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Gene Markey est un Scénariste et Producteur Américain né le 11 décembre 1895 à Jackson (Etats-Unis)

Gene Markey

Gene Markey
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Nom de naissance Eugene Willford Markey
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 11 décembre 1895 à Jackson (Etats-Unis)
Mort 1 mai 1980 (à 84 ans) à Miami Beach (Etats-Unis)
Récompenses Bronze Star

Eugene Willford "Gene" Markey (December 11, 1895 – May 1, 1980) was an American author, producer, screenwriter, and highly decorated naval officer.

Biographie

Early life
Markey was born in Michigan in the year 1895. His father, Eugene Lawrence Markey, was a Colonel in the United States Army. His uncle, Daniel P. Markey, had been Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1918.


Chicago
He was a skilled sketch artist, which gained him entry, after World War I, into the Art Institute of Chicago starting in 1919 and finishing in 1920. There, he claimed to have "studied painting and learned nothing". After that, he worked as a journalist in Chicago for several newspapers and magazines, including Photoplay magazine. It was during the 1920s that Gene Markey first became a writer, specializing in novels about the Jazz Age. Among his titles were Anabel, Stepping High, Women, Women, Everywhere, and His Majesty's Pyjamas. His book "Literary Lights" (March 1923, Alfred A. Knopf, New York) was a collection of fifty of America's most important literary authors of the day. He personally sketched each caricature.


Hollywood
He went to Hollywood in 1929 and became a screenwriter for Twentieth Century Fox. His screen credits included King of Burlesque (1936) starring Alice Faye, Girls' Dormitory (1936) featuring Herbert Marshall, and On the Avenue (1937), starring Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, and Alice Faye. He was also the producer of the 1937 Shirley Temple film, Wee Willie Winkie, among others.

Although he was not overly handsome, he was a very skilled conversationalist and he quickly became a popular fixture in Hollywood society. Among his good friends in Hollywood were producer John Hay Whitney, composer Irving Berlin, and actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Ward Bond and John Wayne. He would often go fishing with Bond and Wayne off Catalina Island. A 1946 article in the Washington Times Herald said, "Other Men Say: What's Gene Markey Got That We Haven't Got?" The article ran a photo of Rudolph Valentino with the caption, "NOT SO HOT – By Comparison. Though all American womanhood swooned over him in his day, Rudolph Valentino was no Markey." Soon after he arrived in Hollywood in 1929, it was also reported that, "Markey became the most sought after unattached man in the cinema firmament, so sprinkled with far handsomer, richer male stars." Markey was married three times to prominent film actresses. His first wife was Joan Bennett, from 1932 to 1937 (which produced a daughter, Melinda). He was married to Hedy Lamarr from 1939 to 1940 and to Myrna Loy from 1946 to 1950. At first, Loy claimed mental cruelty, but later retracted it, saying, "He could make a scrubwoman think she was a queen and he could make a queen think she was the queen of queens."


Military career
After his graduation from Dartmouth, Markey became a lieutenant in the infantry during World War I (which the United States had entered in 1917) and saw action at the Battle of Belleau Wood. He then joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1920 and it was during World War II that he made his greatest mark. In August 1941, he reported to Balboa, Panama with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He had a yacht, Melinda (named after his daughter), that he donated to the United States Navy for use as a submarine chaser. During the war, Markey rose to the rank of Commodore and served as an assistant intelligence officer on the staff of Fleet Admiral William "Bull" Halsey at Guadalcanal. After the war, he was promoted to Rear Admiral and he officially retired from the Navy on February 27, 1956. He was highly decorated; among his awards were the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with Combat V (for leading a reconnaissance mission in the Solomon Islands in 1942), a Navy Commendation Medal, Italy's Star of Solidarity, and France's Legion of Honor. During World War II, Markey became good friends with Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. After the war, he became a Special Assistant to United States Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. Markey was very proud of his Admiral's commission. He insisted on being called, "Admiral Markey" never "Mister Markey" and, rarely, "Gene". For the rest of his life, he would promptly toss ANY mail (including bills) that wasn't addressed to ADMIRAL Markey into the trash.


Later life
He returned to Hollywood after the war and, on September 27, 1952, he married his fourth wife, Lucille Parker Wright, the widow of Warren Wright, owner of the Calumet Farm racing stable. Markey left California after this marriage.

He developed something of a knack for naming the farm's horses. First there was a filly, was named Our Mims after his daughter Melinda. Another was named Myrtle Morgan after the two streets that intersected in front of his property in Saratoga Springs, New York. Still another was named Eastern Fleet (possibly as a tribute to his service in the Navy) who would finish fourth in the 1971 Kentucky Derby and second in the Preakness Stakes. Markey was also a lover of dogs. He owned a black Labrador Retriever named Lucky that lived to be 17, which is very unusual. Mrs. Markey also had a dog, a Yorkshire Terrier that was named Timmy Tammy (after which she was thought to have named one of Calumet Farm's champion thoroughbreds, Tim Tam). Mrs. Markey carried the dog with her in her purse everywhere she went.

Shortly after this marriage, Markey would become good friends with Ralph Wilson who later was the founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. One of Mrs. Markey's hobbies was collecting statues of eagles. In 18th century Kentucky, eagles were widely believed to be a symbol of good luck.

Dividing his time between Lexington, Kentucky, Saratoga Springs, New York, and Miami Beach, Florida (with an occasional trip to Europe thrown in), he continued to write. Among his works during this period were: Kentucky Pride, an adventure–romance set in Civil War Kentucky, and That Far Paradise, a story of an 18th Century family making its way from Virginia to settle in what later became Kentucky. As background research for his book, Markey recreated the journey himself. Markey was very fond of the time he spent in Kentucky, quickly becoming a fixture on its social scene and becoming good friends with many members of the thoroughbred racing community. He once told a reporter, "I cannot restrain my ardor for the place and its people...No duck ever took to water as I have taken to Kentucky."

Markey was also a noted party giver. One of his specialties was a tropical punch made with an unknown number of rums. At his parties, his old friends from Hollywood often mixed with his new friends from Kentucky and mixed very well. While he lived in Kentucky, he purchased an old 18th Century log cabin and had it moved to the Calumet Farm property where he would use it as his writing room. He also had two brands of private reserve bourbon distilled he named "Old Commodore" (as a tribute to his service in the U.S. Navy) and "Old Calumet Cabin" (after his writing room).

On July 31, 1958, Admiral Markey was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel (a ceremonial rank) by Governor Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr.. He also served as the model for the character played by Burgess Meredith in the 1965 film In Harm's Way, starring his good friend John Wayne.

Admiral and Mrs. Markey remained married until his death after which in 1980, he was buried in the Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky. His wife, Lucille Parker Wright, was buried next to him upon her death shortly thereafter in 1982.

Ses meilleurs films

Kentucky (1938)
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Filmographie de Gene Markey (30 films)

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Scénariste

The Wonder Kid
Réalisé par Karl Hartl
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Aventure
Thèmes L'enfance, La musique
Acteurs Bobby Henrey, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Muriel Aked, Oskar Werner, Sebastian Cabot
Note62% 3.1239053.1239053.1239053.1239053.123905
Sebastian Giro is a ten-year-old French boy and child musical prodigy found in an orphanage by Mr Gorik (Elwyn Brook-Jones) who exploits the youngster’s talent as a classical pianist and turns him into an international celebrity. He even tells everyone that the boy is only seven years old to make the boy wonder’s talent seem all the more remarkable.
On the Avenue, 1h25
Réalisé par Roy Del Ruth, William A. Seiter
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Comédie romantique, Musical, Romance
Thèmes La musique, Musique, Films pour enfants
Acteurs Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye, Al Ritz, George Barbier, Jimmy Ritz
Note66% 3.3442153.3442153.3442153.3442153.344215
On joue la première de la comédie musicale On the Avenue, celle-ci dans un de ses sketchs se moque effrontément du train de vie exubérant de Mimi Caraway, de son père et son fiancé explorateur. Ces derniers non prévenus du contenu de la pièce y assistent et la quittent scandalisés. Mimi Caraway décide de se venger et rencontre Gary Blake l'acteur vedette de la pièce. Mais les deux jeunes gens tombent sous le charme l'un de l'autre. Après quoi Gary Blake promet d'édulcorer la pièce. La famille Caraway se rend donc au théâtre afin d'assister à la pièce révisée. Mais c'est à une version aggravée qu'ils assistent, en effet, Mona Merrick la vedette féminine de la pièce et ancienne petite amie de Gary Blake voit d'un mauvais œil ce début de liaison. La famille Caraway fait un scandale, et Mimi Caraway va jusqu'à acheter des comparses pour ridiculiser la pièce. Gary Blake est anéantie, mais quand Mona Merrick se rend compte qu'elle ne récupéra pas son ex petit ami et elle s'en va prévenir Mimi qu'elle est la seule responsable de la version aggravée de la pièce. Du coup Mimi annule son mariage avec l'explorateur et se retrouve dans un taxi avec Gary Blake afin d'aller se marier à la marie. À la fin tout le monde se réconcilie et la dernière scène nous montre Mona Merrick donner discrètement son numéro de téléphone au père de Mimi.
The Big Noise, 57minutes
Réalisé par Frank McDonald
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie, Musical
Thèmes Musique
Acteurs Alastair Sim, Guy Kibbee, Fred Duprez, Dick Foran, Marie Wilson, C. Denier Warren
Note64% 3.239643.239643.239643.239643.23964
A clerk in an oil company is promoted in order to make him the fall guy for a series of illegal transactions that have brought it to the brink of ruin, but instead manages to turn the business around
Une certaine jeune fille, 1h20
Réalisé par Roy Del Ruth
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Thèmes Théâtre, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, Films pour enfants
Acteurs Loretta Young, Robert Taylor, Basil Rathbone, Patsy Kelly, Jane Darwell, Marjorie Gateson
Note66% 3.3421653.3421653.3421653.3421653.342165
Ellen Neal is hired as servant in the house of the wealthy Winfield family by the butler, Thomas Wroxton, who covets her romantically. Wroxton rules the household staff like a tyrant, demanding a large cut of their weekly wages as his "commission". To his great irritation, Neal resists his advances. Instead, during the family's vacation in New England she becomes romantically involved with the Winfields' son, Richard, who is a college student. They secretly marry and she falls pregnant by him before he returns to college. When the Winfields are told by a vengeful Wroxton that she is pregnant they are initially sympathetic until discovering that the child is their own grandson. A prolonged divorce suit then follows until the couple are finally reconciled.
Dortoir de jeunes filles, 1h6
Réalisé par Irving Cummings
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Thèmes Le thème de l'éducation
Acteurs Herbert Marshall, Ruth Chatterton, Simone Simon, Constance Collier, J. Edward Bromberg, John Qualen
Note61% 3.0970853.0970853.0970853.0970853.097085
Le directeur d'un pensionnat de jeunes filles tombe amoureux d'une de ses élèves. Amour partagé, mais la jeune fille décide de s'effacer quand elle apprend qu'une professeur est aussi amoureuse du directeur.
A Lost Lady, 1h1
Réalisé par Phil Rosen, Alfred E. Green
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Acteurs Barbara Stanwyck, Frank Morgan, Ricardo Cortez, Lyle Talbot, Phillip Reed, Hobart Cavanaugh
Note60% 3.001353.001353.001353.001353.00135
Marian (Barbara Stanwyck) and Ned (Phillip Reed) are scheduled to be married in two days, when Ned is accused by a man of having an affair with his wife and killed before Marian's eyes. Marian is taken to a resort she is very fond of in the Canadian Rockies in hopes it will snap her out of her emotional withdrawal. One day while walking alone, she falls off a ledge and injures her leg. She is discovered and rescued by Dan Forrester (Frank Morgan) and his dog Sandy. Dan visits Marian every day, even though she is still bitter about her fiancé's death. Before he goes home, he asks her to marry him. She refuses at first, telling him she does not love him, but he is undeterred. At the last moment, she changes her mind and accepts his proposal. (After the wedding, however, they sleep in separate bedrooms.
A Modern Hero, 1h11
Réalisé par Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Richard Barthelmess, Jean Muir, Marjorie Rambeau, Verree Teasdale, Florence Eldridge, Dorothy Burgess
Note62% 3.14573.14573.14573.14573.1457
When the circus comes to a small town, resident Joanna Ryan (Jean Muir) becomes pregnant by horse trick rider Pierre Radier (Richard Barthelmess). He offers to marry her, but she decides they are not suited for each other. Instead, she marries steady local Elmer Croy. Pierre gives her all his money for their child.
Liliane
Liliane (1933)
, 1h11
Réalisé par Alfred E. Green
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Noir, Romance
Acteurs Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Henry Kolker, Margaret Lindsay, Alphonse Ethier
Note74% 3.747133.747133.747133.747133.74713
Après la mort de son père dans l'incendie d'un bar minable qu'il tenait dans une ville de Pennsylvanie, Lily Powers écoute les conseils d'un client qui l'encourage à quitter la ville et à utiliser les hommes pour réussir au lieu d'être utilisée par eux. Débarquée à New York, elle se fait engager dans une banque et gravit les échelons de la hiérarchie, en même temps que les étages du building, en séduisant les hommes, du chef du personnel au directeur, les renvoyant au fur et à mesure qu'elle n'en a plus besoin. Couverte de bijoux et de fourrures, elle s'apprête à craquer pour l'un d'entre eux quand son mentor lui rappelle d'oublier les sentiments. Exilée à Paris après un scandale, Lily Powers peaufine ses ambitions. L’épilogue larmoyant — imposé par la censure — peut sembler superflu.
Rose de minuit, 1h14
Réalisé par William A. Wellman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier, Romance
Acteurs Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone, Una Merkel, Andy Devine, Frank Conroy
Note69% 3.495063.495063.495063.495063.49506
Une jeune femme jouée par Loretta Young se retrouve devant un tribunal pour meurtre. Pendant que le jury se retire pour délibérer, l'accusée est emmenée dans le bureau du greffier. Là, dans ce minuscule bureau, elle aperçoit les années de greffes rangées dans les étagères. 1919 "C'est là que je suis née". Débute alors un flashback; le décès de sa mère à 9 ans. Elle tombe alors dans la prostitution. Cherchant à s'en sortir et à mener une vie droite, elle suit malheureusement un gangster qui la prend sous son aile. Lorsqu'elle croise la route d'un jeune avocat issu d'une célèbre famille; celui-ci tombe amoureux de la jeune femme. Il échappe de peu à un assassinat lorsque le gangster jaloux sort un revolver.Seul l'intervention rapide pour faire baisser l'arme permet au coup de feu de rater sa cible.
Female
Female (1933)
, 1h
Réalisé par William Dieterle, Michael Curtiz, William A. Wellman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie, Romance
Acteurs Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Lois Wilson, John Mack Brown, Humphrey Bogart, Ruth Donnelly
Note66% 3.345153.345153.345153.345153.34515
Alison Drake dirige d'une main de fer une grande entreprise automobile, la drake general motors, qu'elle a héritée de son père. Lassée d'être sans cesse courtisée pour son argent et non sa personne, elle s'amuse à inviter des employés de l'entreprise à diner en tête à tête, puis dans son lit, avant de les rejeter le lendemain. À la suite d'une soirée mondaine où elle est une fois de plus courtisée par tous, elle décide de sortir incognito et de se fondre dans la masse d'une fête foraine. Elle y rencontre un homme très séduisant Jim Thorne, qu'elle retrouve dans son usine le lendemain et qui n'est autre que l'ingénieur qui doit sauver l'entreprise de la faillite.
Lilly Turner, 1h5
Réalisé par William A. Wellman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Thèmes Cirque, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Robert Barrat, Marjorie Gateson
Note64% 3.2407253.2407253.2407253.2407253.240725
Lilly Turner est une jeune fille naïve qui tombe amoureuse d'hommes malhonnêtes. Elle se marie à Rex Durkee, un minable magicien dans un cirque itinérant, et sillonne les routes avec lui et sa troupe. Après quelques mois, elle découvre que ce dernier est déjà marié à une autre femme. Pour éviter un procès en bigamie, Rex quitte Lilly sans aucun remords alors qu'elle attend un enfant. Pour lui trouver un père, Lilly se met en couple avec un rabatteur forain, Dave Dixon, et l'épouse. L'accouchement se déroule mal et le bébé est mort né. Dave devient alcoolique et Lilly sombre dans la dépression. Lilly tombe amoureuse d'un autre homme, Bob Chandler, ingénieur et chauffeur de taxi tandis que Fritz, un artiste musculeux du cirque, tombe sous le charme de la jeune fille en détresse... D'homme à homme, Lilly tente de trouver le véritable amour.