Screenplay: F. McGrew Willis

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by F. McGrew Willis. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Keep 'Em Rolling

1934 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction George Archainbaud

Cast Walter Huston · Frances Dee · Minna Gombell · Frank Conroy

Plot Sergeant Benny Walsh, a U.S. Army artilleryman, and his horse, Rodney, share a kindred spirit that is sympathetic to each other's needs. After years of service to his country, Sergeant...

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Even As You and I

1917 · Movie · min. · United States

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Madame Behave

1925 · Movie · 55 min. · United States

Direction Scott Sidney

Cast Julian Eltinge · Ann Pennington · Lionel Belmore · David James

Plot A cross-dressing farce, adapted from "Madame Lucy" by Jean Arlette, in which to help a friend in a lawsuit, Jack Mitchell disguises himself as the mysterious "Madame Brown," a missing...

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The Gambling Sex

1932 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

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The Quest

1915 · Movie · min. · United States

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Up in Mabel's Room

1926 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction E. Mason Hopper

Cast Marie Prevost · Harrison Ford II · Phyllis Haver · Harry Myers

Plot Mabel catches her husband buying lingerie, and he won't explain who it's for. She divorces him, but later learns he was buying her an anniversary gift. She becomes determined to...

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Suicide Fleet

1931 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Albert S. Rogell

Cast William Boyd · Robert Armstrong · James Gleason · Ginger Rogers

Plot Three US sailors fight German U-boats in World War I aboard a decoy ship and try to win Ginger Rogers who works on the Coney Island midway.

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The Big Gamble

1931 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Fred Niblo

Cast William Boyd · James Gleason · Warner Oland · Dorothy Sebastian

Plot Unable to repay a substantial gambling debt to mob boss North, Alan Beckwith concocts a last-ditch scheme. Allowing North to take out a $100,000 insurance policy on his life, Alan...

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Sis Hopkins

1941 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Santley

Cast Judy Canova · Bob Crosby · Charles Butterworth · Jerry Colonna

Plot A young girl from the "sticks" comes to the city to live with her wealthy relatives. At first she is the objection of derision and made fun of because of...

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The Man in the Mirror

1936 · Movie · 71 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Maurice Elvey

Cast Edward Everett Horton · Genevieve Tobin · Ursula Jeans · Garry Marsh

Plot A mild-mannered, somewhat mousy man is astounded when his reflection in a mirror comes to life and begins to do all the wild and crazy things that he always wanted...

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The Nervous Wreck

1926 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

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The End of the Game

1919 · Movie · 50 min. · United States

Direction Jesse D. Hampton

Cast J. Warren Kerrigan · Lois Wilson · Gayne Whitman · Jack Richardson

Plot Frank Miller, arriving in a California gold rush town in the days of '49, gets fleeced of all his assets in a crooked card game by a gang while his...

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The Girl in the Pullman

1927 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Erle C. Kenton

Cast Marie Prevost · Harrison Ford II · Franklin Pangborn · Kathryn McGuire

Plot Dr. Burton's divorce is about to be effective when his flappery ex-wife Irene pays him a visit turning everything upside down. To avoid explanations to his bride-to-be and her mother...

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Charley's Aunt

1930 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

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A Blonde for a Night

1928 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction E. Mason Hopper · F. McGrew Willis

Cast Marie Prevost · Franklin Pangborn · Harrison Ford II · T. Roy Barnes

Plot After an argument, a newlywed decides to test her husband's fidelity by disguising herself as a blonde.

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Charley's Aunt

1925 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Scott Sidney

Cast Syd Chaplin · Ethel Shannon · James E. Page · Lucien Littlefield

Plot Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with...

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Murder in Soho

1939 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Norman Lee

Cast Jack La Rue · Sandra Storme · Bernard Lee · Martin Walker

Plot An American gangster owner of a Soho nightclub is investigated by the police for murder

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