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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,[1] 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,[2] the first of three features he would pen in 1915.[3] 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.[4][5][6] 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.[3] In the late 1930s he would work in England, where he scripted 6 films during the remainder of the decade.[7] His final screenwriting credit would come on 1941's Sis Hopkins, for which he wrote the story.[8] Willis died on October 13, 1957, in Menlo Park, California, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.[1]

F. McGrew Willis
Born	(1891-08-18)August 18, 1891 Pleasanton, Iowa, United States
Died	October 13, 1957(1957-10-13) (aged 66) Menlo Park, California, United States
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1919–1944

Filmography

The follow list is compiled from the American Film Institute and from period reviews and news items in various film-industry trade publications: [3][7][9]

References

External links

• F. McGrew Willis at IMDb 
• F. McGrew Willis at the TCM Movie Database

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