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James Gruen(1894-1967)

  • Writer
  • Director
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James Gruen was born on 8 March 1894 in Minnesota, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Let's Go, Gallagher (1925), The Marines Are Coming (1934) and Windjammer (1937). He was married to Margaret Meehan and Beatrice Van. He died on 19 March 1967 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornMarch 8, 1894
DiedMarch 19, 1967(73)
BornMarch 8, 1894
DiedMarch 19, 1967(73)
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Known for

Tom Tyler in Let's Go, Gallagher (1925)
Let's Go, Gallagher
  • Writer
  • 1925
Armida, William Haines, and Conrad Nagel in The Marines Are Coming (1934)
The Marines Are Coming
5.1
  • Writer
  • 1934
William Hall, George O'Brien, and Constance Worth in Windjammer (1937)
Windjammer
5.6
  • Writer
  • 1937
Lew Ayres and Isabel Jewell in The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936)
The Leathernecks Have Landed
5.9
  • Writer
  • 1936

Credits

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Writer



  • Kent Taylor in Boston Blackie (1951)
    Boston Blackie
    7.6
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1952
  • Camera Sleuth (1951)
    Camera Sleuth
    6.1
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1951
  • Smiley Burnette, Charles Starrett, and Western All Stars in South of Death Valley (1949)
    South of Death Valley
    6.2
    • story
    • 1949
  • Tony Martin, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Marjorie Weaver, and The Ritz Brothers in Kentucky Moonshine (1938)
    Kentucky Moonshine
    5.5
    • contract writer (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Judy Garland, Fanny Brice, and Allan Jones in Everybody Sing (1938)
    Everybody Sing
    6.2
    • additional dialogue by
    • 1938
  • William Hall, George O'Brien, and Constance Worth in Windjammer (1937)
    Windjammer
    5.6
    • screenplay
    • 1937
  • Ralph Bellamy and Mae Clarke in Wild Brian Kent (1936)
    Wild Brian Kent
    5.8
    • adaptation
    • 1936
  • Lew Ayres and Isabel Jewell in The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936)
    The Leathernecks Have Landed
    5.9
    • original story
    • 1936
  • Judith Allen in Behind the Green Lights (1935)
    Behind the Green Lights
    6.0
    • screenplay
    • 1935
  • Armida, William Haines, and Conrad Nagel in The Marines Are Coming (1934)
    The Marines Are Coming
    5.1
    • screenplay
    • 1934
  • Gene Autry and Ken Maynard in In Old Santa Fe (1934)
    In Old Santa Fe
    5.8
    • screenplay
    • 1934
  • Aileen Pringle and Hugh Trevor in Night Parade (1929)
    Night Parade
    5.4
    • screen play
    • 1929
  • Dorothy Mackaill in Hard to Get (1929)
    Hard to Get
    • dialogue
    • scenario
    • 1929
  • Carroll Nye, George E. Stone, and Loretta Young in The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929)
    The Girl in the Glass Cage
    6.0
    • scenario
    • 1929
  • Marian Nixon and Richard Walling in Silks and Saddles (1929)
    Silks and Saddles
    6.1
    • adaptation
    • 1929

Director



  • George Harris and Barbara Luddy in A1 Society (1926)
    A1 Society
    Short
    • Director
    • 1926
  • Tom Tyler in Let's Go, Gallagher (1925)
    Let's Go, Gallagher
    • Director
    • 1925

Personal details

  • Born
    • March 8, 1894
    • Minnesota, USA
  • Died
    • March 19, 1967
    • Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Spouses
      Margaret MeehanNovember 18, 1932 - ?
  • Publicity listings
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Did you know

  • Trivia
    Gruen married Beatrice Van (great-grandmother of Vanessa Vander Pluym) in 1927. Vanessa's grandfather, Gruen's stepson, Kreigh Vander-Pluym, was born in 1910 and died in 1971. There was no biological connection between Gruen and Vanessa Vander Pluym.

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