Gene Markey(1895-1980)

Writer
Producer
Script and Continuity Department

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Gene Markey

Gene Markey was born on 11 December 1895 in Jackson, Michigan, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for You're the One (1941), Sur l'Avenue (1937) and Le chien des Baskerville (1939). He was married to Lucille Parker Wright, Myrna Loy, Hedy Lamarr and Joan Bennett. He died on 1 May 1980 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

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Known for

Bonnie Baker, Jerry Colonna, and Orrin Tucker in You're the One (1941)

7.0

Writer

1941

Irving Berlin, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye, Stepin Fetchit, Alan Mowbray, Dick Powell, Sig Ruman, Cora Witherspoon, and The Ritz Brothers in Sur l'Avenue (1937)

6.7

Writer

1937

Wendy Barrie and Richard Greene in Le chien des Baskerville (1939)

Le chien des Baskerville

7.4

Producer

1939

Ethel Barrymore, Victor Mature, and Peggy Cummins in La rose du crime (1947)

La rose du crime

6.6

Writer(uncredited)

1947

Credits

Writer

Glory
5.7
- story
- 1956
Meet Me at the Fair
5.9
- novel "The Great Companions"
- 1953
The Wonder Kid
6.5
- screenplay
- 1951
Cet âge dangereux
6.3
- screen play
- 1949
La rose du crime
6.6
- contributing writer (uncredited)
- 1947
You're the One
7.0
- original story
- screenplay
- 1941
Patrouille en mer
6.0
- contributor (uncredited)
- 1938
Sur l'Avenue
6.7
- screen play
- 1937
The Big Noise
7.7
- story
- 1936
White Hunter
6.3
- story
- 1936
Dortoir de jeunes filles
6.2
- screenplay
- 1936
Une certaine jeune fille
6.7
- screen play
- 1936
Love in Exile
5.4
- novel "His Majesty's Pajamas"
- 1936
Champagne Charlie
5.9
- story (uncredited)
- 1936
Le Roi du burlesque
6.2
- screen play
- 1936

Producer

La rose du crime
6.6
- producer
- 1947
You're the One
7.0
- producer
- 1941
Maryland
6.1
- producer
- 1940
Le roman de Lillian Russell
6.4
- associate producer
- 1940
L'oiseau bleu
6.2
- associate producer
- 1940
Les aventures de Sherlock Holmes
7.2
- associate producer
- 1939
La fille du nord
6.3
- producer
- 1939
Le chien des Baskerville
7.4
- associate producer
- 1939
Petite princesse
7.1
- associate producer
- 1939
Kentucky
6.2
- associate producer
- 1938
Patrouille en mer
6.0
- associate producer
- 1938
Suez
6.5
- associate producer
- 1938
Josette et compagnie
6.0
- associate producer
- 1938
Sally, Irene and Mary
6.2
- producer
- 1938
La mascotte du régiment
6.9
- associate producer
- 1937

Script and Continuity Department

Personal details

Height
- 1.80 m
Born
- December 11, 1895
- Jackson, Michigan, USA
Died
- May 1, 1980
- Miami Beach, Florida, USA(undisclosed)
Spouses
Children
- Melinda Markey
Other works
Story: "Blinky" (filmed as Range Courage (1927), Blinky (1923))

Did you know

Trivia
Married the widow who owned Calumet Farm, the most famous Kentucky horse racing stable. This made him the proprietor and a very happy man at the time of his death, as he probably loved race horses more than women, and from the list of his wives he apparently loved women a great deal. One of Calumet Farm's horses, a Filly named Our Mims, was named after his daughter.

Quotes
On his time at the Art Institute of Chicago: "I studied painting and learned nothing."

Salary
- A Lost Lady
  (1934)
  $10,125

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