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Background
Mary Jane Warren was among the first female film critics. She wrote primarily for Motion Picture, a defunct film magazine. Warren was active during the silent film era and was known for working with fan news.1

Marriage and Family
Mary Jane Warren was married to William T. Warren.2

Publications and Affiliations
Mary Jane Warren was affiliated with Motion Picture, The Morning Telegraph, and eventually at Warner Brothers handling fan mail.

Sightings
Mary Jane Warren, like many women working in the silent film era, is largely unhistoricized. It was not common for by-lines to appear with fan news, so her name does not appear on articles to which she contributed. Her prominence in the silent film world is marked largely in newspapers reporting on celebrity sightings, in which her name occasionally features. 3 She was involved in press, namely working for Motion Pictures Today as early as 1925. A Motion Picture News indicates that “Mary Jane Warren of Motion Pictures Today” was among those present at a luncheon to meet Evelyn Brent, a silent film actress, at Rothenstein, F.B.O.’s, director of publicity and advertising. At the Luncheon, members of New York Dailies could report on Brent for trade papers and fan magazines.4 Her career at Motion Pictures Today took a brief hiatus somewhere between 1925 and 1926. Warren returned in Fall of 1926. This hiatus and return is indicated by a brief in The Film Daily that Warren “has rejoined the editorial staff...to review and handle fan news.” 5 In 1927, Motion Picture News reported that Mr. and Mrs. William T. (“Mary Jane Warren”) were one of the better known people in attendance at a luncheon given by Sigrid Holmquist, underscoring her importance and influence in a period in which women by no means dominated the entertainment industry. 6 Warren began working for Warner Brothers in 1929. The July-September issue of The Film Daily reported that A.P. Waxman, director of advertising and publicity for Warner Brothers had appointed Warren to assist with compiling press books in his department. The news brief indicates that Warren, in addition to Motion Pictures Daily, had been affiliated with The Morning Telegraph and other publications.7 Motion Picture News,8 indicated the same appointment in its corresponding issue in July, 1929, as well as Variety on August 28, 19299 and Exhibitors Herald World10.