Frances Marion
American journalist, author, film director and screenwriter (1888-1973) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 84
Frances Marion was an American screenwriter, director, journalist and author often cited as one of the most renowned female screenwriters of the 20th century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos. During the course of her career, she wrote over 325 scripts. She was the first writer to win two Academy Awards.
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Mary Pickford Produced A Little Princess and Pollyanna
Irving Thalberg Produced Anna Christie and The Big House
Marshall Neilan Directed A Little Princess (1917)
Marie Dressler Frances wrote Dinner at Eight (1933)
Wallace Beery Frances wrote Min and Bill and The Champ
Marion Davies Frances wrote The Red Mill and Going Hollywood
Norma Talmadge Frances wrote Secrets and The Lady
Frank Borzage Directed Humoresque, Lazybones and Secrets
Norma Shearer Frances wrote The Flapper and Smilin' Through
Alice Brady Frances wrote The Gilded Cage (1916)
ZaSu Pitts Frances wrote A Little Princess (1917)
Ethel Clayton Frances wrote Secrets and A Woman's Way
Montagu Love Frances wrote The Son of the Sheik (1926)
Adolph Zukor Produced The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
Jean Harlow Frances wrote Dinner at Eight and The Secret Six
Ronald Colman Frances wrote The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
King Vidor Directed The Champ and Cynara
Clarence Brown Directed Anna Christie and Emma
John Gilbert Directed Love (1927)
Claire McDowell Frances wrote The Big House and Secrets
Charles Stanton Ogle Frances wrote Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
Alec B. Francis Frances wrote The Gilded Cage (1916)
Harry Rapf Produced Min and Bill and The Champ
DeWitt Clarke Jennings Frances wrote The Big House and The Secret Six
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Marion, 1915
Marion (right) with Marshall Neilan and Mary Pickford in 1917
Mation in correspondent uniform, 1918 - inscribed to Mercedes de Acosta
Mary Pickford, and Frances Marion, writer and director, on location, for The Love Light, 1920
Marion attended this pre-election parade for women's suffrage in New York City, October 23, 1915
Mary Pickford (center) with newlyweds Fred Thomson and Frances Marion (1919)Awards
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Marion began her film career working for filmmaker Lois Weber. She wrote numerous silent film scenarios for actress Mary Pickford, before transitioning to writing sound films.
