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Feb 18, 2019 · In May 1944, Hollywood journalist Robbin Coons profiled Virginia Van Upp in conjunction with the release of Cover Girl.While Van Upp was proud of Columbia's new Technicolor musical —which evidently everyone and their "next-door neighbor [were] taking the bus to go see"—she was not initially keen on taking the writing gig.
Virginia Van Upp brought many screenplays to Hollywood throughout the course of her Hollywood career. Upp's film career started with such writing credits as the historical love story "The Pursuit ...
[Ally Acker on Virginia Van Upp]: Virginia Van Upp was a producer and screenwriter who worked her way up in the film industry after having been a script reader, script editor, casting director, and agent. She was married with one child when she was named Executive Producer of Columbia Pictures by Harry Cohn in 1945.
American screenwriter
Virginia Van Upp brought many screenplays to Hollywood throughout the course of her Hollywood career. Upp's film career started with such writing credits as the historical love story "The Pursuit of Happiness" (1934) with Francis Lederer, "My American Wife" (1936) and the W C Fields comedy "Poppy" (1936). She also appeared in the Carole Lombard ...
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Virginia Van Upp began her film career as a five-year-old child actress. Upon reaching adulthood, Van Upp determined to learn the production end of the business. Starting out as a script girl, she worked her way up to screenwriter and in this capacity kept busy at Paramount from 1930 to 1943.
