Illustration on the dust jacket of "Under the Crescent," the novelization of the stories Shipman wrote for the the Universal movie series of the same name. Shipman's first years in Hollywood were spent writing stories and scenarios for the silent...
Amerigo Serrao (1893?-1960), Nell Shipman's companion from the mid 1930s until his death in 1960. Born in Italy to American sculptor Luella Varney Serrao, he worked in films in the 1920s and 30s, directing a number of films in England. He worked...