Paul Gerard Smith
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- September 14, 1894
- Died
- April 4, 1968 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For
Filmography
Harpoon
Movie · Screenplay
It's a Joke, Son!
Movie · Screenplay
Untamed Fury
Movie · Screenplay
Sunbonnet Sue
Movie · Story
Lady, Let's Dance
Movie · Screenplay
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Movie · Writer
Moonlight and Cactus
Movie · Screenplay
Oh, What a Night!
Movie · Screenplay
Heavenly Music
Movie · Screenplay
My Tomato
Movie · Original Story, Screenplay
Here We Go Again
Movie · Screenplay
Jail House Blues
Movie · Screenplay, Story
Give Out, Sisters
Movie · Screenplay
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie · Screenplay
San Antonio Rose
Movie · Writer
Hello, Sucker
Movie · Screenplay
Steel Against the Sky
Movie · Screenplay
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
Movie · Screenplay
Sing Another Chorus
Movie · Screenplay
Tanks a Million
Movie · Writer
Niagara Falls
Movie · Screenplay
You're in the Army Now
Movie · Screenplay
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
Movie · Adaptation
La Conga Nights
Movie · Screenplay
She Couldn't Say No
Movie · Theatre Play
Just Around the Corner
Movie · Story
The Higgins Family
Movie · Writer
Love Nest on Wheels
Movie · Adaptation
Jail Bait
Movie · Story
Ditto
Movie · Writer
Thrill of a Lifetime
Movie · Screenplay
Mama Runs Wild
Movie · Writer
Turn Off the Moon
Movie · Screenplay
Earthworm Tractors
Movie · Writer
F-Man
Movie · Screenplay
She Knew What She Wanted
Movie · Screenplay
Welcome Home
Movie · Screenplay
It's a Great Life
Movie · Screenplay
Hold 'Em Yale
Movie · Writer
Harold Teen
Movie · Screenplay
One Hour Late
Movie · Screenplay
Son of a Sailor
Movie · Screenplay
Sidewalks of New York
Movie · Story
Girls Will Be Boys
Movie · Screenplay
A Broadway Romeo
Movie · Story
Feet First
Movie · Dialogue
Red, Green and Yellow
Movie · Writer
Dangerous Nan McGrew
Movie · Writer
Compliments of the Season
Movie · Story
Heads Up
Movie · Theatre Play
Welcome Danger
Movie · Dialogue
In Holland
Movie · Writer
Waltzing Around
Movie · Writer