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name: "Jane Murfin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jane-murfin"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "27 October 1884"
died: "10 August 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T22:49:58.095107+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jane Murfin

Writer. Born 27 October 1884 in Quincy, Michigan, USA. Died 10 August 1955.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 27 October 1884, Quincy, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 10 August 1955
- **Active:** 1932–1935
- **Also known as:** Alan Langdon Martin
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Murfin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436164, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613848/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88873

## Biography

Jane Murfin (also credited as Alan Langdon Martin) was an American playwright and screenwriter. Born Jane Macklem, she began her career writing plays, often in collaboration with actress Jane Cowl, including *Smilin' Through* (1919).

In Hollywood she wrote numerous screenplays, among them *What Price Hollywood?* (1932), *Roberta* (1935), *Alice Adams* (1935), *The Women* (1939) and *Pride and Prejudice* (1940). She also wrote and produced films featuring the dog Strongheart in the 1920s. Murfin received an Academy Award nomination for best original story for *What Price Hollywood?*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Alice Adams* (1935), Fi1m 79, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/alice-adams.md)
- *Smilin' Through* (1932), Fi1m 67, Theatre Play — [page](https://film.one/film/smilin-through.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

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

- *The Women* (2008), Original Story
- *Dragon Seed* (1944), Writer
- *Flight for Freedom* (1943), Adaptation
- *Smilin' Through* (1941), Theatre Play
- *Andy Hardy's Private Secretary* (1941), Screenplay
- *Pride and Prejudice* (1940), Screenplay
- *The Women* (1939), Screenplay
- *Stand Up and Fight* (1939), Screenplay
- *The Shining Hour* (1938), Screenplay
- *I'll Take Romance* (1937), Screenplay
- *That Girl from Paris* (1936), Story
- *Come and Get It* (1936), Screenplay
- *Alice Adams* (1935), Screenplay — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/alice-adams.md)
- *Break of Hearts* (1935), as Continuity
- *Roberta* (1935), Screenplay
- *The Little Minister* (1934), Screenplay
- *Romance in Manhattan* (1934), Screenplay
- *The Fountain* (1934), Writer
- *The Life of Vergie Winters* (1934), Screenplay
- *This Man Is Mine* (1934), Screenplay
- *The Crime Doctor* (1934), Screenplay
- *Spitfire* (1934), Screenplay
- *Little Women* (1933), as Additional Writing
- *After Tonight* (1933), Adaptation, Story
- *Ann Vickers* (1933), Screenplay
- *Double Harness* (1933), Screenplay
- *The Silver Cord* (1933), Screenplay
- *Our Betters* (1933), Screenplay
- *Rockabye* (1932), Screenplay
- *Smilin' Through* (1932), Theatre Play — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/smilin-through.md)
- *What Price Hollywood?* (1932), Screenplay
- *Young Bride* (1932), Additional Dialogue
- *Way Back Home* (1931), Story, Screenplay
- *Friends and Lovers* (1931), Writer
- *Too Many Cooks* (1931), Screenplay
- *White Shoulders* (1931), Screenplay, Adaptation
- *The Pay-Off* (1930), Screenplay
- *Lawful Larceny* (1930), Writer
- *The Runaway Bride* (1930), Screenplay, Adaptation
- *Dance Hall* (1929), Screenplay
- *Seven Keys to Baldpate* (1929), Writer
- *Half Marriage* (1929), Screenplay
- *Side Street* (1929), Screenplay
- *Street Girl* (1929), Screenplay
- *Lilac Time* (1928), Theatre Play
- *The Prince of Headwaiters* (1927), Screenplay, Adaptation
- *The Notorious Lady* (1927), Screenplay, Adaptation
- *The Savage* (1926), Writer
- *A Slave of Fashion* (1925), Writer
- *White Fang* (1925), Screenplay, Adaptation
- *Flapper Wives* (1924), Theatre Play, Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *The Love Master* (1924), Story
- *Brawn of the North* (1922), Producer, Story, Director
- *Smilin' Through* (1922), Theatre Play
- *The Silent Call* (1921), Screenplay, Adaptation
- *Playthings of Destiny* (1921), Story
- *The Amateur Wife* (1920), Screenplay
- *The Right To Lie* (1919), Story
- *A Temperamental Wife* (1919), Theatre Play
- *Marie, Ltd.* (1919), Writer
- *Daybreak* (1918), Theatre Play

## Gallery

- ![Jane Murfin](https://film.one/media/person/1226778/gallery-200c6ce0a0fd.jpg) Jane Murfin — H.O. Davis / Associated First National Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Jane_Murfin_-_Oct_1921_EH.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Strongheart and Jane Murfin. (1922)](https://film.one/media/person/1226778/gallery-e425731b173c.jpg) Strongheart and Jane Murfin. (1922) — Runt97, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Strongheart_and_Jane_Murfin_Full_Photo.jpg/1280px-Strongheart_and_Jane_Murfin_Full_Photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jane Murfin, film writer and director, for the American film Brawn of the North (1922). Although the image caption uses "actress", she did not actually appear i](https://film.one/media/person/1226778/gallery-f84ed3cb07b1.jpg) Jane Murfin, film writer and director, for the American film Brawn of the North (1922). Although the image caption uses "actress", she did not actually appear i — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Jane_Murfin%2C_film_actress_%28SAYRE_7273%29.jpg/1280px-Jane_Murfin%2C_film_actress_%28SAYRE_7273%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1932: Best Story (nominated), for *What Price Hollywood?*

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

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