18-473: Murfin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jane Murfin (1884–1955), American playwright and screenwriter Orin G. Murfin (1876–1956), United States Navy admiral See also [ edit ] Murdin Murfin Music International , British radio broadcasting company [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
36-503: A leading screenwriter, writing many romantic comedies and dramas by herself or in collaboration. In 1920, director Laurence Trimble persuaded Murfin to purchase 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
54-450: 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. Jane Macklem was born October 27, 1884, in Quincy, Michigan . In 1907 she married attorney James Murfin, and retained his surname when
72-462: Is also living with the Parkers, and her romance with David attracts the attention of the local gossips . David's mother had run off with a stranger years earlier, and when she returned to Jonesport with an illegitimate infant son, they were shunned by the townspeople. Mary Lucy and David plan to elope to Bangor , but Seth encourages them to stay by offering to pay for a proper wedding. Rufe breaks into
90-484: Is based on characters created for the NBC Radio show Seth Parker by Phillips Lord . A decade earlier, Jonesport, Maine preacher Seth Parker and his wife took in motherless infant Robbie Turner after he was abandoned by his sadistic alcoholic father Rufe; young Robbie has always considered the Parkers his parents. Mary Lucy Duffy, whose father has banished her from their home for fraternizing with farmhand David Clark,
108-675: 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 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
126-451: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Jane Murfin 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
144-503: The Academy Award for Best Story for What Price Hollywood? (1932). Frances Marion received the award, for The Champ . Murfin is credited as a writer; additional production credits are noted. Way Back Home (1931 film) Way Back Home is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Phillips Lord , Effie Palmer, Frank Albertson , and Bette Davis . The screenplay by Jane Murfin
162-409: The surname Murfin . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murfin&oldid=1097104890 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
180-539: The Parker home to kidnap Robbie, attacking Mary Lucy when she tries to protect the boy. Seth pursues Rufe and Robbie and manages to intercept them before they board a train. Because Seth is not Robbie's legal guardian, the boy is placed in an orphanage until a decision can be made about his future. Meanwhile, Seth lectures the townspeople about tolerance and implores them to accept Rose and her newlywed son and his bride. Robbie returns to Jonesport, having been legally entrusted to
198-429: The Parkers' care. Phillips Lord had created the character of preacher and folksy philosopher Seth Parker for a Sunday night series broadcast by NBC Radio. Its popularity led RKO Radio Pictures to purchase the film rights and assign Jane Murfin to write a screenplay with Parker and his wife as the central characters. Originally entitled Other People's Business , it drew criticism from a studio script reader, who thought
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#1732883681568216-519: 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 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
234-584: The part I played was an important one - and a charming one. It gave me some confidence in myself for the first time since leaving the theater in New York." The film was shot on location in Santa Cruz, California because of the small town's New England -like atmosphere. Motion Picture Herald reviewed it as Other People's Business , the title under which it was released in Great Britain, although domestically it
252-453: The plot was dated and noted, "A story of this type should never take itself seriously, for the day when pictures like The Old Homestead [a 1915 Famous Players film focused on a popular New England vaudevillian ] would grip the attention of a movie audience is lost forever." The reader cited the commercial failure of Check and Double Check , a 1930 feature inspired by Amos 'n' Andy , as proof radio shows did not necessarily adapt well for
270-428: The project and budgeted it at $ 400,000. Berman negotiated with Universal Pictures for the loan of Bette Davis , whose contract with the studio just had been renewed following her completion of Waterloo Bridge , and Carl Laemmle, Jr. agreed to loan her out for a fee of $ 300 per week. Davis was pleased with the attention paid to her by cinematographer J. Roy Hunt. "I was truly overjoyed," she later recalled. "Plus
288-422: The screen, and noted most Seth Parker listeners were "those people who are interested in the singing of hymns, old folk songs, and a very simple brand of humor" and that the "average young person, between the ages of fifteen and thirty, who form a very large percentage of the movie audiences, do not listen to the broadcast." Despite the readers's misgivings, RKO supervising producer Pandro S. Berman greenlighted
306-403: Was changed to Way Back Home when Phillips Lord published his book Seth Parker & His Jonesport Folks: Way Back Home to coincide with the release of the film. Andre Sennwald of The New York Times observed, "Seth Parker, the radio sage, is shedding a rather appealing sweetness and light ... in his first motion picture ... [His] following will not be disappointed and those who do not know
324-404: Was married to director and actor Donald Crisp from 1932 until 1944. She 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
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