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name: "George Marion Jr."
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 August 1899"
died: "25 February 1968"
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average_as: "writer"
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updated: "2026-09-19T22:33:58.096993+00:00"
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# George Marion Jr.

Writer. Born 30 August 1899 in Boston. Died 25 February 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 August 1899, Boston
- **Died:** 25 February 1968
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Marion_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1507856, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0547938/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101889

## Biography

George Marion Jr. was an American screenwriter, lyricist and librettist. Born in Boston on 30 August 1899, he was the son of actor and director George F. Marion. He began his career writing intertitles for silent films in the 1920s before moving into screenplays and dialogue for early sound pictures.

He contributed to numerous Hollywood films, including the screenplays for *Love Me Tonight* (1932) and *The Gay Divorcee* (1934). He also wrote for *It* (1927) and received an Academy Award nomination for title writing.

Marion later wrote books and lyrics for Broadway musicals such as *Too Many Girls* (1939) and *Early to Bed* (1943). He died in New York on 25 February 1968.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), Fi1m 79, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-gay-divorcee.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Too Many Girls* (1940), Novel
- *You Can't Cheat an Honest Man* (1939), Screenplay
- *The Gladiator* (1938), Additional Dialogue
- *Fifty Roads to Town* (1937), Writer
- *To Beat the Band* (1935), Story
- *Metropolitan* (1935), Screenplay
- *Two for Tonight* (1935), Writer
- *College Rhythm* (1934), Story
- *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), Screenplay — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-gay-divorcee.md)
- *Kiss and Make-Up* (1934), Screenplay
- *We're Not Dressing* (1934), Screenplay
- *Adorable* (1933), Writer
- *The Big Broadcast* (1932), Screenplay
- *Love Me Tonight* (1932), Screenplay
- *This Is the Night* (1932), Writer
- *No Limit* (1931), Story
- *Along Came Youth* (1930), Writer, Lyricist
- *Sea Legs* (1930), Story, Lyricist
- *Follow Thru* (1930), Lyricist
- *Let's Go Native* (1930), Writer, Lyricist
- *Safety in Numbers* (1930), Screenplay
- *Sweetie* (1929), Screenplay
- *Dangerous Curves* (1929), as Other
- *This Is Heaven* (1929), Screenplay
- *Someone to Love* (1928), Dialogue
- *Varsity* (1928), Writer
- *Moran of the Marines* (1928), Dialogue
- *Oh Kay!* (1928), Writer
- *Just Married* (1928), Dialogue
- *Hot News* (1928), Title Designer
- *Ladies of the Mob* (1928), Title Graphics
- *Partners in Crime* (1928), Dialogue
- *Red Hair* (1928), Dialogue
- *The Legion of the Condemned* (1928), Title Graphics
- *Wife Savers* (1928), Dialogue
- *Get Your Man* (1927), Dialogue
- *Honeymoon Hate* (1927), Dialogue
- *Service for Ladies* (1927), Dialogue
- *The World At Her Feet* (1927), Writer
- *Rough House Rosie* (1927), Writers' Production
- *Fashions for Women* (1927), Writer
- *Evening Clothes* (1927), Writer
- *A Kiss in a Taxi* (1927), Writer
- *It* (1927), Writer
- *Blonde or Brunette* (1927), Writer
- *Just Another Blonde* (1926), Writer
- *Everybody's Acting* (1926), Writer
- *Kid Boots* (1926), Dialogue
- *Mantrap* (1926), Title Graphics
- *Lovey Mary* (1926), Title Designer
- *Kiki* (1926), Writer
- *The Sap* (1926), Title Designer
- *The Bat* (1926), Writer
- *Made for Love* (1926), Screenplay
- *Money to Burns* (1924), Co-Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1929: Best Title Writing (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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