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Frances Marion (1888–1973)

Writer | Director | Actress

The most renowned female screenwriter of the 20th century, and one of the most respected scripters of any gender, Frances Marion was born in San Francisco. She modeled and acted and had some success as a commercial artist. She entered into journalism and served in Europe as a combat correspondent during World War I... See full bio »

Born:

Marion Benson Owens
in San Francisco, California, USA

Died:

(age 84) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1989 Dinner at Eight (TV movie) (earlier screenplay)
 
1979 The Champ (story)
 
1953 The Clown (story)
 
1945 Molly and Me (novel)
 
1940 'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers) (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1940 Green Hell (original story and screenplay)
 
1937 Knight Without Armor (adaptation)
 
1937 A Night of Terror
 
1936 Camille (screen play)
 
1936 Poor Little Rich Girl (uncredited)
 
1936 Riffraff (from an original story by / screen play)
 
1933 Going Hollywood (story - uncredited)
 
1933 The Prizefighter and the Lady (story)
 
1933 Dinner at Eight (screenplay)
 
1933 Peg o' My Heart (adaptation)
 
1933 Secrets (written for the screen by)
 
1932 Cynara
 
1932 Blondie of the Follies (screen play - uncredited / story)
 
1932 Emma (story)
 
1931/I The Champ (story)
 
1931 Menschen hinter Gittern
 
1931 Révolte dans la prison
 
1931 The Secret Six (story and dialogue)
 
1931 Anna Christie (adaptation)
 
1930 Min and Bill (scenario and dialogue)
 
1930 El presidio
 
1930 Wu Li Chang
 
1930 Good News (scenario)
 
1930 Let Us Be Gay (continuity and dialogue)
 
1930 The Big House (story and dialogue)
 
1930 The Rogue Song
 
1930 Anna Christie (adapted by)
 
1930 Forever Yours
 
1929 Their Own Desire (screen play)
 
1928 The Awakening (story)
 
1928 The Masks of the Devil (writer)
 
1928 The Wind (scenario)
 
1928 Excess Baggage (writer)
 
1928 Kit Carson (story / as Frank M. Clifton)
 
1928 The Cossacks (adaptation / screenplay)
 
1928 The Sunset Legion (scenario / as Frank M. Clifton / story / as Frank M. Clifton)
 
1928 Bringing Up Father (story and continuity)
 
1928 Pioneer Scout (as Frank M. Clifton)
 
1927 Love (continuity)
 
1927 Jesse James (screenplay / as Frank M. Clifton / story / as Frank M. Clifton)
 
1927 Madame Pompadour
 
1927 The Callahans and the Murphys
 
1927 Silver Comes Through (as Frank M. Clifton / story)
 
1927 The Red Mill (adaptation and scenario)
 
1927 Don Mike (story / as Frank M. Clifton)
 
1926 The Winning of Barbara Worth (adaptation)
 
1926 Lone Hand Saunders (as Frank M. Clifton / story)
 
1926 The Scarlet Letter (adaptation and scenario / titles)
 
1926 The Son of the Sheik (screen adaptation)
 
1926 The Two-Gun Man (as Frank M. Clifton)
 
1926 Hands Across the Border (story)
 
1926 Paris at Midnight (adaptation)
 
1926 Partners Again (adaptation)
 
1926 The Tough Guy (as Frank M. Clifton / story)
 
1926 The First Year
 
1925 Stella Dallas (adaptation)
 
1925 Simon the Jester (adaptation)
 
1925 Lazybones (scenario)
 
1925 Thank You
 
1925 The Dark Angel
 
1925 Graustark (adaptation)
 
1925 Lightnin' (scenario)
 
1925 Ridin' the Wind (as Frank M. Clifton / story)
 
1925 Zander the Great (adaptation)
 
1925 His Supreme Moment (adaptation)
 
1925 The Lady
 
1925 A Thief in Paradise (adaptation)
 
1924 Sundown
 
1924 Thundering Hoofs ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1924 In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
 
1924 Tarnish
 
1924 Cytherea (adaptation)
 
1924 Secrets (adaptation)
 
1924 Galloping Gallagher (short) (uncredited)
 
1924 The Mask of Lopez (uncredited)
 
1924 The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (screenplay / story)
 
1924 Through the Dark
 
1923 The Song of Love (adaptation)
 
1923 Potash and Perlmutter (writer)
 
1923 The French Doll (writer)
 
1923 The Love Piker (writer)
 
1923 The Eagle's Talons (writer)
 
1923 Within the Law (adaptation)
 
1923 The Nth Commandment (writer)
 
1923 The Famous Mrs. Fair (adaptation / screenplay)
 
1923 The Voice from the Minaret (adaptation)
 
1922 Minnie (titles)
 
1922 The Toll of the Sea (scenario - uncredited / story)
 
1922 East Is West
 
1922 The Eternal Flame
 
1922 Sonny (adaptation)
 
1922 The Primitive Lover
 
1922 Back Pay
 
1921 Just Around the Corner
 
1921 Straight Is the Way
 
1921 The Love Light (story - uncredited / written by)
 
1920 The Restless Sex
 
1920 The World and His Wife
 
1920 Humoresque
 
1920 The Flapper (screenplay / story)
 
1920 Pollyanna (adaptation)
 
1919 The Cinema Murder (scenario)
 
1919 Anne of Green Gables (writer)
 
1919 A Regular Girl (writer)
 
1919 The Dark Star (writer)
 
1919 The Misleading Widow (writer)
 
1919 Captain Kidd, Jr. (writer)
 
1918 The Temple of Dusk (screenplay / story)
 
1918 The Goat (screenplay / story)
 
1918 Johanna Enlists (writer)
 
1918 He Comes Up Smiling (writer)
 
1918 The City of Dim Faces (screenplay / story)
 
1918 How Could You, Jean? (scenario)
 
1918 M'Liss (writer)
 
1918 Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (by)
 
1918 Stella Maris (photoplay)
 
1917 The Little Princess
 
1917 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
 
1917 The Amazons
 
1917 Beloved Adventuress (screenplay / story)
 
1917 The Divorce Game
 
1917 The Stolen Paradise (screenplay / story)
 
1917 The Crimson Dove
 
1917 Darkest Russia
 
1917 Forget-Me-Not
 
1917 As Man Made Her
 
1917 The Social Leper
 
1917 The Poor Little Rich Girl (scenario)
 
1917 The Web of Desire
 
1917 A Girl's Folly (story and scenario)
 
1917 A Square Deal
 
1917 A Hungry Heart (scenario)
 
1917 Tillie Wakes Up
 
1917 On Dangerous Ground
 
1917 A Woman Alone
 
1916 The Rise of Susan
 
1916 All Man
 
1916 Bought and Paid For
 
1916 The Heart of a Hero
 
1916 The Hidden Scar
 
1916 The Gilded Cage
 
1916 The Revolt
 
1916 Friday the 13th
 
1916 The Summer Girl
 
1916 A Woman's Way
 
1916 The Crucial Test
 
1916 La vie de Bohème
 
1916/I Tangled Fates
 
1916 The Battle of Hearts (story "Woman Against the Sea")
 
1916 The Feast of Life (screenplay / story)
 
1916 The Social Highwayman
 
1916 Then I'll Come Back to You
 
1916 The Yellow Passport (scenario)
 
1916 A Circus Romance (story)
 
1916 The Foundling (scenario)
 
1915 Camille (scenario)
 
1915 A Daughter of the Sea (story "The Fisher Girl")
 
1915 Esmeralda (short)
 
1915 Rags
 
1915 A Sister's Burden (short)
 
1915 Fanchon, the Cricket (uncredited)
 
1915 The Foundling (screenplay / story)
 
1912 The New York Hat (short) (contributing writer)
 
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1915 A Girl of Yesterday
Rosanna Danford
 
1915 The Wild Girl from the Hills (short)
 
1915 The Jest of Jealousy (short)
Edith Hines - the Sheriff's Daughter
 
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1937 The Good Earth (screenplay constructor - uncredited)
 
1923 The Nth Commandment (supervisor)
 
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1925 Simon the Jester (producer)
 
1923 The Nth Commandment (producer)
 
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2000 Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 

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Other Works:

Story: "The Foundling" (filmed as The Foundling) See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 3 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Frank M. Clifton

Height:

5' 3" (1.60 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on Lillian Gish] She might look fragile, but physically and spiritually she was as fragile as a steel rod. Nobody could sway her from her self-appointed course. With a Botticelli face, she had the mind of a good Queen Bess, dictating her carefully thought-out policies and ruling justly, if firmly. See more »

Trivia:

Best friend of actress/producer Mary Pickford. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio