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Jane Murfin

Screenwriter / Film Director / Film Producer / Playwright / Writer | * 10/27/1884 († 70, 08/10/1955) | Quincy, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
Jane Murfin, née Macklem (October 27, 1884 – August 10, 1955) was an American playwright and screenwriter. The author of several successful plays, she wrote some of them with actress Jane Cowl—most notably Smilin' Through (1919), which was adapted three times for motion pictures. In Hollywood Murfin became a popular screenwriter whose credits include What Price Hollywood? (1932), for which she received an Academy Award nomination. In the 1920s she lived with Laurence Trimble, writing and producing films for their dog Strongheart, the first major canine star. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Jane Murfin

Academy Award for Best Story
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Movies with Jane Murfin as Crew(71)

Writing/Adaptation2008 The Women
Writing/Writer1944 Dragon Seed
Writing/Adaptation1943 Flight for Freedom
Writing/Screenplay1941 Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Writing/Theatre Play1941 Smilin' Through
Writing/Screenplay1940 Pride and Prejudice
Writing/Screenplay1939 The Women
Writing/Screenplay1939 Stand Up and Fight
Writing/Screenplay1938 The Shining Hour
Writing/Screenplay1937 I'll Take Romance
Writing/Screenplay1936 Come and Get It
Writing/Screenplay1935 Romance in Manhattan
Directing/Continuity1935 Break of Hearts
Writing/Screenplay1935 Roberta
Writing/Screenplay1935 Alice Adams
Writing/Screenplay1934 The Crime Doctor
Writing/Writer1934 The Fountain
Writing/Screenplay1934 This Man Is Mine
Writing/Screenplay1934 The Life of Vergie Winters
Writing/Screenplay1934 The Little Minister
Writing/Screenplay1934 Spitfire
Writing/Screenplay1933 Ann Vickers
Writing/Screenplay1933 Our Betters
Writing/Screenplay1933 Double Harness
Writing/Adaptation1933 After Tonight
Writing/Story1933 After Tonight
Writing/Screenplay1933 The Silver Cord
Crew/Additional Dialogue1932 Young Bride
Writing/Screenplay1932 What Price Hollywood?
Writing/Screenplay1932 Rockabye
Writing/Theatre Play1932 Smilin' Through
Writing/Adaptation1931 White Shoulders
Writing/Screenplay1931 White Shoulders
Writing/Writer1931 Friends and Lovers
Writing/Screenplay1931 Too Many Cooks
Writing/Screenplay1931 Way Back Home
Writing/Story1931 Way Back Home
Writing/Adaptation1930 The Runaway Bride
Writing/Screenplay1930 The Runaway Bride
Writing/Screenplay1930 The Pay-Off
Writing/Writer1930 Lawful Larceny
Writing/Screenplay1929 Street Girl
Writing/Screenplay1929 Half Marriage
Writing/Screenplay1929 Dance Hall
Writing/Writer1929 Seven Keys to Baldpate
Writing/Screenplay1929 Side Street
Writing/Theatre Play1928 Lilac Time
Writing/Adaptation1927 The Notorious Lady
Writing/Screenplay1927 The Notorious Lady
Writing/Adaptation1927 The Prince of Headwaiters
Writing/Screenplay1927 The Prince of Headwaiters
Writing/Writer1926 The Savage
Writing/Writer1925 A Slave of Fashion
Writing/Adaptation1925 White Fang
Writing/Screenplay1925 White Fang
Directing/Director1924 Flapper Wives
Writing/Theatre Play1924 Flapper Wives
Writing/Screenplay1924 Flapper Wives
Writing/Story1924 The Love Master
Writing/Theatre Play1922 Smilin' Through
Directing/Director1922 Brawn of the North
Production/Producer1922 Brawn of the North
Writing/Story1922 Brawn of the North
Writing/Story1921 Playthings of Destiny
Writing/Adaptation1921 The Silent Call
Writing/Screenplay1921 The Silent Call
Writing/Screenplay1920 The Amateur Wife
Writing/Theatre Play1919 A Temperamental Wife
Writing/Story1919 The Right To Lie
Writing/Writer1919 Marie, Ltd.
Writing/Theatre Play1918 Daybreak

Full Name: Jane Murfin
Born: Monday, 10/27 1884 (October) in Quincy, Michigan (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 08/10 1955 (August) in Brentwood (aged: 70)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Donald Crisp
Other names for Jane Murfin (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Alan Langdon Martin"
"Allan Langdon Martin" (Pseudonym)
Jane Murfin frequently works together with these people:
Max Steiner (15x, Crew)
Van Nest Polglase (13x, Crew)
Walter Plunkett (13x, Crew)
Pandro S. Berman (12x, Crew)
Laurence Trimble (10x, Crew)
Max Rée (9x, Crew)
Carroll Clark (9x, Crew)
Mel Berns (8x, Crew)
William LeBaron (8x, Crew)
Jane Cowl (7x, Crew)
John Cromwell (7x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1032874, Added: 11/30/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024