14 Facts About Harlan Thompson

Harlan Thompson was an American theatre director, screenwriter, lyricist, film director, and film and television producer.

Harlan Thompson wrote the Broadway hit Little Jessie James, and several other Broadway musicals.

Harlan Thompson moved to Hollywood, where he was in turn a writer, director and producer.

Harlan Thompson was born in Hannibal, Missouri, on 24 September 1890.

Harlan Thompson went to high school in Kansas City, Missouri, and then attended the University of Kansas.

In 1923 Harlan Thompson wrote the book and lyrics for the musical comedy Little Jessie James, with music by Harry Archer.

Harlan Thompson combined and adapted the operettas Married in Hollywood and Ein Waltzertraum to create the dialog for the film Married in Hollywood directed by Marcel Silver.

Harlan Thompson aimed for great realism in depicting the transition from the fields where wheat was harvested to the dark rooms in Chicago where the bread was consumed.

Harlan Thompson was assigned as "continuity writer" to the Mae West vehicle that became I'm No Angel.

Harlan Thompson had fired two writers who had been assigned by Paramount, but accepted help from Thompson, who wrote a lot of the script and some of Mae West's dialog.

Harlan Thompson directed the film, which starred Cary Grant, Helen Mack and Genevieve Tobin.

Harlan Thompson was associate producer of Bad Men of Missouri, a western.

Harlan Thompson died at New York University Hospital in New York on 29 October 1966.

From 1923 through 1932 Harlan Thompson was active on Broadway in the following productions:.