Jane Cowl (December 14, 1883 – June 22, 1950) was an American film and stage actress and playwright "notorious for playing lachrymose parts ". Actress Jane Russell was named in Cowl's honor.
15-450: Jane Murfin , née Macklem (October 27, 1884 – August 10, 1955) 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), which 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
30-647: A German Shepherd dog— Strongheart —that became the first major canine film star. Strongheart starred in four films that Trimble directed from Murfin's screenplays: The Silent Call (1921), Brawn of the North (1922), The Love Master (1924) and White Fang (1925). Murfin is credited with directing one film, Flapper Wives (1924), before the dissolution of her partnership with Trimble. Film historian Kevin Brownlow described this partnership as both professional and personal; although some sources describe Trimble and Murfin as
45-554: A Mason? and other plays. He was the author of numerous plays, among which are: Gossip (with Clyde Fitch , 1895); A Southern Romance (1897); The Last Appeal (1901); What's the Matter with Susan? (1904); The Ambitious Mrs. Susan (1907); The Million (from the French, 1911); The Concert (1910); Temperamental Journey (1912); The Great Lover (1915); The Judge of Zalmea (1917). Ditrichstein appeared in one motion picture, in
60-433: A husband-and-wife filmmaking team, no marriage has been substantiated. Murfin's later screenwriting credits include Way Back Home (1931), Our Betters (1933), The Little Minister (1934), Spitfire (1934), Roberta (1935), Alice Adams (1935), The Women (1939), Pride and Prejudice (1940), and Dragon Seed (1944). Murfin was married to director and actor Donald Crisp from 1932 until 1944. She
75-555: A theatrical producer and manager. He and Cowl separated in 1930, shortly after his health began to fail. Klauber returned to live "in strict seclusion" in Louisville, where he died in 1933. The couple had no children. Cowl wrote several plays in collaboration with Jane Murfin . They often used the joint pseudonym Allan Langdon Martin . Their works include: Leo Ditrichstein Leo Ditrichstein (January 6, 1865 – June 28, 1928)
90-479: Is buried near Jane Cowl at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery . Murfin was married first to lawyer James Murfin from 1907 to 1912. Her second marriage was to actor Donald Crisp , for whom she would write parts in her scripts; the marriage lasted from 1932 to 1944. Murfin and Adela Rogers St. Johns were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story for What Price Hollywood? (1932). Frances Marion received
105-558: The 1920s she lived with Laurence Trimble , writing and producing films for their dog Strongheart , the first major canine star. Jane Macklem was born October 27, 1884, in Quincy, Michigan . In 1907 she married attorney James Murfin, and retained his surname when the marriage ended fewer than five years later. Murfin began her career with the play Lilac Time , which she co-wrote with actress Jane Cowl . The Broadway production opened February 6, 1917, and ran for 176 performances. Later that year
120-669: The award, for The Champ . Murfin is credited as a writer; additional production credits are noted. Jane Cowl Cowl was born Jane Bailey in Boston , Massachusetts , to Charles Bailey and Grace Avery. She attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn , New York City , followed by some courses at Columbia University . She made her Broadway debut in New York City in Sweet Kitty Bellairs in 1903. Her first leading role
135-508: The best Juliet that I have seen, but she is by all odds the most charming". Cowl's affecting performances led her to be described as having a "voice with a tear." Biographer Charles Higham admired Cowl's "marvelous bovine eyes and exquisite genteel catch in the voice ..." In June 1911, Cowl traveled on the maiden voyage from Southampton of the RMS Olympic , sister ship of the Titanic which
150-440: The two women began collaborating, often under pseudonym Allan Langdon Martin, on a series of revivals of World War I melodramas. The pair later collaborated on Daybreak , followed by Information Please (1918) and Smilin' Through (1919). In Hollywood, Murfin became a leading screenwriter, writing many romantic comedies and dramas by herself or in collaboration. In 1920, director Laurence Trimble persuaded Murfin to purchase
165-676: Was Fanny Perry in 1909 in Leo Ditrichstein 's Is Matrimony a Failure? , produced by David Belasco , and then she played stock. This was followed by The Gamblers (1910), her first great success, and by Within the Law (1912), Common Clay (1915), and other successes ( New International Encyclopedia ). She was known for her interpretation of Shakespearean roles, playing Juliet , Cleopatra , and Viola on Broadway. She made Broadway history by playing Juliet over 1000 consecutive performances in 1923; critic George Jean Nathan declared her "not ...
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#1732891138258180-573: Was an Austrian-American actor and playwright . He was born on January 6, 1865, in Temesvár , Austrian Empire . He was educated in Vienna and was naturalized as an American citizen in 1897. His grandfather was Hungarian novelist József Eötvös who is sometimes listed as Joseph von Etooes. He made his New York début in Die Ehre (1890). This was followed by Mr. Wilkinson's Widows , Trilby , Are You
195-645: Was lost in a famous disaster the following April . In 1930, Cowl appeared with a young Katharine Hepburn in the Broadway production of Benn W. Levy 's play Art and Mrs. Bottle , and in 1934, she created the role of Lael Wyngate in S.N. Behrman 's Rain from Heaven opposite actor John Halliday . Noting the challenges posed by Behrman's heightened dialogue, critic Gilbert Gabriel noted approvingly that their scenes together were "models of aristocratic parlando ." She also starred in Noël Coward 's Easy Virtue . Cowl
210-507: Was published in 2004. It was written by Richard Abe King, who had formerly worked with Cowl. On June 18, 1906, at her father's apartment on Riverside Drive and 95th Street in New York City, Cowl married Adolph Edward Klauber , the drama critic of The New York Times . A former actor and son of a prominent Jewish photographer in Louisville, Kentucky , Klauber left the Times in 1918 to become
225-566: Was the lead in two silent films, The Garden of Lies (1915) and The Spreading Dawn (1917). Then, after nearly 30 years away from films, she returned for several supporting roles in the 1940s. Her final film was Payment on Demand (1951) with Bette Davis . Jane Cowl died of cancer in Santa Monica, California, on June 22, 1950, aged 66. Following cremation, her ashes were buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery . A biography about Cowl, titled Jane Cowl: Her Precious and Momentary Glory ,
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