Jane Murfin

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Jane Murfin (1923)

Jane Murfin (born October 27, 1884 in Quincy , Michigan , † August 10, 1955 in Brentwood , California ) was an American dramaturge and screenwriter .

biography

Jane Murfin started out as a playwright, often co-authoring with actress Jane Cowl. The two greatest successes were the romance Lilac Time , which had 176 performances in 1917, and Smilin 'Through , which the two women published in 1919 under the pseudonym Allan Langdon Martin. Both pieces were successfully filmed several times. After writing her first screenplays for the film in the late 1910s, Jane Murfin went to Hollywood as a screenwriter in 1920 and quickly managed to become a highly paid specialist in melodramas and the fate of romantic women. Jane Murfin and Adela Rogers St. Johns were honored at the 1932 Academy Awards for their work on What Price Hollywood? nominated for an Oscar in the category of best adapted screenplay .

From 1929 to 1935 she worked mostly for the RKO film company and was responsible for many films by the female stars Ann Harding , Irene Dunne , Constance Bennett and Katharine Hepburn . After moving to MGM , she wrote the scripts for Women and Pride and Prejudice, among other things . In 1924 Jane Murfin filmed her play Flapper Wives as a producer and director.

Murfin was married to the actor Donald Crisp for the second time .

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SURNAME Murfin, Jane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American dramaturge and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Quincy , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1955
Place of death Brentwood , California