Grace Neville

Grace Neville
Born	June 6, 1898 Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Died	March 31, 1973 Los Angeles, California United States
Occupation	Writer
Years active	1935–1938 (film)

Grace Neville (1898–1973) was an American screenwriter.[1]

Biography

Grace Neville was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Benjamin Neville and Helen Turnell. She was added to the scenario department at Columbia Pictures in 1935.[2] She later served as an officer in the Hollywood Studio Club, which aimed to prepare women for careers in the film industry.[3] Neville — who never married — died in West Hollywood, where she resided, in 1973.

Selected filmography

• Little Miss Roughneck (1938)[4]
• All American Sweetheart (1937)
• Counsel for Crime (1937)
• The Game That Kills (1937)
• Motor Madness (1937)
• Find the Witness (1937)[5]
• Shakedown (1936)[6]
• Dangerous Intrigue (1936)
• Air Hawks (1935)[7]

References

1. Langman & Finn p.86
2. "Columbia News". The Tensas Gazette. 13 Sep 1935. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
3. "Studio Club Alumnae Headed by Van Nuys Graduate". The Valley News. 1 Sep 1964. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
4. Staff, America Film Institute; Gevinson, Alan; Institute, American Film (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520209640.
5. Langman, Larry (2015-07-11). The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996. McFarland. ISBN 9781476609256.
6. Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series. 1937.
7. Pitts, Michael R. (2014-01-10). Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982. McFarland. ISBN 9780786457663.

Bibliography

• Larry Langman & Daniel Finn. A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties. Greenwood Press, 1995.

External links

• Grace Neville at IMDb