Individual 231: Baldwin, Earl Webster

Individual Record 231

Name} Baldwin, Earl Webster

Family History} Olson

Title}

Race} White

Sex} Male

Birth: Date} Exa 11 Jan 1901

Place} Newark, Essex, New Jersey

Marr.: Date} Exa 21 Mar 1927

Place} Redwood City, San Mateo, California (Link)

Death: Date} Exa 9 Oct 1970

Place} Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California

Burial: Date} Exa 12 Oct 1970

Place} Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California

Grave Marker}

Source 1}	12 = Family notes
Source 2}	2154=Birth record
Source 3}	2226=1905 NJ cen
Source 4}	229 = 1910 USA cen
Source 5}	2149=1915 NJ cen
Source 6}	898 = 1920 USA cen
Source 7}	2267=Marriage
Source 8}	2268=Newspaper
Source 9}	1341=Passenger ls
Source 10	498 = Newspaper
Source 11}	1271=City directy
Source 12}	988 = City directy
Source 13}	1342=1940 USA cen
Source 13	2269=Newspaper
Source 14}	1972=Military rec
Source 15}	2270=1950 USA cen
Source 16}	1275=Newspaper
Source 17}	536 = Death record
Source 18}	542 = S.S. record
Source 19}	2271=Obituary
Source 20}	1894=Cemetery rec

Parents: } Edward James Baldwin & Ella M. Young
Relationship No.} 64

1st Household No.} 76 = Newark, Essex, New Jersey

Occupation 1} Bank clerk
Occupation 2} Script writer

Religion/Church}

Spouses: Prime} Lamb, Mildred Estella
Total Number of} 1

Notes: Earl Webster Baldwin was born 11 Jan 1901 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey. He was the first son of James Edward Baldwin and Ella M. Young.

In the 1905 NJ State census. Earl W., 4, was living with his parents, Edward J. Baldwin, 33, and Ella M., 31, at 130 Sherman Ave, Newark, Essex, NJ. His father was a clerk for Hositary Engineer, and their home was rented.

In the 1910 U.S. census, Earl W., 9, was living with his parents, Edward J. Baldwin, 38, and Ella M., 36, at 27 Vanderpool St., Newark Ward 9, Essex, NJ. His father was a bookkeeper for a jewelery factory, their home was rented. His younger brother, Harold E., was 2.

In the 1915 NJ State census, Earl W., 14, was living with his parents, Edward J. Baldwin, 43, and Ellen [sic], 41, at 191 Eagle Rock Ave., West Orange, Essex, NJ. His father was a shipping clerk, and their home was rented. His younger brother Harold was 7. Earl graduated from the American Institute of Banking, New York City, and went to work as a teller in a bank.

In the 1920 U.S. census, Earl, 19, was living with his parents, Edward J. Baldwin, 47, and Ella, 45, still on Eagle Rock Ave, West Orange, Essex, NJ. He was a bank clerk. His father was an assembler for a phonograph maker (probably Edison). His brother Harold E. was 12. Earl was offered a job as a chorus boy by Ned Wayburn, the famous director and choreographer. His parents objected, so he went on to hold 33 jobs, ranging from soda jerk to office boy for Thomas A. Edison.

Earl Webster Baldwin, 21, married Mildred Estella Lamb, 18, on 21 Mar 1927 in her parents home on Arch Street, Redwood City, San Mateo, California. Earl was a screen writer for MGM Studios in Culver City, Mildred had just finished touring with her sister Hazel Lamb. The couple planned to reside in Hollywood. For awhile, they lived east of Los Angeles, in the Covina area, then moved to the San Fernando Valley area where they lived for over thirty years.

No census record can be found for the couple in the 1930 USA census. Intrigued by the stage and film, Earl held many jobs over the years. In 1930, he was acting in short plays, usually in "renegade roles". In In 1934, he fell from a scaffold while working as an electrician on a film at Fox Movietone City. He produced an amateur collegiate musical comedy. This led to a job as play reviewer and reader for MGM. He went on to produce over 36 burlesque productions in Los Angeles, and wrote many screen plays for the MGM and Warner Brothers studios. In a 1969 newspaper article, he is credited with 84 feature screen credits, and 26 television shows.

In 1935, Earl was working as a screen writer, and they were living at 4039 Cromwell Ave., Los Angeles. He traveled to Panama, apparently alone, returning on 11 Nov 1935 from Cristobal to San Pedro, [Wilmington, Los Angeles] aboard the S.S. Santa Elena, traveling First Class In 1939, they were living at 4245 Clybourn av, San Fernando, Los Angeles, CA. Earl was a writer for Warner Bros.

In the 1940 U.S. census, Earl W. Baldwin, 38, and Mildred E. Baldwin, 36, were living at 5251 Woodman, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, CA. Earl was a scenario writer, had completed 2 years of high school, had an income of over $5,000, and they owned their home. It was a new home, having being built in 1939, with 3,929 sq. ft. They had one daughter, Phyllis, 5. Also in the household was Helen Steffen, a servant, and Ivah Daty, a nurse.

On 14 Feb 1942, Earl Webster Baldwin, 41, registered for the World War II draft. Living at the Woodman address in Van Nuys, he was described as 5'11", 162 lbs., with brown eyes, brown hair, and a dark complexion. His father, Edward J. Baldwin, was living at the Washington Hotel in nearby Culver City.

In the 1950 U.S. census, Earl W. Baldwin, 46, and Mildred E., 44, were living at 4343 Sutton, Apt. 13, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. He was a writer for a movie studio. Their two girls were Phyllis E., 15, and Suzaanne M., 9.

About 1966, Earl was stricken with pancreatic problems, and stopped writing. In 1969, with the help of treatment through a home health care agency, he began writing again. At that time he and his wife were living at 1523½ Dickens St., Sherman Oaks. After a morning walk, he would dictate stories to his wife to be typed up by a commercial secretary.

Earl died 9 Oct 1970 at the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills, where he had lived for the past year and a half. Services were held the following Monday, 12 Oct 1970, at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California.