Paul Gerard Smith

Manusforfatter, Skuespiller, Regissør

14. september 1894 — 4. april 1968 (73 år)
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Paul Gerard Smith (September 14, 1894 – April 4, 1968) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 90 films between 1926 and 1955.

Smith started writing musical revues at the age of ten. He joined the Marines for World War I and while still in Germany wrote and directed the Sixth Marine Revue in the Rhine Occupation Area. He arrived back in the States in 1919 and started writing vaudeville acts. He became so successful that he was one of the few writers to be credited on the playbill. He scripted the Ziegfeld Follies of 1924, 1925, and 1926 and was also one of the writers of Funny Face.

Smith was brought to Hollywood by Buster Keaton to work on The General and Battling Butler. Early film credits include In Old Arizona, Mother Knows Best, and Dressed to Kill, as well as the first talkies of Harold Lloyd, Welcome Danger and Feet First. He wrote dozens of B movies for Universal Studios, Fox Film Corporation, Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, Warner Bros., and Hal Roach Studios.

He also scripted USO shows and personal appearances for many film and radio stars entertaining overseas. After World War II he returned to film and radio scripting and also wrote and directed some early television programs on ABC, including The Gay Nineties Revue. He returned to stage writing with Hullabaloo for the Pasadena Playhouse.

Filmer & Serier på Plex

  • The General
    The General1926
  • Battling Butler
    Battling Butler1926
  • Topper Returns
    Topper Returns1941
  • Earthworm Tractors
    Earthworm Tractors1936
  • Tanks a Million
    Tanks a Million1941
  • Niagara Falls
    Niagara Falls1941
  • Untamed Fury
    Untamed Fury1947

Kjent for

  • The General
    The General1926
  • Battling Butler
    Battling Butler1926
  • Feet First
    Feet First1930
  • Topper Returns
    Topper Returns1941
  • Welcome Danger
    Welcome Danger1929
  • Speedy
    Speedy1928
  • In Old Arizona
    In Old Arizona1928
  • The Son of the Sheik
    The Son of the Sheik1926
  • The Wind in the Willows
    The Wind in the Willows1949
  • Sidewalks of New York
    Sidewalks of New York1931
  • Steel Against the Sky
    Steel Against the Sky1941
  • Earthworm Tractors
    Earthworm Tractors1936
  • Private Buckaroo
    Private Buckaroo1942
  • Just Around the Corner
    Just Around the Corner1938
  • Niagara Falls
    Niagara Falls1941
  • It's a Joke, Son!
    It's a Joke, Son!1947
  • Tanks a Million
    Tanks a Million1941
  • Heavenly Music
    Heavenly Music1943

Filmografi

1954
1949
1947
Untamed Fury · as ScreenplayPå Plex
1947
It's a Joke, Son! · as Screenplay
1944
Show Business · as Contributing Writer
1944
Lady, Let's Dance · as Screenplay
1944
1943
Heavenly Music · as Screenplay
1942
Here We Go Again · as Screenplay
1942
Give Out, Sisters · as Screenplay
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides · as Screenplay
1941
You're in the Army Now · as Screenplay
1941
Steel Against the Sky · as Screenplay
1941
Niagara Falls · as ScreenplayPå Plex
1941
1941
1941
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry · as Screenplay
1940
The Boys from Syracuse · as Screenplay
1937
Thrill of a Lifetime · as Screenplay
1936
1936
1934
One Hour Late · as Screenplay
1934
Harold Teen · as Screenplay
1933
Son of a Sailor · as Screenplay
1930
1930
1928
1928
1928
1926
The GeneralPå Plex
1926