F. McGrew Willis
Writing
Born 1891-08-18
Died 1957-10-13
Pleasanton, Iowa, USA
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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.
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Filmography
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Writing
48 credits
The Winner
The Midshipman
Madame Behave
Midshipman Jack
Sis Hopkins
The Way of the World
Murder in Soho
Twin Beds
Oliver Twist, Jr.
Keep 'Em Rolling
Regeneration
Up in Mabel's Room
Almost a Lady
Kiss of Araby
The Nervous Wreck
The Light That Failed
Her Temporary Husband
Premiere
When a Man Rides Alone
The Big Gamble
The Forty-Niners
The Common Sin
The Pagan God
The Devil's Bondwoman
The Iron Hand
The Burden Bearer
The End of the Game
Welcome Home
The Costello Case
Two Weeks Off
A Burglar for a Night
Secret Sinners
Reckless Romance
A Stranger from Somewhere
The Velvet Hand
The Man Who Turned White
The Phantom Melody
The Gambling Sex
Even as You and I
A Blonde for a Night
The Flame of Youth
Meet the Wife
The Quest
The Beckoning Trail
The Silent Battle
The Whirlpool of Destiny
American Methods
The Bride's Awakening
Acting
18 credits
Playthings
Getting Gertie's Garter
Charley's Aunt
Business Is Business
Suicide Fleet
The Road to Paradise
His Divorced Wife
The Light That Failed
The Man in the Mirror
The Costello Case
Secret Sinners
A Stranger from Somewhere
High Finance
The Pool of Flame
Modern Love
The Million Dollar Handicap
The Quest
The Silent Battle
Directing
1 credit
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