Paul Gerard Smith

Known for WritingBorn 1894-09-14Died 1968-04-04Omaha, 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 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.Read more

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Hello, Sucker

She Knew What She Wanted

Jail House Blues

Margie

She Couldn't Say No

Welcome Home

It's a Great Life

Bone Crushers

Chili and Chills

Oh, What a Night!

My Tomato

Turn Off the Moon

Red, Green and Yellow

La Conga Nights

Harpoon

Here We Go Again

San Antonio Rose

Sing Another Chorus

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

The Higgins Family

Thrill of a Lifetime

Mama Runs Wild

F-Man

Hold 'Em Yale

Girls Will Be Boys

Heads Up

In Holland

Waltzing Around

Niagara Falls

Lady, Let's Dance

It's a Joke, Son!

Feet First

Untamed Fury

Hi, Good Lookin'!

Sandy Gets Her Man

Harold Teen

Heavenly Music

Sunbonnet Sue

Compliments of the Season

Love Nest on Wheels

Sidewalks of New York

Give Out, Sisters

Son of a Sailor

A Broadway Romeo

Ditto

Just Around the Corner

Tanks a Million

Hurry, Charlie, Hurry