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Gene Towne(1904-1979)

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
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Gene Towne was born on 27 March 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935), Tom Brown's School Days (1940) and The Personality Kid (1934). She was married to Betty Browne. She died on 17 March 1979 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
BornMarch 27, 1904
DiedMarch 17, 1979(74)
BornMarch 27, 1904
DiedMarch 17, 1979(74)
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Known for

Sylvia Sidney in Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
Mary Burns, Fugitive
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1935
Freddie Bartholomew, Cedric Hardwicke, and Jimmy Lydon in Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
Tom Brown's School Days
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1940
Pat O'Brien, Alan Crosland, Claire Dodd, and Glenda Farrell in The Personality Kid (1934)
The Personality Kid
5.8
  • Writer
  • 1934
George Brent and Madeleine Carroll in The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1936

Credits

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Writer

  • Yasamak hakkimdir (1958)
    Yasamak hakkimdir
    5.7
    • screenplay "You Only Live Once" (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Top Banana (1954)
    Top Banana
    5.5
    • screen version
    • 1954
  • Freddie Bartholomew, Cedric Hardwicke, and Jimmy Lydon in Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
    Tom Brown's School Days
    6.6
    • adaptation and screenplay
    • 1940
  • Freddie Bartholomew, Edna Best, Tim Holt, Terry Kilburn, Thomas Mitchell, and Bobbie Quillan in Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
    Swiss Family Robinson
    6.2
    • Writer
    • 1940
  • David Niven and Loretta Young in Eternally Yours (1939)
    Eternally Yours
    5.7
    • original screenplay
    • 1939
  • Lucille Ball, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Irene Dunne, Alice Brady, and Guy Kibbee in Joy of Living (1938)
    Joy of Living
    6.3
    • screen play
    • 1938
  • Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell, Leslie Howard, Jack Carson, Tay Garnett, C. Henry Gordon, Alan Mowbray, and Marla Shelton in Stand-In (1937)
    Stand-In
    6.7
    • screen play
    • 1937
  • Eddie Cantor, June Lang, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Roland Young in Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
    Ali Baba Goes to Town
    6.3
    • based on a story by
    • 1937
  • History Is Made at Night (1937)
    History Is Made at Night
    7.3
    • screen play
    • 1937
  • Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney in You Only Live Once (1937)
    You Only Live Once
    7.2
    • screenplay
    • 1937
  • George Brent and Madeleine Carroll in The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)
    The Case Against Mrs. Ames
    6.8
    • screenplay
    • 1936
  • Freddie Bartholomew and Victor McLaglen in Professional Soldier (1935)
    Professional Soldier
    6.3
    • contract writer (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Sylvia Sidney in Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
    Mary Burns, Fugitive
    6.8
    • original screenplay
    • 1935
  • Edmund Lowe and Ann Sothern in Grand Exit (1935)
    Grand Exit
    6.3
    • story
    • 1935
  • Joan Bennett and George Raft in She Couldn't Take It (1935)
    She Couldn't Take It
    6.3
    • story
    • 1935

Producer

  • George Bancroft, Carl Esmond, Kay Francis, Ann Gillis, Jimmy Lydon, Jack Oakie, and Elsie the Cow in Little Men (1940)
    Little Men
    5.7
    • producer
    • 1940
  • Freddie Bartholomew, Cedric Hardwicke, and Jimmy Lydon in Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
    Tom Brown's School Days
    6.6
    • producer
    • 1940
  • Freddie Bartholomew, Edna Best, Tim Holt, Terry Kilburn, Thomas Mitchell, and Bobbie Quillan in Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
    Swiss Family Robinson
    6.2
    • producer
    • 1940

Additional Crew

  • George Bancroft, Carl Esmond, Kay Francis, Ann Gillis, Jimmy Lydon, Jack Oakie, and Elsie the Cow in Little Men (1940)
    Little Men
    5.7
    • presenter
    • 1940
  • Freddie Bartholomew, Edna Best, Tim Holt, Terry Kilburn, Thomas Mitchell, and Bobbie Quillan in Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
    Swiss Family Robinson
    6.2
    • presenter
    • 1940

Personal details

  • Height
    • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
  • Born
    • March 27, 1904
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • March 17, 1979
    • Woodland Hills, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Spouse
    • Betty Browne
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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  • Trivia
    Hollywood screenwriter of the 1920's and 30's. Started as a title writer in silent cinema. He turned out many reliable lightweight scripts for comedies, romances and melodramas in the 1930's, especially under contract to Paramount and for Walter Wanger Productions. Essentially retired after 1940.

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