Jane Murfin
American writer (1884-1955) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 70
Jane Murfin, née Macklem was an American playwright, director 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.
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Merian C. Cooper Produced Ann Vickers and Double Harness
John Cromwell Directed Ann Vickers and Double Harness
Irene Dunne Jane wrote Roberta and Leathernecking
Lowell Sherman Directed Lawful Larceny and The Pay-Off
Katharine Hepburn Jane wrote Dragon Seed and The Little Minister
Constance Bennett Jane wrote Rockabye and After Tonight
Frank Albertson Jane wrote Way Back Home (1931)
William A. Seiter Directed Way Back Home and Roberta
Pandro S. Berman Produced Alice Adams and Roberta
Melville W. Brown Directed Dance Hall and White Shoulders
Joan Crawford Jane wrote The Women and The Shining Hour
Walter Brennan Jane wrote Come and Get It and Alice Adams
Joel McCrea Jane wrote Rockabye and The Silver Cord
Ann Harding Also in Double Harness and The Fountain
Robert Young Jane wrote Northwest Passage and Spitfire
Irene Rich Jane directed Brawn of the North (1922)
Paul Hurst Jane produced Lilac Time (1928)
Arthur Lake Jane produced Lilac Time (1928)
Sara Haden Also in The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
Lee Shumway Jane directed Brawn of the North (1922)
May Beatty Also in The Little Minister (1934)
Gary Cooper Jane produced Lilac Time (1928)
William Wyler Directed Come and Get It (1936)
George Stevens Directed Alice Adams (1935)
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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.
