Frank w spig wead biography

When Frank Wilber Wead was born on 24 October 1895, in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States, his father, Samuel De Forest Wead, was 42 and his mother, Grace Bestor, was 24. He married Minnie Louise Bryant on 17 January 1917, in San Diego, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Peoria City Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Beverly Hills Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. In 1940, at the age of 45, his occupation is listed as writer, motion pictures . He died on 15 November 1947, in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States.

Introduction

During the recently completed centennial of naval aviation (2011), there were many and varied tributes to the factual history of naval aviation. Nevertheless, we cannot forget that public perception of the armed forces is also a strong historical consideration. In Sailing on the Silver Screen: Hollywood and the U.S. Navy, Lawrence Suid has observed that “for most of the past ninety years the American film industry and the U.S. Navy have worked together to their mutual benefit. Hollywood used the Navy to obtain—at little or no cost—personnel, equipment, and locations for movies filled with adventure, romance, and drama. In turn, the Navy obtained—at little or no cost—a positive public image that boosted both its recruiting efforts and its relations with Congress.” This is especially true if we consider how the careers of two pioneers of Hollywood and the U.S. Navy—director John Ford and screenwriter Frank W. “Spig” Wead became intertwined during the Golden Era of

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