Arthur Varney

Arthur Varney
Arthur Varney
Born	Amerigo Serrao; 1893; Italy
Died	November 22, 1960; New Jersey, United States
Other names	Grover Lee
Occupation(s)	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

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

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[1] Robert Murphy (editor): Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. British Film Institute, 2006.

[2] Koszarski p.306

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Arthur Varney
Born	Amerigo Serrao 1893 Italy
Died	November 22, 1960 New Jersey, United States
Other names	Grover Lee
Occupation(s)	Director, Producer, Writer
Years active	1927-1947 (film)