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Burke Jenkins
A largely forgotten early screenwriter, he helped shape silent-era adventure and melodrama with stories that reached movie screens in the 1920s. His surviving credits point to a brief but notable career in American film writing.
4 Audiobooks
Nick Carter Stories No. 124, January 23, 1915: The girl kidnaper; or, Nick Carter's up-to-date clew.
by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Burke Jenkins
Nick Carter Stories No. 123, January 16, 1915: Half a million ransom; or, Nick Carter and the needy nine.
by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Burke Jenkins, A. L. Small
Nick Carter Stories No. 122, January 9, 1915: The suicide; or, Nick Carter and the lost head
by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Burke Jenkins, E. K. Nostwell
Nick Carter Stories No. 121, January 2, 1915: The call of death; or, Nick Carter's clever assistant
by Nicholas (House name) Carter, Burke Jenkins
About the author
Burke Jenkins was an American writer born in North Carolina on July 21, 1879. The clearest biographical details available today come from film reference sources, which identify him as a writer who later died in Ventura, California, on October 19, 1948.
He is best remembered for silent-film writing credits tied to the 1920s, including The Drug Store Cowboy (1925), Flame of the Argentine (1926), and Lure of the Night Club (1927). IMDb’s filmography also lists additional story credits such as Bright Skies (1920), The Spirit of Good (1920), The Greater Profit (1921), and A Yankee Go-Getter (1921), suggesting he worked steadily during the silent era.
Not much else about his life appears to be well documented in widely accessible sources, so his reputation rests mainly on those screen credits. Even so, they place him among the many writers whose work helped build early American popular cinema.