Ethel M. Dell
Ethel May Dell Savage (2 August 1881 – 17 September 1939), known by her pen name, Ethel M. Dell, was a British writer of over thirty popular romance novels and several short stories from 1911 to 1939.
Works
Romance
Television adaptations of six books by well-known romantic novelists.
Release Date1977-03-02
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Episode Count1
The Swindler
A man takes the blame for a girl's crooked brother and weds her when her hand is amputated.
Release Date1919-12-28
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count2
A Debt of Honour
In India an engineer blackmails a girl over her gambling brother.
Release Date1922-12-01
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count1
The Hundredth Chance
'Lady marries horse trainer but withholds herself until crippled brother is cured.' (British Film Catalogue)
Release Date1920-06-01
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count1
The Rose of Paris
A French orphan who grew up in a convent sets out to see Paris. It turns out that she is the heir to a fortune but doesn't know it, and has been lured to Paris by one of the heirs who does know who she is; he plans to swindle her out of her inheritance so he can have everything.
Release Date1924-11-09
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count1
The Prey of the Dragon
In Australia a drunkard hires a gang to kill his ex-fiancée's husband.
Release Date1921-09-01
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count1
The Safety Curtain
Puck is a music hall dancer, married to an abusive husband. One night the music hall catches fire. Puck is rescued by an army officer and her husband perishes. Puck marries the officer and they begin a new life in India, until a man from her past finds her and makes demands.
Release Date1918-07-10
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count4
The Eleventh Hour
A colonel's daughter marries a farmer in name only, but returns to him when her lover threatens suicide.
Release Date1922-10-01
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count1
The Woman of His Dream
Release Date1921-07-01
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Her Own Free Will
To save her father from bankruptcy, Nan Everard marries wealthy Peter Craddock and under protest goes with him to South America. En route she is injured in an automobile wreck, but Peter continues the trip. He returns to find her renewing an old friendship, and though she hopes to obtain a divorce she finally surrenders to his stronger will.
Release Date1924-07-20
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count1
The Experiment
A rich girl's fiancé poses as a chauffeur to stop her eloping with a major.
Release Date1922-09-01
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count1
The Rocks of Valpre
A romantic melodrama about a young woman, Christine, who falls in love with a glamorous French soldier. Bertrand is involved in secret work with the French army but when he gets falsely accused of stealing army plans, she marries the sensible, rich and older Trevor Mordaunt.
Release Date1919-06-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
The Rocks of Valpre
A framed captain breaks jail and saves his ex-fiancée from blackmail.
Release Date1935-01-16
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
The Knave of Diamonds
Release Date1921-07-01
DepartmentWriting
JobNovel
Vote Count1