Jane Murfin

Playwright, Screenwriter

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Birth Place

Quincy, Michigan, USA

Died

August 10, 1955

Biography

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Successful playwright, some of whose stage writing was adapted to the screen (e.g., "Smilin' Through" in 1922, 1932 and 1941). Murfin worked consistently in Hollywood from the late teens. She scripted a number of "women's pictures" for John Cromwell at RKO in the early 1930s--the stand-out being "Spitfire" (1934)--and collaborated more prestigiously on several George Cukor films, most no...

Filmography

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Flapper Wives (1924)

The Women (2008)

Source Material

Dragon Seed (1944)

Cry 'Havoc' (1944)

Contract Writer

Flight for Freedom (1943)

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)

Photos & Videos

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Silver Cord, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Some Women Cannot

Silver Cord, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Let Me Look At You Now

Family & Companions

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Donald Crisp

Husband

Actor, director. Married in 1932; divorced in 1944.

Biography

Successful playwright, some of whose stage writing was adapted to the screen (e.g., "Smilin' Through" in 1922, 1932 and 1941). Murfin worked consistently in Hollywood from the late teens. She scripted a number of "women's pictures" for John Cromwell at RKO in the early 1930s--the stand-out being "Spitfire" (1934)--and collaborated more prestigiously on several George Cukor films, most notably "What Price Hollywood?" (1932) and "The Women" (1939). Married to actor-director Donald Crisp from 1932 to 1944.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Flapper Wives (1924)

Writer (Feature Film)

The Women (2008)

Source Material

Dragon Seed (1944)

Cry 'Havoc' (1944)

Contract Writer

Flight for Freedom (1943)

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)

Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Northwest Passage (Book I--Rogers' Rangers) (1940)

Contract Writer

Stand Up and Fight (1939)

The Women (1939)

The Shining Hour (1938)

That Girl from Paris (1937)

I'll Take Romance (1937)

Come and Get It (1936)

Romance in Manhattan (1935)

Break of Hearts (1935)

Alice Adams (1935)

This Man Is Mine (1934)

The Fountain (1934)

Crime Doctor (1934)

Spitfire (1934)

The Little Minister (1934)

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Double Harness (1933)

The Silver Cord (1933)

Our Betters (1933)

Ann Vickers (1933)

After Tonight (1933)

After Tonight (1933)

Little Women (1933)

Contract Writer

Rockabye (1932)

What Price Hollywood? (1932)

Young Bride (1932)

Additional Dialogue

Too Many Cooks (1931)

Way Back Home (1931)

Story and Screenplay

Friends and Lovers (1931)

The Runaway Bride (1930)

Seven Keys to Baldpate (1930)

The Pay Off (1930)

Lawful Larceny (1930)

Seven Keys to Baldpate (1930)

Leathernecking (1930)

The Runaway Bride (1930)

The Pay Off (1930)

Half Marriage (1929)

Street Girl (1929)

Dance Hall (1929)

Half Marriage (1929)

Street Girl (1929)

Dance Hall (1929)

The Notorious Lady (1927)

The Prince of Headwaiters (1927)

Meet the Prince (1926)

The Savage (1926)

White Fang (1925)

White Fang (1925)

A Slave of Fashion (1925)

The Love Master (1924)

Flapper Wives (1924)

Brawn of the North (1922)

The Silent Call (1921)

The Amateur Wife (1920)

Marie, Ltd. (1919)

The Right to Lie (1919)

Producer (Feature Film)

The Love Master (1924)

Brawn of the North (1922)

Cast (Short)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1925 Studio Tour (1925)

Life Events

Videos

Silver Cord, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Some Women Cannot Opening with top-billed Irene Dunne with a tiny but nifty bit of German, as scientist Christina, Joel McCrea her American architect husband, and an uncredited Gustav von Seyffertitz as her boss, John Cromwell directing from the hit Sidney Howard play, in RKO's The Silver Cord, 1933.

Silver Cord, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Let Me Look At You Now Snapping forward as German-born Christina scientist (Irene Dunne) and her architect husband (Joel McCrea) arrive from Heidelberg at his family country home, meeting his brother’s fianceè (Frances Dee) then Robert (Eric Linden), and Laura Hope Crews their mother, in her celebrated Broadway role, in The Silver Cord, 1933.

Silver Cord, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Have You Had Many Frances Dee as Hester and Eric Linden as younger-brother and fiancè Robert have stepped forward in the family drama, she having nearly offended his well-heeled mother, causing a more forthright discussion than she expected, in director John Cromwell’s The Silver Cord, 1933, from Jane Murfin’s script based on Sidney Howard’s hit play.

Ann Vickers (1933) -- (Movie Clip) I Once Bit A Policeman Popular Settlement House worker Irene Dunne (title character) meets Captain Resnick (Bruce Cabot), about to ship off to war in Europe, John Cromwell directing, from the first novel published by Sinclair Lewis after he won the Nobel Prize for Literature, in Ann Vickers, 1933.

Ann Vickers (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Muck And Slime Of Life Following what in the original Sinclair Lewis novel is openly called an abortion, social worker Irene Dunne (title character) is more vague as she convalesces and reflects with doctor and friend Malvina (Edna May Oliver), in Ann Vickers, 1933, directed by John Cromwell.

Ann Vickers (1933) -- (Movie Clip) You Look Reasonably Disillusioned A good four reels into the film, Irene Dunne (title character), now a famous author and social scientist, finally meets Walter Huston, her fellow above-the-title star, a leading judge who recently blurbed her book, in Ann Vickers, 1933, from the Sinclair Lewis novel.

Rockabye (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Practically Engaged After the opening with racy headlines, showgirl Judy (Constance Bennett) on the stand, grilled by the D-A (Charles Middleton), denies any crooked doings with accused politician Howard (Walter Pidgeon), who appreciates, in Rockabye, 1932, directed in part by George Cukor.

What Price Hollywood? (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Goodbye My Love Opening scenes from director George Cukor and producer David O. Selznick, their early portrait of the movie business, with Constance Bennett, and disembodied cameos from Clark Gable and Greta Garbo, in What Price Hollywood?, 1932.

What Price Hollywood? (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Beef, Iron And Wine Lowell Sherman (actor turned director, here playing dissolute director "Max Carey") outside the Brown Derby, escorting waitress Mary (Constance Bennett) to his premiere, in George Cukor's What Price Hollywood?, 1932.

What Price Hollywood? (1932) -- (Movie Clip) You Haven't Proposed On the MGM lot, pretty waitress Mary (Constance Bennett) arrives to shoot her bit part for her new customer pal, director Max Carey (Lowell Sherman), in George Cukor's What Price Hollywood?, 1932.

Romance In Manhattan (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Let's See Your Money Sweeping introduction to New York for hunky Francis Lederer, Prague-born, already an international stage and screen star, in one of his first Hollywood roles as Czech immigrant Karel Novak, running into trouble with Immigration, opening Romance In Manhattan, 1934, also starring Ginger Rogers.

Romance In Manhattan (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Fancies Himself A Clark Gable Well-intentioned Czech immigrant Karel (Prague-born Francis Lederer) hasn’t shared every detail about his arrival in New York with showgirl Sylvia (Ginger Rogers), who’s letting him stay at the apartment she shares with her brother (Jimmy Butler), dining out on her paycheck, in Romance In Manhattan, 1934.

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary - (Original Trailer) For number 11 in the series, Andy feels he needs social assistance in Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941).

Cry Havoc - (Original Trailer) Cry Havoc (1943) as a group of nurses stay behind to treat the wounded after the Japanese seize Bataan during World War II.

Pride and Prejudice - (Original Trailer) Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier star in Pride And Prejudice, 1940, Jane Austen's comic classic about five sisters out to nab husbands in 19th-century England.

Double Harness - (French release Trailer) After tricking a playboy into marriage, a woman sets out to win his love honestly in Double Harness (1933).

Dragon Seed - (Original Trailer) Katharine Hepburn plays a Chinese woman who fights to survive the Japanese occupation during World War II in Dragon Seed (1944).

Shining Hour, The - (Original Trailer) Showgirl Joan Crawford marries wealthy Melvyn Douglas then has to deal with his family in Frank Borzage's The Shining Hour (1938).

Roberta - (Original Trailer) A football player inherits a chic Paris fashion house in the musical Roberta (1935) starring Randolph Scott, Irene Dunne and Fred Astaire.

Companions

Donald Crisp

Husband

Actor, director. Married in 1932; divorced in 1944.

Bibliography

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