👤
Jane Murfin
b. 1884 — d. 1955 (aged 71)
Quincy, Michigan, USA
Writer
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.
Known For
Filmography
🎞️
★ 5.1
The Women
2008 Writer
🎬
📺
★ 6.9
Kraft Television Theatre
1953 Writer
📺
★ 6.3
Broadway Television Theatre
1952 Writer
🎞️
★ 5.9
Dragon Seed
1944 Writer
🎞️
★ 7.0
Cry 'Havoc'
1943 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.0
Flight for Freedom
1943 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.7
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.4
Smilin' Through
1941 Writer
🎞️
★ 7.3
Pride and Prejudice
1940 Writer
🎞️
★ 7.0
Northwest Passage
1940 Writer
🎞️
★ 7.7
The Women
1939 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.5
Stand Up and Fight
1939 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.4
The Shining Hour
1938 Writer
🎞️
★ 5.9
I'll Take Romance
1937 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.8
Come and Get It
1936 Writer
🎞️
★ 5.7
That Girl from Paris
1936 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.8
Alice Adams
1935 Writer
🎞️
★ 7.0
Roberta
1935 Writer
🎞️
★ 5.4
Spitfire
1934 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.8
Romance in Manhattan
1934 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.2
The Little Minister
1934 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.0
This Man Is Mine
1934 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.6
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934 Writer
🎞️
★ 5.7
The Fountain
1934 Writer
🎞️
★ 7.1
The Crime Doctor
1934 Writer
🎞️
★ 7.1
Little Women
1933 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.8
Double Harness
1933 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.1
Our Betters
1933 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.2
Ann Vickers
1933 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.9
The Silver Cord
1933 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.2
After Tonight
1933 Writer
🎞️
★ 7.0
What Price Hollywood?
1932 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.8
Smilin' Through
1932 Writer
🎞️
★ 5.6
Rockabye
1932 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.2
Young Bride
1932 Writer
🎞️
★ 5.6
Way Back Home
1931 Writer
🎞️
★ 5.4
Friends and Lovers
1931 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.2
Caught Plastered
1931 Writer
🎞️
★ 5.4
Too Many Cooks
1931 Writer
🎞️
White Shoulders
1931 Writer
🎞️
★ 5.6
The Pay-Off
1930 Writer
🎞️
★ 4.9
The Runaway Bride
1930 Writer
🎞️
★ 5.1
Lawful Larceny
1930 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.2
Street Girl
1929 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.1
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1929 Writer
🎞️
★ 5.6
Half Marriage
1929 Writer
🎞️
★ 5.6
Side Street
1929 Writer
🎞️
★ 5.2
Dance Hall
1929 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.5
Lilac Time
1928 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.4
The Notorious Lady
1927 Writer
🎞️
The Prince of Headwaiters
1927 Writer
🎞️
The Savage
1926 Writer
🎞️
Meet the Prince
1926 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.8
1925 Studio Tour
1925 Self
🎞️
★ 2.0
A Slave of Fashion
1925 Writer
🎞️
★ 6.1
White Fang
1925 Writer
🎞️
The Love Master
1924 Writer
🎞️
Flapper Wives
1924 Director
Writer
🎞️
★ 7.0
Smilin' Through
1922 Writer
🎞️
Brawn of the North
1922 Director
Writer
🎞️
★ 4.3
The Silent Call
1921 Writer
🎞️
Playthings of Destiny
1921 Writer
🎞️
The Amateur Wife
1920 Writer
🎞️
★ 7.2
A Temperamental Wife
1919 Writer
🎞️
The Right to Lie
1919 Writer
🎞️
Marie, Ltd.
1919 Writer
🎞️
Daybreak
1918 Writer