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name: "Harlan Thompson"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 September 1890"
died: "29 October 1966"
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average_as: "writer"
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updated: "2026-09-19T23:03:58.166175+00:00"
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# Harlan Thompson

Writer. Born 24 September 1890 in Hannibal. Died 29 October 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 September 1890, Hannibal
- **Died:** 29 October 1966
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_Thompson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17421952, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860194/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/224401

## Biography

Harlan Thompson (1890–1966) was an American screenwriter, stage director, lyricist, film director and producer. Born in Hannibal, Missouri, he worked as a newspaperman before moving into theatre and film.

He wrote the book and lyrics for the Broadway musical *Little Jessie James* (1923–24) and several other stage productions. In Hollywood from the late 1920s he contributed screenplays and dialogue to films including *Married in Hollywood* (1929), *Kiss and Make-Up* (1934) and *Ruggles of Red Gap* (1935). He later produced films and television programmes such as the Ed Wynn show.

Thompson was married to the writer Marian Spitzer.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ruggles of Red Gap* (1935), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/ruggles-of-red-gap.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Kisses for Breakfast* (1941), Associate Producer
- *The Wagons Roll at Night* (1941), Producer
- *Road to Singapore* (1940), Producer
- *Disputed Passage* (1939), Producer
- *The Magnificent Fraud* (1939), Producer
- *Paris Honeymoon* (1939), Producer
- *Romance in the Dark* (1938), Producer
- *The Big Broadcast of 1938* (1938), Producer
- *College Holiday* (1936), Producer
- *Wives Never Know* (1936), Producer
- *Early to Bed* (1936), Producer
- *Ship Cafe* (1935), Writer
- *It's a Great Life* (1935), Screenplay
- *Ruggles of Red Gap* (1935), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ruggles-of-red-gap.md)
- *Here Is My Heart* (1934), Screenplay
- *Kiss and Make-Up* (1934), Director, Screenplay
- *I'm No Angel* (1933), as Continuity
- *The Past of Mary Holmes* (1933), Director
- *The Phantom President* (1932), Screenplay
- *Girls Demand Excitement* (1931), Writer
- *Are You There?* (1930), Story
- *Women Everywhere* (1930), Scenario Writer, Dialogue
- *The Big Party* (1930), Story, Scenario Writer
- *Married in Hollywood* (1929), Screenplay, Adaptation
- *The Ghost Talks* (1929), Dialogue
- *Take Me Home* (1928), Story
- *Hot News* (1928), Story

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