Arthur Varney was an Italian-born American

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

and

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. Born as Amerigo Serrao in 1893 to the sculptor Luella A. Varney Serrao and her husband Teodoro Serrao, he emigrated to the United States and became a

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citizen.Koszarski p.306 In the 1930s he found work on the British film industry as Arthur Varney, and occasionally also used the credit of Grover Lee. He died in 1960.

Selected filmography

Director

* '' Winds of the Pampas'' (1927) * '' The Road to Fortune'' (1930) * '' The Wrong Mr. Perkins'' (1931) * '' The Eternal Feminine'' (1931) * ''

Almost a Divorce ''Almost a Divorce'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and Arthur Varney and starring Nelson Keys, Sydney Howard and Margery Binner. It was made at British and Dominion's Elstree Studios.Wood p.71 Cast * Nelson Keys ...

'' (1931) * ''

Get That Venus ''Get That Venus'' is a 1933 American comedy film directed by Arthur Varney and starring Ernest Truex, Jean Arthur and Harry Davenport.Koszarski p.306 Cast * Ernest Truex as Tim Wilson * Jean Arthur as Margaret Rendleby * Harry Davenport a ...

'' (1933)

References

Bibliography

* Koszarski, Richard. ''Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff''. Rutgers University Press, 2008.

External links

* 1893 births 1960 deaths Italian emigrants to the United States 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian film producers Italian film directors 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-bio-stub