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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.
Filmography
all 60
Movies 60
Writer 59
Director 1
Sis Hopkins (1941)
Murder in Soho (1939)
Premiere (1938)
Let's Make a Night of It (1937)
The Man in the Mirror (1936)
Back Page (1934)
Keep 'Em Rolling (1934)
Secret Sinners (1933)
Midshipman Jack (1933)
Kiss of Araby (1933)
When a Man Rides Alone (1933)
The Gambling Sex (1932)
The Forty-Niners (1932)
Suicide Fleet (1931)
The Big Gamble (1931)
Meet the Wife (1931)
Charley's Aunt (1930)
The Costello Case (1930)
Twin Beds (1929)
Two Weeks Off (1929)
Annapolis (1928)
A Blonde for a Night (1928)
The Girl in the Pullman (1927)
Getting Gertie's Garter (1927)
The Nervous Wreck (1926)
Almost a Lady (1926)
Up in Mabel's Room (1926)
Madame Behave (1925)
The Midshipman (1925)
Welcome Home (1925)
Charley's Aunt (1925)
The Million Dollar Handicap (1925)
Reckless Romance (1924)
The Light That Failed (1923)
Everyman's Price (1921)
The Common Sin (1920)
The Phantom Melody (1920)
The Pagan God (1919)
The End of the Game (1919)
The Velvet Hand (1918)
Modern Love (1918)
The Empty Cab (1918)
$5,000 Reward (1918)
The Bride's Awakening (1918)
The Flame of Youth (1917)
American Methods (1917)
Even as You and I (1917)
The Devil's Bondwoman (1916)
A Stranger from Somewhere (1916)
The Whirlpool of Destiny (1916)
The Beckoning Trail (1916)
The Pool of Flame (1916)
The Silent Battle (1916)
The Way of the World (1916)
The Iron Hand (1916)
The Gay Lord Waring (1916)
The Road to Paradise (1915)
The Quest (1915)
The Den of Thieves (1914)
Regeneration (1914)
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GenderMale
Birthday1891-08-18
Deathday1957-10-13 (66 years old)
Birth PlacePleasanton, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsAnthony F. McGrew Willis, Frank McGrew Willis, Willis Woods
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