Frances Marion

Writer

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 actress and general assistant by "Lois Weber Productions", a film company owned and operated by pioneer female film director Lois Weber.She has a face as an actor, but she preferred a work that she isn't in the camera. She learned how to write a scenario from Weber. Marion wrote a story for a movie for her, but it burned before it was released. As "Frances Marion", she wrote many scripts for actress/filmmaker Mary Pickford, including Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and The Poor Little Rich Girl, as well as scripts for numerous other successful films of the 1920s and 1930s.Marion went to New York for her job, and her husband decline to live with her and divorced. She became the first female to win an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1930 for the film The Big House, she received the Academy Award for Best Story for The Champ in 1932, both featuring Wallace Beery, and co-wrote Min and Bill starring her friend Marie Dressler and Beery in 1930. She was credited with writing 300 scripts and over 130 produced films. She directed and occasionally appeared in some of Mary Pickford's early movies. For many years she was under contract to MGM Studios, but, independently wealthy, she left Hollywood in 1946 to devote more time to writing stage plays and novels. Frances Marion published a memoir Off With Their Heads: A Serio-Comic Tale of Hollywood in 1972. Marion died the following year of a ruptured aneurysm in Los Angeles.

Born: November 18, 1888 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died: May 12, 1973 (Age 84)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
A Girl of Yesterday Movie	6.9	Actress	Rosanna Danford	1915
The Women Who Run Hollywood Movie		Actress	Self (archive footage)	2016
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.4	Actress	Self (archive footage)	2000
A Girl's Folly Movie	6	Writing	Writer	1917
Love from a Stranger Movie	6.3	Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1937
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley Movie	6	Writing	Writer	1918
Anna Christie Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.4	Writing	Screenplay	1930
Anna Christie Movie	6.7	Writing	Adaptation	1930
Blondie of the Follies Movie	6.2	Writing	Screenplay, Story	1932
Bringing Up Father Movie	5.5	Writing	Writer	1928
Camille Movie	7.4	Writing	Screenplay	1936
Cynara Movie	6.2	Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1932
Dinner at Eight Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.3	Writing	Screenplay	1933
Emma Movie	6.7	Writing	Story	1932
Good News Movie	6.1	Writing	Screenplay, Scenario Writer	1930
Green Hell Movie	5.5	Writing	Original Story, Screenplay	1940
Humoresque Movie	6	Writing	Writer	1920
Johanna Enlists Movie	5.7	Writing	Writer	1918
Knight Without Armour Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.6	Writing	Adaptation, Writer	1937
Lazybones Movie	7	Writing	Screenplay, Scenario Writer	1925
Let Us Be Gay Movie	6.1	Writing	Dialogue, Writer	1930
Lightnin' Movie	5.8	Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1925
Love Movie	6.6	Writing	Writer	1927
M'Liss Movie	6.3	Writing	Writer	1918
Min and Bill Movie	6.5	Writing	Writer	1930
Molly and Me Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	6.6	Writing	Novel	1945
Mr. Wu Movie	6.2	Writing	Writer	1927
Pollyanna Movie	6.2	Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1920
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Movie	6.1	Writing	Writer	1917
Riffraff Movie	6	Writing	Screenplay, Story	1936
Secrets Movie	6.2	Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1924
Secrets Movie	6.3	Writing	Adaptation, Screenplay	1933
Stella Dallas Movie	7.1	Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1925
Stella Maris Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.7	Writing	Writer	1918
The Big House Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.9	Writing	Story, Dialogue, Writer	1930
The Champ Movie	7.3	Writing	Writer	1931
The Champ Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7	Writing	Story	1979
The Flapper Movie	6.2	Writing	Screenplay, Story	1920
The Lady Movie	6.3	Writing	Writer	1925
A Little Princess Movie	5.9	Writing	Writer	1917
The Love Light Movie	6.2	Directing	Director, Writer	1921
The Pirate Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.8	Crew	Additional Writing	1948
The Poor Little Rich Girl Movie	6.5	Writing	Writer, Scenario Writer	1917
The Primitive Lover Movie	6.2	Writing	Writer	1922
The Prizefighter and the Lady Movie	6.1	Writing	Story	1933
The Red Mill Movie	6.6	Writing	Adaptation, Scenario Writer	1927
The Rogue Song Movie	5.3	Writing	Writer	1930
The Scarlet Letter Movie	7.4	Writing	Adaptation, Screenplay	1927
The Secret Six Movie	6.1	Writing	Writer	1931
The Son of the Sheik Movie	6.7	Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1926
The Toll of the Sea Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.4	Writing	Writer, Story	1923
The Wind Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.8	Writing	Screenplay	1928
The Winning of Barbara Worth Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	6.7	Writing	Writer	1926
Their Own Desire Movie	5.6	Writing	Screenplay	1929
Tillie Wakes Up Movie	4.8	Writing	Writer	1917
Within the Law Movie	6.2	Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1923
Zander the Great Movie	5.4	Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1925
A Thief in Paradise Movie	6.5	Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1925
Sonny Movie		Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1922
How Could You, Jean? Movie	7.7	Writing	Screenplay	1918
Fanchon, the Cricket Movie	6.2	Writing	Writer	1915
Captain Kidd, Jr. Movie	7	Writing	Writer	1919
The Foundling Movie	6.2	Writing	Writer	1916
Rags Movie	7	Writing	Writer	1915
Paris at Midnight Movie		Writing	Writer	1926
Thank You Movie	4.6	Writing	Screenplay	1925
The Restless Sex Movie	5.6	Writing	Writer	1920
Go and Get It Movie	5.3	Writing	Scenario Writer	1920
Potash and Perlmutter Movie		Writing	Writer	1923
Sherlock Brown Movie	3.2	Writing	Writer	1922
The Voice from the Minaret Movie		Writing	Adaptation, Screenplay	1923
The Big House Movie	6.6	Writing	Writer	1931
The Awakening Movie	5.3	Writing	Story	1928
The Dark Angel Movie	7.6	Writing	Writer	1925
The Eternal Flame Movie	6.3	Writing	Writer	1922
The Masks of the Devil Movie	7.2	Writing	Writer	1928
He Comes Up Smiling Movie	6.2	Writing	Writer	1918
The Song of Love Movie		Directing	Director, Adaptation, Screenplay	1923
East Is West Movie	7	Writing	Writer	1922
A Woman's Way Movie		Writing	Writer	1916
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter Movie		Writing	Writer	1924
Partners Again Movie	5.7	Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1926
Madame Pompadour Movie	7.9	Writing	Writer	1927
The Tough Guy Movie		Writing	Story	1926
The Sunset Legion Movie		Writing	Story, Scenario Writer	1928
The Heart of a Hero Movie	6.1	Writing	Writer	1916
Through the Dark Movie	6.9	Writing	Writer	1924
Cytherea Movie	8.3	Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1924
The Cinema Murder Movie	8.2	Writing	Screenplay, Scenario Writer	1919
His Supreme Moment Movie		Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1925
The Revolt Movie		Writing	Writer	1916
The Hidden Scar Movie		Writing	Writer	1916
The French Doll Movie		Writing	Writer, Scenario Writer	1923
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln Movie	6	Writing	Screenplay, Story	1924
On Dangerous Ground Movie	7.5	Writing	Writer	1917
The Famous Mrs. Fair Movie		Writing	Screenplay	1923
The First Year Movie	7.5	Writing	Writer	1926
Back Pay Movie	6.6	Writing	Writer	1922
Just Around the Corner Movie	6.7	Directing	Director, Writer	1921
The Nth Commandment Movie	6.9	Production	Producer, Writer	1923
The Rise of Susan Movie		Writing	Writer	1916
The Web of Desire Movie		Writing	Writer	1917
The Big House Movie		Writing	Writer	1930
Anne of Green Gables Movie	7.1	Writing	Writer	1919
Tarnish Movie		Writing	Screenplay	1924
Graustark Movie		Writing	Screenplay, Adaptation	1925
Camille Movie	6.6	Writing	Screenplay	1915
The Temple Of Dusk Movie	5.3	Writing	Writer	1918
The Callahans and the Murphys Movie	5.2	Writing	Writer	1927
The Stolen Paradise Movie		Writing	Writer	1917
Straight Is the Way Movie		Writing	Writer	1921
The Love Piker Movie		Writing	Writer, Scenario Writer	1923
Ridin' the Wind Movie		Writing	Writer	1925
The Two-Gun Man Movie		Writing	Co-Writer	1926
Don Mike Movie		Writing	Story	1927
Jesse James Movie		Writing	Screenplay, Story	1927
Dulcy Movie		Writing	Writer	1923
The Crucial Test Movie		Writing	Writer	1916
The Dark Star Movie		Writing	Writer	1919
Sundown Movie	6.9	Writing	Writer	1924
The Amazons Movie		Writing	Writer	1917
A Woman Alone Movie		Writing	Writer	1917
The Misleading Widow Movie	5.8	Writing	Writer	1919
The World and His Wife Movie		Writing	Screenplay	1920
The City of Dim Faces Movie		Writing	Screenplay	1918
The Gilded Cage Movie	5.3	Writing	Writer	1916
Hands Across the Border Movie	2.8	Writing	Story	1926
The Eagle's Talons Movie		Writing	Writer	1923
A Square Deal Movie		Writing	Writer	1917
Forget-Me-Not Movie		Writing	Writer	1917
A Daughter of the Sea Movie		Writing	Story	1915
A Circus Romance Movie		Writing	Story	1916
The Social Leper Movie		Writing	Writer	1917
The New York Hat Short Film	6.1	Writing	Writer	1912
Esmeralda Short Film		Writing	Writer	1915
A Sister's Burden Short Film		Writing	Writer	1915
Dinner at Eight Movie	4.9	Writing	Writer	1989
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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