Jane Murfin

Active - 1919 - 2008  |   Birth - Oct 27, 1884  |   Death - Aug 10, 1955  |   Genres - Drama, Romance, Comedy, Silent Film, War | Subgenres - Silent Film, Silent Feature, Romantic Comedy, Musical, Comedy Drama

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Jane Murfin 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 lived with Laurence Trimble, writing and producing films for their dog Strongheart, the first major canine star.

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