F. McGrew Willis
Writing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known for
Writing65
movieSis Hopkins
1941
Story
movieMurder in Soho
1939
Writer
movieThe Man in the Mirror
1936
Adaptation
movieKeep 'Em Rolling
1934
Screenplay
movieSecret Sinners
1933
Story, Dialogue
movieMidshipman Jack
1933
Screenplay
movieThe Gambling Sex
1932
Screenplay
movieThe Big Gamble
1931
Screenplay
movieThe Costello Case
1930
Dialogue, Screenplay, Story
movieTwin Beds
1929
Screenplay
movieTwo Weeks Off
1929
Writer
movieAnnapolis
1928
Writer
movieGetting Gertie's Garter
1927
Adaptation
movieThe Winner
1926
Story
movieAlmost a Lady
1926
Writer
movieUp in Mabel's Room
1926
Screenplay
movieMadame Behave
1925
Screenplay
movieThe Midshipman
1925
Writer
movieWelcome Home
1925
Writer
movieThe Million Dollar Handicap
1925
Adaptation
movieCharley's Aunt
1925
Adaptation
movieThe Light That Failed
1923
Adaptation, Screenplay
movieThe Common Sin
1920
Writer
movieHis Divorced Wife
1919
Scenario Writer
movieThe Pagan God
1919
Writer
movieThe Velvet Hand
1918
Writer
movieModern Love
1918
Scenario Writer
moviePlaythings
1918
Scenario Writer
movieThe Empty Cab
1918
Writer
movie$5,000 Reward
1918
Scenario Writer
movieHigh Finance
1917
Scenario Writer
movieA Stranger from Somewhere
1916
Writer, Scenario Writer
movieThe Whirlpool of Destiny
1916
Story, Writer
movieThe Pool of Flame
1916
Scenario Writer
movieThe Silent Battle
1916
Screenplay, Scenario Writer
movieThe Way of the World
1916
Screenplay
movieThe Iron Hand
1916
Writer
movieThe Gay Lord Waring
1916
Scenario Writer
The Road to Paradise
1915
Scenario Writer
movieBusiness Is Business
1915
Adaptation
movieThe Quest
1915
Story, Scenario Writer
movieThe Den of Thieves
1914
Scenario Writer
Directing2
movieSuicide Fleet
1931
Continuity
movieA Blonde for a Night
1928
Director
Production1
movieAnnapolis
1928
Producer