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Paul Gerard Smith
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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 sta…
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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.
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1948
Harpoon
Movie Screenplay
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1947
Untamed Fury
Movie Screenplay
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1947
It's a Joke, Son!
Movie Screenplay
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1945
Sunbonnet Sue
Movie Story
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1944
Moonlight and Cactus
Movie Screenplay
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1944
Oh, What a Night!
Movie Screenplay
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1944
Lady, Let's Dance
Movie Screenplay
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1944
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Movie Writer
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1943
My Tomato
Movie Original Story
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1943
Heavenly Music
Movie Screenplay
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1942
Here We Go Again
Movie Screenplay
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1942
Give Out, Sisters
Movie Screenplay
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1942
Jail House Blues
Movie Screenplay
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1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie Screenplay
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1941
You're in the Army Now
Movie Screenplay
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1941
Steel Against the Sky
Movie Screenplay
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1941
Niagara Falls
Movie Screenplay
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1941
Sing Another Chorus
Movie Screenplay
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1941
Tanks a Million
Movie Writer
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1941
San Antonio Rose
Movie Writer
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1941
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
Movie Screenplay
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1941
Hello, Sucker
Movie Screenplay
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1940
Sandy Gets Her Man
Movie Director
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1940
Margie
Movie Director
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1940
La Conga Nights
Movie Screenplay
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1940
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
Movie Adaptation
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1939
She Couldn't Say No
Movie Theatre Play
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1938
Just Around the Corner
Movie Story
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1938
The Higgins Family
Movie Writer
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1937
Mama Runs Wild
Movie Writer
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1937
Thrill of a Lifetime
Movie Screenplay
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1937
Turn Off the Moon
Movie Screenplay
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1937
Love Nest on Wheels
Movie Adaptation
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1937
Ditto
Movie Writer
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1937
Jail Bait
Movie Story
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1936
Earthworm Tractors
Movie Writer
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1936
She Knew What She Wanted
Movie Screenplay
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1936
F-Man
Movie Screenplay
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1935
It's a Great Life
Movie Screenplay
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1935
Welcome Home
Movie Screenplay
