Jane Murfin, née Macklem was an American playwright and screenwriter. The author of several successful plays, she wrote some of them with actress Jane Cowl—most notably Smilin' Through (1919), which was adapted three times for motion pictures. In Hollywood Murfin became a popular screenwriter whose credits include What Price Hollywood? (1932), for which she received an Academy Award nomination. In the 1920s she lived with Laurence Trimble, writing and producing films for their dog Strongheart, the first major canine star.
Jane Murfin in 1923
Jane Murfin with Strongheart (1923)
Murfin ordering the placement of lights on a film she is directing (1924)
Ad for Marie, Ltd. (1919)
Jane Cowl was an American film and stage actress and playwright "notorious for playing lachrymose parts". Actress Jane Russell was named in Cowl's honor.
Jane Cowl in 1920
RMS Olympic June 1911 at New York, end of maiden voyage. Jane travelled from Southampton-to-New York for the maiden voyage.
Photoplay: the Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines, Volume 9 1915
Advertisement for Jane Cowl in the 1915 Universal film The Garden of Lies