Arthur Varney

Not to be confused with Arthur Verney.

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

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### Director

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* 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

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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

## Bibliography

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* Koszarski, Richard. Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Rutgers University Press, 2008.

## External links

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* Arthur Varney at IMDb

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* FAST

National|

* United States

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