Jack Jevne (January 25, 1892 – May 25, 1972) was an 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 ...

. He also worked as an actor and served as sergeant first class during

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. He wrote for 58 films between 1919 and 1956, notably working with

Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American double act, comedy duo during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957) ...

on several occasions. He was born in

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, the son of Lloyd Jevne, a professional billiard player, and Anna Anderberg, a Swedish immigrant. During the

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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.Johnson, Ted. Film: Guild re-writes blacklist-era credits. ''Variety'' 366.10 (Apr 7, 1997): 36. Jevne died in

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Selected filmography

* ''

Air Raid Wardens ''Air Raid Wardens'' is a 1943 comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was the first of two feature films starring the duo for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Set during World War II, Stan and Ollie face a series of m ...

'' (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) * '' The Ghost Rider'' (1935) * '' The Cowboy and the Bandit'' (1935) * '' Trails End'' (1935) * '' Palooka'' (1934) * ''

I Cover the Waterfront ''I Cover the Waterfront'' is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrence, and Hobart Cavanaugh. Based on the book by Max Miller, a reporter for the '' San ...

'' (1933) * ''

Easy Millions ''Easy Millions'' is a 1933 American comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Dorothy Burgess and Merna Kennedy.Pitts p.161 Plot Cast * Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher * Dorothy Burgess * Merna Kennedy ...

'' (1933) * '' Eve's Leaves'' (1926) * '' The Jay Bird'' (1920) * '' The Trail of the Holdup Man'' (1919) * '' The Fighting Line'' (1919)

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* 1892 births 1972 deaths American people of Swedish descent American male screenwriters 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-screen-writer-1890s-stub