maude Adams and Her Mother, 1914. George M. Cohan’s Own Story, 1915.
The Perfect Forty-six, 1917.
Contributor more than 100 short stories. Office: New York, New New York
Married A’Lillyan de Froza Morrow-Stanfield, of Echo, Oregon, December 31, 1910. Married second, Eileen Christie, September 1925.