Frances Marion

Known For: Writing
Born: November 18, 1888
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Died: May 12, 1973

Frances Marion

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 act…

Filmography

The Women Who Run Hollywood

2016 · Self (archive footage)

Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

2000 · Self (archive footage)

Dinner at Eight

1989 · Original Film Writer

The Champ

1979 · Story

The Pirate

1948 · Additional Writing

Molly and Me

1945 · Novel

Green Hell

1940 · Original Story, Screenplay

Knight Without Armour

1937 · Adaptation, Writer

Love from a Stranger

1937 · Screenplay, Adaptation

Camille

1936 · Screenplay

Riffraff

1936 · Screenplay, Story

Dinner at Eight

1933 · Screenplay

The Prizefighter and the Lady

1933 · Story

Hold Your Man

1933 · Writer

Secrets

1933 · Adaptation, Screenplay

Cynara

1932 · Adaptation, Screenplay

Blondie of the Follies

1932 · Screenplay, Story

Emma

1932 · Story

The Champ

1931 · Writer, Story

The Big House

1931 · Writer

The Secret Six

1931 · Writer

Anna Christie

1930 · Adaptation

Min and Bill

1930 · Writer

The Big House

1930 · Writer

Good News

1930 · Scenario Writer, Screenplay

Let Us Be Gay

1930 · Writer, Dialogue

The Big House

1930 · Story, Dialogue, Writer

Anna Christie

1930 · Screenplay

The Rogue Song

1930 · Writer

Their Own Desire

1929 · Screenplay

The Masks of the Devil

1928 · Writer

The Awakening

1928 · Story

The Wind

1928 · Screenplay

The Cossacks

1928 · Adaptation

Kit Carson

1928 · Story

The Sunset Legion

1928 · Story, Scenario Writer

Bringing Up Father

1928 · Writer

The Pioneer Scout

1928 · Writer

Love

1927 · Writer

Jesse James

1927 · Story, Screenplay

Madame Pompadour

1927 · Writer

The Callahans and the Murphys

1927 · Writer

Mr. Wu

1927 · Writer

The Red Mill

1927 · Scenario Writer, Adaptation

Don Mike

1927 · Story

The Scarlet Letter

1927 · Adaptation, Screenplay

The Winning of Barbara Worth

1926 · Writer

Lone Hand Saunders

1926 · Story

The Son of the Sheik

1926 · Adaptation, Screenplay

The Two-Gun Man

1926 · Co-Writer

Hands Across the Border

1926 · Story

Paris at Midnight

1926 · Writer

Partners Again

1926 · Adaptation, Screenplay

The Tough Guy

1926 · Story

The First Year

1926 · Writer

Stella Dallas

1925 · Adaptation, Screenplay

Lazybones

1925 · Scenario Writer, Screenplay

Thank You

1925 · Screenplay

The Dark Angel

1925 · Writer

Graustark

1925 · Adaptation, Screenplay

Lightnin'

1925 · Adaptation, Screenplay

Ridin' the Wind

1925 · Writer

A Thief in Paradise

1925 · Adaptation, Screenplay

Zander the Great

1925 · Adaptation, Screenplay

His Supreme Moment

1925 · Adaptation, Screenplay

The Lady

1925 · Writer

Sundown

1924 · Writer

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter

1924 · Writer

Tarnish

1924 · Screenplay

Cytherea

1924 · Adaptation, Screenplay

Secrets

1924 · Adaptation, Screenplay

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

1924 · Screenplay, Story

The Mask of Lopez

1924 · Writer

Through the Dark

1924 · Writer

The Song of Love

1923 · Director, Adaptation, Screenplay

Potash and Perlmutter

1923 · Writer

The French Doll

1923 · Writer, Scenario Writer

Dulcy

1923 · Writer

The Love Piker

1923 · Scenario Writer

The Eagle's Talons

1923 · Writer

Within the Law

1923 · Adaptation, Screenplay

The Nth Commandment

1923 · Producer, Writer

The Famous Mrs. Fair

1923 · Screenplay

The Voice from the Minaret

1923 · Adaptation, Screenplay

The Toll of the Sea

1923 · Story, Writer

East Is West

1922 · Writer

The Eternal Flame

1922 · Writer

Sherlock Brown

1922 · Writer

Sonny

1922 · Adaptation, Screenplay

The Primitive Lover

1922 · Writer

Back Pay

1922 · Writer

Just Around the Corner

1921 · Director, Writer

Straight Is the Way

1921 · Writer

The Love Light

1921 · Director, Writer

The Restless Sex

1920 · Writer

The World and His Wife

1920 · Screenplay

Go and Get It

1920 · Scenario Writer

Humoresque

1920 · Writer

The Flapper

1920 · Story, Screenplay

Pollyanna

1920 · Adaptation, Screenplay

The Cinema Murder

1919 · Scenario Writer, Screenplay

Anne of Green Gables

1919 · Writer

A Regular Girl

1919 · Writer

The Misleading Widow

1919 · Writer

The Dark Star

1919 · Writer

Captain Kidd, Jr.

1919 · Writer

The Temple Of Dusk

1918 · Writer

The Goat

1918 · Screenplay, Story

Johanna Enlists

1918 · Writer

He Comes Up Smiling

1918 · Writer

The City of Dim Faces

1918 · Screenplay

How Could You, Jean?

1918 · Screenplay

M'Liss

1918 · Writer

Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley

1918 · Writer

Stella Maris

1918 · Writer

A Little Princess

1917 · Writer

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1917 · Writer

The Amazons

1917 · Writer

Beloved Adventuress

1917 · Screenplay, Story

The Divorce Game

The Divorce Game

1917 · Writer

The Stolen Paradise

1917 · Writer

The Crimson Dove

1917 · Writer

Darkest Russia

1917 · Writer

Forget-Me-Not

1917 · Writer

The Social Leper

1917 · Writer

The Poor Little Rich Girl

1917 · Scenario Writer

The Web of Desire

1917 · Writer

A Girl's Folly

1917 · Writer

A Square Deal

1917 · Writer

A Hungry Heart

1917 · Writer

Tillie Wakes Up

Tillie Wakes Up

1917 · Writer

On Dangerous Ground

1917 · Writer

A Woman Alone

1917 · Writer

The Rise of Susan

1916 · Writer

All Man

1916 · Writer

Bought and Paid For

1916 · Writer

The Heart of a Hero

1916 · Writer

The Hidden Scar

1916 · Writer

The Gilded Cage

1916 · Writer

The Revolt

1916 · Writer

Friday the 13th

1916 · Writer

The Summer Girl

1916 · Writer

A Woman's Way

1916 · Writer

The Crucial Test

1916 · Writer

La Vie de Bohème

1916 · Writer

The Battle of Hearts

1916 · Writer

The Feast of Life

1916 · Screenplay

The Social Highwayman

1916 · Writer

Then I'll Come Back to You

1916 · Writer

The Yellow Passport

1916 · Scenario Writer

A Circus Romance

1916 · Story

The Foundling

1916 · Writer

Camille

1915 · Screenplay

A Daughter of the Sea

1915 · Story

A Girl of Yesterday

1915 · Rosanna Danford

Esmeralda

1915 · Writer

Rags

1915 · Writer

A Sister's Burden

1915 · Writer

Fanchon, the Cricket

1915 · Writer

The New York Hat

1912 · Writer

Frances Marion · Virelixia