Marian Ainslee

Marian Ainslee (1896 – 1966) was an American screenwriter and researcher active during Hollywood's silent film era. She often co-wrote titles for silent films with Ruth Cummings.

Biography
Marian Ainslee was born in Marceline, Missouri. Her first job out of school was as a newspaper reporter in Jefferson City, Missouri, where she interviewed politicians. Discouraged by salaries she encountered in journalism, she decided to move to Hollywood and give screenwriting a try. After getting her start as a script clerk, Ainslee became one of MGM's top title writers during the 1920s and early 1930s, linked closely to producer Irving Thalberg. When Thalberg died, she briefly retired from screenwriting; in 1938, she signed with RKO and wrote Carefree. According to one estimation, she titled as many as 200 films during her time in the business. She was married to Albert Coonley, a newspaper artist; they appear to have been divorced by the time of his death in 1941.

Selected filmography

 * The Duke of Chimney Butte (1921)
 * Foolish Wives (1922)
 * A Lady of Quality (1924)
 * He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
 * Secrets of the Night (1924)
 * The Merry Widow (1925)
 * Graustark (1925)
 * The Tower of Lies (1925)
 * Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
 * The Temptress (1926)
 * Flesh and the Devil (1926)
 * Winners of the Wilderness (1927)
 * Lovers? (1927)
 * California (1927)
 * Annie Laurie (1927)
 * Foreign Devils (1927)
 * Quality Street (1927)
 * In Old Kentucky (1927)
 * Love (1927)
 * A Certain Young Woman (1928)
 * The Mysterious Lady (1928)
 * Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
 * The Masks of the Devil (1928)
 * Dream of Love (1928)
 * A Woman of Affairs (1928)
 * Wild Orchids (1929)
 * Desert Nights (1929)
 * The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
 * Wonder of Woman (1929)
 * The Single Standard (1929)
 * Hallelujah (1929)
 * Our Modern Maidens (1929)
 * The Kiss (1929)
 * Queen Kelly (1932)
 * What Every Woman Knows (1934)
 * Carefree (1938)