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Allen Boretz

Writer, Additional Credits
Born August 31, 1900Died May 21, 1986 (85 years)
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Allen Boretz (1900–1985), was an American songwriter, playwright and screenwriter. The great success of his and John Murray's Broadway hit Room Service (1937) led to offers from Hollywood, and he wrote and co-wrote screenplays from the late 1930s through the 1940s.

His film credits include It Ain't Hay (1943), Step Lively (1944), Up in Arms (1944), The Princess and the Pirate (1944), Ziegfeld Follies (1946), Copacabana (1947), My Girl Tisa (1948), and Two Guys from Texas (1949). .

Boretz' screenwriting ended abruptly when he was blacklisted in the early 1950s. However, Room Service has never stopped being produced by professional and amateur theatrical companies throughout the world, and has been revived on Broadway several times.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Princess and the Pirate
  • Up in Arms

Known For

  • Room Service
  • The Princess and the Pirate
  • Copacabana
  • The Girl from Jones Beach
  • Step Lively
  • It Ain't Hay
  • Where There's Life
  • Ziegfeld Follies
  • Up in Arms
  • Bathing Beauty
  • Hit the Ice
  • Two Guys from Texas
  • It Had to Be You

Allen Boretz Filmography

1948
Two Guys from Texas · as Screenplay
1948
1947
1947
Copacabana · as Screenplay
1945
1944
Bathing Beauty · as Screenplay
1944
Up in Arms · as Screenplay
1943
Hit the Ice · as Contributing Writer
1943
It Ain't Hay · as Screenplay

1966
At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Play
1949
1948
Studio One (TV Series) · as Adaptation
1947
It Had to Be You · as Story
1944
1944
Step Lively · as Story
1938
Room Service · as Theatre Play

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