George Marion Junior

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George Marion junior (born August 30, 1899 in Boston , Massachusetts , † February 25, 1968 in New York City , New York ) was an American screenwriter and songwriter who was nominated for an Oscar at the first Academy Awards in 1929 .

biography

Silent movie era and Oscar nomination

Marion, son of actor and director George F. Marion , began his career in the film industry as a writer of subtitles for silent films . Over the course of his career, he helped create around 115 films and made his debut as a writer in the short film The Girl in the Saddle (1920).

As a result, he worked with the most famous directors of the silent film era. The resulting productions include Der Adler (1925) by Clarence Brown , Das Rätsel der Fledermaus (1926) by Roland West , Sperlinge Gottes (1926) by William Beaudine , The Son of the Sheik (1926) by William Beaudine, Highness incognito (1926 ) by Sidney Franklin , Five Minutes of Fear (1926) by Frank Tuttle , The Lady of the Camellias (1926) by Fred Niblo , That Certain Something (1927) by Clarence G. Badger , Der Bettelpoet (1927) by Alan Crosland , The Venus of Venice ( 1927) by Marshall Neilan , As Madam command (1927) by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast , Underworld (1927) by Josef von Sternberg , Die Schlachtenbummler (1927) by Lewis Milestone , The Sheik's Daughter (1927) by CG Badger, Divorce Before Marriage (1927) from Luther Reed , The Magic Flame , Am I Your Type? (1927) by Dorothy Arzner , Riff und Raff als Frauenhelden (1928) by Ralph Ceder , The Garden of Eden (1928) by L. Milestone, Vier Herren sucht Anschluss (1928) by CG Badger, Wetteruchten (1928) by Sam Taylor , L Milestone and Viktor Tourjansky , Followed in wanted poster (1928) by William A. Wellman , Girl be nice (1928) by William A. Seiter , The girl with the camera (1928) by CG Badger, Zeit des Flieders (1928) by George Fitzmaurice and Das Mädel aus der Tanzbar (1928) by Malcolm St. Clair .

At the first Academy Awards in 1929, he was nominated for his overall performance for the Oscar in the category of best title writing, which was only awarded at this award, but the award went to Joseph Farnham .

Beginning of the sound film and songwriter

His most important contributions in early talkies include Mein Himmelreich Alfred Santell , Madame loses her dress (1932) by F. Tuttle, Schönste, liebe mich (1932) by Rouben Mamoulian , Shipwreck under Palms (1934) by Norman Taurog , Temple of Beauty ( 1934) by Harlan Thompson , Dance with Me! (Divorce in American, 1934) from Mark Sandrich , A Gladiator Named Hugo (1938) by Edward Sedgwick, and Honestly Longest (1939) by George Marshall .

With the introduction of the sound film in the 1930s , his career as a songwriter began. His numerous songs include "My Sweeter Than Sweet", "Alma Mammy", "Bear Down, Pelham", "I Think You'll Like It", "Prep Step" from the film Sweetie (1929) by Frank Tuttle, " My Future Just Passed "from Her Future (1930) by Mert Blumenstock ," Business Girl "," Do You Play, Madam? "," I'd Like to Be a Bee in Your Boudoir "," Pepola "," The Pick -Up "," You Appeal to Me "from Safety in Numbers (1930) by Victor Schertzinger ," It Seems To Be Spring "," Let's Go Native "," My Mad Moment "," I've Gotta Yen For You " , "Joe Jazz", "Pampa Rose", "Don't I Do?" from Let's Go Native (1930) by Leo McCarey , "A Peach of a Pair" from Follow Thru (1930) by Lloyd Corrigan and Laurence Schwab , "This Must Be Illegal", "A Daisy Told Me" from Sea Legs (1930) by Victor Heerman , "I Look at You and a Song Is Born" from Along Came Youth (1930) by L. Corrigan and Norman Z. McLeod , "Adorable", "My First Love to Last", "My Heart's Desire" Adorable (1933) by William Dieterle and "Pampa Rose" from A Princess for America (1936) by William K. Howard .

His last collaboration as a screenwriter in a film was Beat the Band (1947) by John H. Auer and also wrote the song "Steam is on the Beam" for the film.

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SURNAME Marion, George Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter, intertitle writer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1968
Place of death New York City , New York