Paul Gerard Smith
Writing
Born 1894-09-14
Died 1968-04-04
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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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.
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Filmography
Writing
47 credits
Harold Teen
It's a Joke, Son!
It's a Great Life
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
La Conga Nights
Turn Off the Moon
Jail Bait
Jail House Blues
Niagara Falls
Steel Against the Sky
One Hour Late
Tanks a Million
Earthworm Tractors
In Holland
Sidewalks of New York
Ditto
Harpoon
You're in the Army Now
Just Around the Corner
Son of a Sailor
Welcome Home
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Heavenly Music
Sunbonnet Sue
San Antonio Rose
She Knew What She Wanted
The Higgins Family
Give Out, Sisters
My Tomato
Untamed Fury
Here We Go Again
Mama Runs Wild
Hold 'Em Yale
Dangerous Nan McGrew
Sing Another Chorus
A Broadway Romeo
Oh, What a Night!
Moonlight and Cactus
Compliments of the Season
Thrill of a Lifetime
Lady, Let's Dance
Hello, Sucker
F-Man
Waltzing Around
Girls Will Be Boys
Red, Green and Yellow
Acting
9 credits
Welcome Danger
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
Feet First
Love Nest on Wheels
Heads Up
Duck Hunters' Paradise
Chili and Chills
She Couldn't Say No
Bone Crushers
Directing
2 credits
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