Jane Murfin

from Quincy, Michigan, USA

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Biography

From Wikipedia

Jane Murfin (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), a sentimental fantasy that 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 wrote and produced films for her dog Strongheart, the first major canine star.

Timeline

2008Aged 124

  • Poster for The Women

    Original Story

1944Aged 60

  • Poster for Dragon Seed

    Writer

1943Aged 59

  • Poster for Flight for Freedom

    Adaptation

1941Aged 57

  • Poster for Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Smilin' Through

    Theatre Play

1940Aged 56

  • Poster for Pride and Prejudice

    Screenplay

1939Aged 55

  • Poster for Stand Up and Fight

    Screenplay

  • Poster for The Women

    Screenplay

1938Aged 54

  • Poster for The Shining Hour

    Screenplay

1937Aged 53

  • Poster for I'll Take Romance

    Screenplay

1936Aged 52

  • Poster for Come and Get It

    Screenplay

  • Poster for That Girl from Paris

    Story

1935Aged 51

  • Poster for Romance in Manhattan

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Roberta

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Break of Hearts

    Continuity

  • Poster for Alice Adams

    Screenplay

1934Aged 50

  • Poster for Spitfire

    Screenplay

  • Poster for The Crime Doctor

    Screenplay

  • Poster for This Man Is Mine

    Screenplay

  • Poster for The Life of Vergie Winters

    Screenplay

  • Poster for The Fountain

    Writer

  • Poster for The Little Minister

    Screenplay

1933Aged 49

  • Poster for Our Betters

    Screenplay

  • Poster for The Silver Cord

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Double Harness

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Ann Vickers

    Screenplay

  • Poster for After Tonight

    Story

  • Poster for Little Women

    Additional Writing

1932Aged 48

  • Poster for Young Bride

    Additional Dialogue

  • Poster for What Price Hollywood?

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Smilin' Through

    Theatre Play

  • Poster for Rockabye

    Screenplay

1931Aged 47

  • Poster for White Shoulders

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Too Many Cooks

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Friends and Lovers

    Writer

  • Poster for Way Back Home

    Story

1930Aged 46

  • Poster for The Runaway Bride

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Lawful Larceny

    Writer

  • Poster for The Pay-Off

    Screenplay

1929Aged 45

  • Poster for Street Girl

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Side Street

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Half Marriage

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Seven Keys to Baldpate

    Writer

  • Poster for Dance Hall

    Screenplay

1928Aged 44

  • Poster for Lilac Time

    Theatre Play

1927Aged 43

  • Poster for The Notorious Lady

    Screenplay

  • Poster for The Prince of Headwaiters

    Screenplay

1926Aged 42

  • Poster for The Savage

    Writer

1925Aged 41

  • Poster for White Fang

    Screenplay

  • Poster for A Slave of Fashion

    Writer

1924Aged 40

  • Poster for The Love Master

    Story

  • Poster for Flapper Wives

    Producer

1922Aged 38

  • Poster for Smilin' Through

    Theatre Play

  • Poster for Brawn of the North

    Story

1921Aged 37

  • Poster for Playthings of Destiny

    Story

  • Poster for The Silent Call

    Screenplay

1920Aged 36

  • Poster for The Amateur Wife

    Screenplay

1919Aged 35

  • Poster for Marie, Ltd.

    Writer

  • Poster for A Temperamental Wife

    Theatre Play

  • Poster for The Right To Lie

    Story

1918Aged 34

  • Poster for Daybreak

    Theatre Play

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