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Harvey Francis Thew was a screenwriter in the United States. He worked mostly with Warner Bros. and wrote dozens of screenplays, often as part of a writing team. Some of his screenplays were adaptations. He also worked for MGM and Paramount. He was born in Vernon Center, Minnesota. He died in Los Angeles. Partial filmography
American screenwriter, in Hollywood from 1916, initially with Lasky. Prolific during the silent era, he was signed by Warner Brothers in 1929, where he worked on their classic gangster film The Public Enemy (1931).
- July 4, 1883
- November 6, 1946
When Harvey Francis Thew was born on 4 July 1883, in Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States, his father, Henry White Thew, was 31 and his mother, Katherine Elizabeth Johnson, was 28. He married Kate Vivienne Shaw on 4 June 1908, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
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- Kate Vivienne Shaw
Harvey F. was a writer, known for Sporting Youth (1924), Love in the Desert (1929) and Song of the West (1930). Harvey F. was married to Vivienne S. Thew. Harvey F. died on 6 November 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Vernon Center, Minnesota, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
1932 USA Directed by Mervyn Leroy Written by Harvey Thew Featuring Edward G. Robinson, Preston Foster, Vivienne Osborne
The Public Enemy (Enemies of the Public in the UK) [6] is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by William A. Wellman, and starring James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Donald Cook and Joan Blondell.
Harvey F. Thew wrote in the Motion Picture News that "the characters in this picture are all finely drawn, and exceptionally convincing, considering that three nationalities are represented. The air of mystery is preserved throughout, leading up to a climax in the unraveling of the murder; and the plot, which commenced with a secret treaty between the United States and Russia, stolen long ago ...
