Frances Marion
Biography
Frances Marion (November 18, 1888 – May 12, 1973) was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the 20th century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos. She was the first writer to win two Academy Awards. Born Marion Benson Owens in San Francisco, California, she worked as a journalist and served overseas as a combat correspondent during World War I. On her return home, she moved to Los Angeles and was hired as a writing assistant, an…
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Filmography
Acting (3)
Crew (202)
Movies (202)
Dinner at Eight
1989Original Film Writer
Dinner at Eight
1989Writer
The Champ
1979Story
The Pirate
1948Additional Writing
Molly and Me
1945Novel
Green Hell
1940Original Story
Green Hell
1940Screenplay
Love from a Stranger
1937Adaptation
Love from a Stranger
1937Screenplay
Knight Without Armour
1937Adaptation
Knight Without Armour
1937Writer
Camille
1936Screenplay
Riffraff
1936Screenplay
Riffraff
1936Story
Hold Your Man
1933Writer
The Prizefighter and the Lady
1933Story
Dinner at Eight
1933Screenplay
Secrets
1933Adaptation
Secrets
1933Screenplay
Emma
1932Story
Cynara
1932Adaptation
Cynara
1932Screenplay
Blondie of the Follies
1932Screenplay
Blondie of the Follies
1932Story
The Champ
1931Story
The Champ
1931Writer
The Secret Six
1931Writer
The Big House
1931Writer
Good News
1930Scenario Writer
Good News
1930Screenplay
The Rogue Song
1930Writer
The Big House
1930Dialogue
The Big House
1930Story
The Big House
1930Writer
Anna Christie
1930Screenplay
Anna Christie
1930Adaptation
The Big House
1930Writer
Min and Bill
1930Writer
Let Us Be Gay
1930Dialogue
Let Us Be Gay
1930Writer
Their Own Desire
1929Screenplay
The Awakening
1928Story
The Wind
1928Screenplay
The Cossacks
1928Adaptation
The Masks of the Devil
1928Writer
The Sunset Legion
1928Scenario Writer
The Sunset Legion
1928Story
Bringing Up Father
1928Writer
Kit Carson
1928Story
The Pioneer Scout
1928Writer
Madame Pompadour
1927Writer
Don Mike
1927Story
Love
1927Writer
The Red Mill
1927Adaptation
The Red Mill
1927Scenario Writer
Mr. Wu
1927Writer
The Scarlet Letter
1927Adaptation
The Scarlet Letter
1927Screenplay
Jesse James
1927Screenplay
Jesse James
1927Story
The Callahans and the Murphys
1927Writer
The Tough Guy
1926Story
Paris at Midnight
1926Writer
The First Year
1926Writer
Hands Across the Border
1926Story
The Two-Gun Man
1926Co-Writer
The Son of the Sheik
1926Adaptation
The Son of the Sheik
1926Screenplay
The Winning of Barbara Worth
1926Writer
Partners Again
1926Adaptation
Partners Again
1926Screenplay
Lone Hand Saunders
1926Story
Zander the Great
1925Adaptation
Zander the Great
1925Screenplay
Lazybones
1925Scenario Writer
Lazybones
1925Screenplay
Stella Dallas
1925Adaptation
Stella Dallas
1925Screenplay
Thank You
1925Screenplay
The Lady
1925Writer
Lightnin'
1925Adaptation
Lightnin'
1925Screenplay
Ridin' the Wind
1925Writer
His Supreme Moment
1925Adaptation
His Supreme Moment
1925Screenplay
A Thief in Paradise
1925Adaptation
A Thief in Paradise
1925Screenplay
The Dark Angel
1925Writer
Graustark
1925Adaptation
Graustark
1925Screenplay
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
1924Writer
Sundown
1924Writer
Tarnish
1924Screenplay
The Mask of Lopez
1924Writer
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924Screenplay
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924Story
Cytherea
1924Adaptation
Cytherea
1924Screenplay
Through the Dark
1924Writer
Secrets
1924Adaptation
Secrets
1924Screenplay
The Famous Mrs. Fair
1923Screenplay
Potash and Perlmutter
1923Writer
The Eagle's Talons
1923Writer
The French Doll
1923Scenario Writer
The French Doll
1923Writer
The Nth Commandment
1923Producer
The Nth Commandment
1923Writer
The Toll of the Sea
1923Story
The Toll of the Sea
1923Writer
Dulcy
1923Writer
The Song of Love
1923Adaptation
The Song of Love
1923Director
The Song of Love
1923Screenplay
Within the Law
1923Adaptation
Within the Law
1923Screenplay
The Voice from the Minaret
1923Adaptation
The Voice from the Minaret
1923Screenplay
The Love Piker
1923Scenario Writer
The Eternal Flame
1922Writer
East Is West
1922Writer
The Primitive Lover
1922Writer
Back Pay
1922Writer
Sonny
1922Adaptation
Sonny
1922Screenplay
Sherlock Brown
1922Writer
Straight Is the Way
1921Writer
The Love Light
1921Director
The Love Light
1921Writer
Just Around the Corner
1921Director
Just Around the Corner
1921Writer
Pollyanna
1920Adaptation
Pollyanna
1920Screenplay
Go and Get It
1920Scenario Writer
Humoresque
1920Writer
The World and His Wife
1920Screenplay
The Restless Sex
1920Writer
The Flapper
1920Screenplay
The Flapper
1920Story
Captain Kidd, Jr.
1919Writer
The Misleading Widow
1919Writer
Anne of Green Gables
1919Writer
The Dark Star
1919Writer
The Cinema Murder
1919Scenario Writer
The Cinema Murder
1919Screenplay
A Regular Girl
1919Writer
The Temple Of Dusk
1918Writer
The Goat
1918Screenplay
The Goat
1918Story
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
1918Writer
Stella Maris
1918Writer
Johanna Enlists
1918Writer
M'Liss
1918Writer
He Comes Up Smiling
1918Writer
How Could You, Jean?
1918Screenplay
The City of Dim Faces
1918Screenplay
Forget-Me-Not
1917Writer
The Crimson Dove
1917Writer
The Amazons
1917Writer
Tillie Wakes Up
1917Writer
Darkest Russia
1917Writer
The Divorce Game
1917Writer
The Stolen Paradise
1917Writer
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1917Writer
The Web of Desire
1917Writer
Beloved Adventuress
1917Screenplay
Beloved Adventuress
1917Story
A Little Princess
1917Writer
On Dangerous Ground
1917Writer
A Girl's Folly
1917Writer
A Hungry Heart
1917Writer
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917Scenario Writer
The Poor Little Rich Girl
1917Writer
The Social Leper
1917Writer
A Square Deal
1917Writer
A Woman Alone
1917Writer
The Hidden Scar
1916Writer
The Rise of Susan
1916Writer
The Crucial Test
1916Writer
The Battle of Hearts
1916Writer
A Circus Romance
1916Story
The Gilded Cage
1916Writer
The Summer Girl
1916Writer
The Revolt
1916Writer
La Vie de Bohème
1916Writer
The Heart of a Hero
1916Writer
Bought and Paid For
1916Writer
Friday the 13th
1916Writer
A Woman's Way
1916Writer
The Social Highwayman
1916Writer
Then I'll Come Back to You
1916Writer
All Man
1916Writer
The Feast of Life
1916Screenplay
The Yellow Passport
1916Scenario Writer
The Foundling
1916Writer
A Daughter of the Sea
1915Story
Esmeralda
1915Writer
Rags
1915Writer
Fanchon, the Cricket
1915Writer
Camille
1915Screenplay
A Sister's Burden
1915Writer
The New York Hat
1912Writer
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