F. McGrew Willis

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F. McGrew Willis

Writing August 18, 1891

Pleasanton, Iowa, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia F. McGrew Willis (August 18, 1891 – October 13, 1957) was an American screenwriter of the silent and early sound film eras. Born Frank McGre…

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The Big Gamble

The Big Gamble

6.1 1931 Movie
Suicide Fleet

Suicide Fleet

5.0 1931 Movie
Sis Hopkins

Sis Hopkins

6.3 1941 Movie
Madame Behave

Madame Behave

6.0 1925 Movie
A Blonde for a Night

A Blonde for a Night

5.7 1928 Movie
Getting Gertie's Garter

Getting Gertie's Garter

8.0 1927 Movie
The Midshipman

The Midshipman

7.0 1925 Movie
The Way of the World

The Way of the World

1.0 1916 Movie
The Winner

The Winner

9.0 1926 Movie
The Nervous Wreck

The Nervous Wreck

6.3 1926 Movie
Up in Mabel's Room

Up in Mabel's Room

7.2 1926 Movie
Murder in Soho

Murder in Soho

6.0 1939 Movie

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia F. McGrew Willis (August 18, 1891 – October 13, 1957) was an American screenwriter of the silent and early sound film eras. Born Frank McGrew Willis on August 18, 1891, in Pleasanton, Iowa, he broke into the film industry writing film shorts in 1914 and 1915 as a freelance screenwriter. His first feature credit came in 1915, with The Quest, the first of three features he would pen in 1915. Over the next fourteen years he would write the scripts or stories for 43 silent films, three of which, The Girl in the Pullman (1927), Annapolis (1928), and A Blonde for a Night (1928), he also produced for either De Mille Pictures and/or Pathé Exchange. He would also produce another three films in 1928. In 1929, and through the next 6 years of the blossoming talking picture era, he would write the screenplays or stories for another 18 films. In the late 1930s he would work in England, where he scripted 6 films during the remainder of the decade. His final screenwriting credit would come on 1941's Sis Hopkins, for which he wrote the story. Willis died on October 13, 1957, in Menlo Park, California, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1941
    Sis Hopkins

    Movie Story

  2. 1939
    Murder in Soho

    Movie Writer

  3. 1938
    Premiere

    Movie Writer

  4. 1936
    The Man in the Mirror

    Movie Adaptation

  5. 1934
    Keep 'Em Rolling

    Movie Screenplay

  6. 1933
    Secret Sinners

    Movie Story

  7. 1933
    Midshipman Jack

    Movie Screenplay

  8. 1933
    Kiss of Araby

    Movie Story

  9. 1933
    When a Man Rides Alone

    Movie Story

  10. 1932
    The Gambling Sex

    Movie Screenplay

  11. 1932
    The Forty-Niners

    Movie Writer

  12. 1931
    Suicide Fleet

    Movie Continuity

  13. 1931
    The Big Gamble

    Movie Screenplay

  14. 1931
    Meet the Wife

    Movie Writer

  15. 1930
    The Costello Case

    Movie Dialogue

  16. 1929
    Twin Beds

    Movie Screenplay

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  1. 1929
    Two Weeks Off

    Movie Writer

  2. 1928
    Annapolis

    Movie Writer

  3. 1928
    A Blonde for a Night

    Movie Director

  4. 1927
    Getting Gertie's Garter

    Movie Adaptation

  5. 1926
    The Winner

    Movie Story

  6. 1926
    The Nervous Wreck

    Movie Writer

  7. 1926
    Almost a Lady

    Movie Writer

  8. 1926
    Up in Mabel's Room

    Movie Screenplay

  9. 1925
    Madame Behave

    Movie Screenplay

  10. 1925
    The Midshipman

    Movie Writer

  11. 1925
    Welcome Home

    Movie Writer

  12. 1925
    The Million Dollar Handicap

    Movie Adaptation

  13. 1925
    Charley's Aunt

    Movie Adaptation

  14. 1924
    Reckless Romance

    Movie Writer

  15. 1923
    Her Temporary Husband

    Movie Writer

  16. 1923
    The Light That Failed

    Movie Adaptation

  17. 1921
    Everyman's Price

    Movie Writer

  18. 1921
    Oliver Twist, Jr.

    Movie Story

  19. 1920
    The Common Sin

    Movie Writer

  20. 1920
    The Phantom Melody

    Movie Writer

  21. 1919
    His Divorced Wife

    Movie Scenario Writer

  22. 1919
    The Pagan God

    Movie Writer

  23. 1919
    The Man Who Turned White

    Movie Story

  24. 1919
    The End of the Game

    Movie Writer