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Harlan Thompson(1890-1966)

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Director
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Harlan Thompson was born on 24 September 1890 in Hannibal, Missouri, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Kiss and Make-Up (1934), Married in Hollywood (1929) and The Big Party (1930). He was married to Marian Spitzer. He died on 29 October 1966 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornSeptember 24, 1890
DiedOctober 29, 1966(76)
BornSeptember 24, 1890
DiedOctober 29, 1966(76)
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Cary Grant, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Mack, and Genevieve Tobin in Kiss and Make-Up (1934)
Kiss and Make-Up
5.9
  • Writer
  • 1934
J. Harold Murray and Norma Terris in Married in Hollywood (1929)
Married in Hollywood
  • Writer
  • 1929
Sue Carol, Richard Keene, and Dixie Lee in The Big Party (1930)
The Big Party
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1930
Ship Cafe (1935)
Ship Cafe
5.5
  • Writer
  • 1935

Credits

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Producer

  • Makers of Music the Bach Vivaldi Story
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1953
  • The Cases of Eddie Drake
    6.2
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1952
  • The Ed Wynn Show (1949)
    The Ed Wynn Show
    6.6
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1949–1950
  • Arthur Kennedy, Dennis Morgan, and Wayne Morris in Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
    Bad Men of Missouri
    5.7
    • associate producer
    • 1941
  • Dennis Morgan, Shirley Ross, and Jane Wyatt in Kisses for Breakfast (1941)
    Kisses for Breakfast
    5.7
    • associate producer
    • 1941
  • David Bruce and Brenda Marshall in Singapore Woman (1941)
    Singapore Woman
    5.8
    • associate producer
    • 1941
  • Humphrey Bogart, Joan Leslie, and Sylvia Sidney in The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
    The Wagons Roll at Night
    6.3
    • associate producer
    • 1941
  • John Garfield, William Lundigan, Brenda Marshall, and Marjorie Rambeau in East of the River (1940)
    East of the River
    6.3
    • associate producer
    • 1940
  • Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Singapore (1940)
    Road to Singapore
    6.6
    • producer
    • 1940
  • John Howard, Dorothy Lamour, and Akim Tamiroff in Disputed Passage (1939)
    Disputed Passage
    6.4
    • producer
    • 1939
  • Mary Boland, Lloyd Nolan, and Akim Tamiroff in The Magnificent Fraud (1939)
    The Magnificent Fraud
    6.0
    • producer
    • 1939
  • Bing Crosby, Franciska Gaal, and Shirley Ross in Paris Honeymoon (1938)
    Paris Honeymoon
    5.8
    • producer
    • 1938
  • John Barrymore, John Boles, and Gladys Swarthout in Romance in the Dark (1938)
    Romance in the Dark
    7.5
    • producer
    • 1938
  • W.C. Fields, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Martha Raye, and Shirley Ross in The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
    The Big Broadcast of 1938
    6.1
    • producer
    • 1938
  • Fred MacMurray and Gladys Swarthout in Champagne Waltz (1937)
    Champagne Waltz
    6.0
    • producer
    • 1937

Writer

  • Betty Grable and Sheree North in How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
    How to Be Very, Very Popular
    5.2
    • play
    • 1955
  • John Boles and Gladys Swarthout in Rose of the Rancho (1936)
    Rose of the Rancho
    6.2
    • adaptation
    • 1936
  • Ship Cafe (1935)
    Ship Cafe
    5.5
    • Writer
    • 1935
  • It's a Great Life (1935)
    It's a Great Life
    7.4
    • screenplay
    • 1935
  • Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
    Ruggles of Red Gap
    7.5
    • screenplay
    • 1935
  • Bing Crosby, Kitty Carlisle, Reginald Owen, June Preston, Alison Skipworth, and Roland Young in Here Is My Heart (1934)
    Here Is My Heart
    6.5
    • Writer
    • 1934
  • Cary Grant, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Mack, and Genevieve Tobin in Kiss and Make-Up (1934)
    Kiss and Make-Up
    5.9
    • screenplay
    • 1934
  • Stuart Erwin and Susan Fleming in He Learned About Women (1932)
    He Learned About Women
    6.8
    • writer
    • 1932
  • Claudette Colbert, Jimmy Durante, and George M. Cohan in The Phantom President (1932)
    The Phantom President
    5.8
    • Writer
    • 1932
  • Sally Blane, Jeanette MacDonald, Victor McLaglen, and Roland Young in Annabelle's Affairs (1931)
    Annabelle's Affairs
    6.6
    • contributing writer
    • 1931
  • John Wayne and Virginia Cherrill in Girls Demand Excitement (1931)
    Girls Demand Excitement
    5.7
    • Writer
    • 1931
  • Lloyd Hamilton and Beatrice Lillie in Are You There? (1930)
    Are You There?
    7.4
    • dialogue
    • story
    • 1930
  • Fifi D'Orsay, Rose Dione, and J. Harold Murray in Women Everywhere (1930)
    Women Everywhere
    5.2
    • scenario and dialogue
    • 1930
  • Sue Carol, Richard Keene, and Dixie Lee in The Big Party (1930)
    The Big Party
    6.5
    • story
    • scenario and dialogue
    • 1930
  • J. Harold Murray and Norma Terris in Married in Hollywood (1929)
    Married in Hollywood
    • adaptation
    • screenplay
    • 1929

Director

  • Makers of Music the Bach Vivaldi Story
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1953
  • Cary Grant, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Mack, and Genevieve Tobin in Kiss and Make-Up (1934)
    Kiss and Make-Up
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1934
  • Jean Arthur, Eric Linden, and Helen MacKellar in The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
    The Past of Mary Holmes
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1933

Personal details

  • Height
    • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
  • Born
    • September 24, 1890
    • Hannibal, Missouri, USA
  • Died
    • October 29, 1966
    • New York City, New York, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Marian Spitzer
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Articles

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    Child: Charles Hestwood (c. 1921)

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