| Birth name | Amerigo Serrao |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 1893 |
| Birth place | Italy |
| Death date | November 22, 1960 |
| Death place | New Jersey, United States |
| Other names | Grover Lee |
| Occupation | Director, Producer, Writer |
| Years active | 1927-1947 (film) |
Arthur Varney was an Italian-born American screenwriter and film director. Born as Amerigo Serrao in 1893 to the sculptor Luella A. Varney Serrao and her husband Teodoro Serrao,[1] he emigrated to the United States and became a naturalized citizen.[2] In the 1930s he found work on the British film industry as Arthur Varney, and occasionally also used the credit of Grover Lee. He died in 1960.
Selected filmography
Director
- Winds of the Pampas (1927)
- The Road to Fortune (1930)
- The Wrong Mr. Perkins (1931)
- The Eternal Feminine (1931)
- Almost a Divorce (1931)
- Get That Venus (1933)
References
- ^ Robert Murphy (editor): Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. British Film Institute, 2006.
- ^ Koszarski p.306
Bibliography
- Koszarski, Richard. Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Rutgers University Press, 2008.
External links
- Arthur Varney at IMDb