---
name: "Peter Milne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-milne"
fi1m_id: "peter-milne"
imdb_id: "nm0590361"
tmdb_id: 113762
wikidata_id: "Q18640682"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "15 August 1896"
died: "29 March 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T01:10:49.618931+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."
---

# Peter Milne

## Identity

Peter Milne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-milne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-milne
- **IMDb ID:** nm0590361
- **TMDB ID:** 113762
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18640682
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Milne_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18640682, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590361/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113762

Writer. Born 15 August 1896 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 29 March 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 15 August 1896, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 29 March 1968
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Milne_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18640682, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0590361/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/113762

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Footlight Parade*](https://film.one/film/footlight-parade.md) (70)

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## Biography

Peter Milne (15 August 1896 – 29 March 1968) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for more than fifty films from the silent era through the 1950s. Before entering screenwriting he reviewed films for the trade paper Motion Picture News and published the book Motion Picture Directing: The Facts and Theories of the Newest Art (1922).

His credits include the story for the Warner Bros. musical Footlight Parade (1933), the screenplay for The Kennel Murder Case (1933), and contributions to Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), The Walking Dead (1936), San Quentin (1937) and The Verdict (1946). He worked frequently for Warner Bros. and First National in the 1930s.

Milne was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles County, California. He was married to Janet Cruikshank.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Footlight Parade* (1933), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/footlight-parade.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

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

- *Prima Donna* (1956), Writer
- *Glory* (1956), Screenplay
- *Screen Director's Playhouse* (1955), series, Writer
- *Geraldine* (1953), Screenplay
- *She's Working Her Way Through College* (1952), Screenplay
- *About Face* (1952), Screenplay
- *Painting the Clouds with Sunshine* (1951), Screenplay
- *The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady* (1950), Screenplay
- *April Showers* (1948), Writer
- *My Wild Irish Rose* (1947), Screenplay
- *High Tide* (1947), Additional Dialogue
- *The Verdict* (1946), Screenplay
- *God Is My Co-Pilot* (1945), Screenplay
- *Step Lively* (1944), Screenplay
- *Lady, Let's Dance* (1944), Screenplay
- *White Savage* (1943), Story
- *They Meet Again* (1941), Story, Screenplay
- *Private Affairs* (1940), Screenplay
- *Rancho Grande* (1940), Story, Screenplay
- *The House of Fear* (1939), Screenplay
- *Mr. Moto in Danger Island* (1939), Screenplay
- *San Quentin* (1937), Screenplay
- *God's Country and the Woman* (1937), Story
- *Polo Joe* (1936), Screenplay
- *Colleen* (1936), Screenplay
- *The Walking Dead* (1936), Screenplay
- *The Murder of Dr. Harrigan* (1936), Screenplay
- *Miss Pacific Fleet* (1935), Screenplay
- *Mary Jane's Pa* (1935), Screenplay
- *Gold Diggers of 1935* (1935), Screenplay, Story
- *The Woman in Red* (1935), Writer
- *Return of the Terror* (1934), Writer
- *Registered Nurse* (1934), Screenplay
- *Convention City* (1933), Screenstory
- *From Headquarters* (1933), Screenplay
- *The Kennel Murder Case* (1933), Screenplay
- *Footlight Parade* (1933), Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/footlight-parade.md)
- *Come Across* (1929), Scenario Writer, Adaptation
- *Object: Alimony* (1928), Writer
- *Nothing to Wear* (1928), Writer
- *The Michigan Kid* (1928), Writer
- *Say It with Sables* (1928), Story
- *Beware of Blondes* (1928), Writer
- *The Way of the Strong* (1928), Writer
- *Name the Woman* (1928), Writer
- *Modern Mothers* (1928), Writer
- *The Matinee Idol* (1928), Adaptation
- *The Sporting Age* (1928), Writer
- *The Head of the Family* (1928), Writer
- *The Silver Slave* (1927), Writer
- *The College Widow* (1927), Writer
- *The Great Mail Robbery* (1927), Story, Writer
- *What Fools Men Are* (1922), Writer
- *When the Desert Calls* (1922), Adaptation
- *Little Italy* (1921), Writer

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