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Other names
  
Tuthill Otto Jevne

Role
  
Screenwriter

Name
  
Jack Jevne

Years active
  
1919-1956

Occupation
  
Screenwriter


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Born
  
January 25, 1892 (
1892-01-25
)
Provo, Utah, United States

Died
  
May 25, 1972, Los Angeles, California, United States

Parents
  
Lloyd Jevne, Anna Anderberg

Movies
  
Way Out West, Topper, Air Raid Wardens, Our Relations, Captain Fury

Similar People
  
Charley Rogers, Eric S Hatch, Norman Z McLeod, Marvin Hatley, James W Horne

Jack Jevne (January 25, 1892 – May 25, 1972) was an American screenwriter. He also worked as an actor, and served as sergeant first class during World War I. He wrote for 58 films between 1919 and 1956, notably working with Laurel and Hardy on several occasions. He was born in Provo, Utah, son of Lloyd Jevne, a professional billiard player, and Anna Anderberg, a Swedish immigrant.

During the Hollywood blacklist era, Jean Rouverol Butler, wife of blacklisted screenwriter Hugo Butler, wrote Autumn Leaves (1956) with her husband based on her novella. Jack Jevne fronted for her, that is, feigned authorship.

Jevne died in Los Angeles, California.

Selected filmography

  • Air Raid Wardens (1943)
  • Barnacle Bill (1941)
  • The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)
  • Captain Fury (1939)
  • Merrily We Live (1938)
  • Topper (1937)
  • Way Out West (1937)
  • Our Relations (1936)
  • Palooka (1934)
  • I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
  • Eve's Leaves (1926)
  • The Jay Bird (1920)
  • The Trail of the Holdup Man (1919)
  • The Fighting Line (1919)
  • References

    Jack Jevne Wikipedia


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