June Mathis (born June Beulah Hughes, January 30, 1887 – July 26, 1927) was an American screenwriter. Mathis was the first female executive for Metro/MGM and at only 35, she was the highest paid executive in Hollywood. In 1926 she was voted the third most influential woman in Hollywood, behind Mary Pickford and Norma Talmadge. Mathis is best remembered for discovering Rudolph Valentino and writing such films as The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921), and Blood and Sand (1922).
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Known For
Greed
(1924)
Screenplay
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925)
Adaptation
Full Filmography
Writing
God's Half Acre
(1916)
Writer
The Upstart
(1916)
Scenario Writer
Blue Jeans
(1917)
Writer
The Millionaire's Double
(1917)
Story
Threads of Fate
(1917)
Writer
A Wife by Proxy
(1917)
Scenario Writer
The Barricade
(1917)
Writer
The Power of Decision
(1917)
Writer
Red, White and Blue Blood
(1917)
Writer
Draft 258
(1917)
Writer
His Father's Son
(1917)
Scenario Writer
The Call of Her People
(1917)
Writer
The Jury of Fate
(1917)
Writer
Social Quicksands
(1918)
Writer
Eye for Eye
(1918)
Writer
Toys of Fate
(1918)
Scenario Writer
Daybreak
(1918)
Screenplay
The Eyes of Mystery
(1918)
Writer
Secret Strings
(1918)
Scenario Writer
The Trail To Yesterday
(1918)
Writer
The House of Mirth
(1918)
Writer
Social Hypocrites
(1918)
Writer
Sylvia on a Spree
(1918)
Writer
The Divorcee
(1919)
Writer
The Brat
(1919)
Screenplay
The Red Lantern
(1919)
Writer
Out of the Fog
(1919)
Writer
Lombardi, Ltd.
(1919)
Scenario Writer
Satan Junior
(1919)
Writer
The Willow Tree
(1920)
Screenplay
The Right of Way
(1920)
Screenplay
The Walk-Offs
(1920)
Writer
The Saphead
(1920)
Screenplay
Hearts Are Trumps
(1920)
Writer
Polly with a Past
(1920)
Scenario Writer
The Conquering Power
(1921)
Writer
Camille
(1921)
Writer
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
(1921)
Screenplay
The Hole in the Wall
(1921)
Adaptation
Blood and Sand
(1922)
Screenplay
Turn to the Right
(1922)
Writer
The Golden Gift
(1922)
Story
The Young Rajah
(1922)
Writer
The Spanish Dancer
(1923)
Adaptation and Screenplay
Three Wise Fools
(1923)
Writer
The Day of Faith
(1923)
Adaptation and Screenplay
Greed
(1924)
Screenplay
The Desert Flower
(1925)
Writer
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925)
Adaptation
Sally
(1925)
Screenplay
We Moderns
(1925)
Writer
The Greater Glory
(1926)
Scenario Writer and Screenplay
Irene
(1926)
Script Editor
An Affair of the Follies
(1927)
Writer
The Masked Woman
(1927)
Writer
Acting
Souls for Sale
(1923)
Self - Celebrity Writer
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
(1961)
Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
(2016)
Herself (archive footage)
Editing