Paul Gerard Smith
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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.
Films (58)
Harpoon
1948 · Screenplay
Untamed Fury
1947 · Screenplay
It's a Joke, Son!
1947 · Screenplay
Sunbonnet Sue
1945 · Story
Moonlight and Cactus
1944 · Screenplay
Oh, What a Night!
1944 · Screenplay
Lady, Let's Dance
1944 · Screenplay
Hi, Good Lookin'!
1944 · Writer
My Tomato
1943 · Original Story, Screenplay
Heavenly Music
1943 · Screenplay
Here We Go Again
1942 · Screenplay
Give Out, Sisters
1942 · Screenplay
Jail House Blues
1942 · Screenplay, Story
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942 · Screenplay
You're in the Army Now
1941 · Screenplay
Steel Against the Sky
1941 · Screenplay
Niagara Falls
1941 · Screenplay
Sing Another Chorus
1941 · Screenplay
Tanks a Million
1941 · Writer
San Antonio Rose
1941 · Writer
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
1941 · Screenplay
Hello, Sucker
1941 · Screenplay
Sandy Gets Her Man
1940 · Director
Margie
1940 · Director
La Conga Nights
1940 · Screenplay
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940 · Adaptation
She Couldn't Say No
1939 · Theatre Play
Just Around the Corner
1938 · Story
The Higgins Family
1938 · Writer
Mama Runs Wild
1937 · Writer
Thrill of a Lifetime
1937 · Screenplay
Turn Off the Moon
1937 · Screenplay
Love Nest on Wheels
1937 · Adaptation
Ditto
1937 · Writer
Jail Bait
1937 · Story
Earthworm Tractors
1936 · Writer
She Knew What She Wanted
1936 · Screenplay
F-Man
1936 · Screenplay
It's a Great Life
1935 · Screenplay
Welcome Home
1935 · Screenplay
Hold 'Em Yale
1935 · Writer
One Hour Late
1934 · Screenplay
Harold Teen
1934 · Screenplay
Son of a Sailor
1933 · Screenplay
Bone Crushers
1933 · Narrator
Duck Hunters' Paradise
1933 · Narrator (voice)
Chili and Chills
1932 · Narrator (voice)
Sidewalks of New York
1931 · Story
A Broadway Romeo
1931 · Story
Girls Will Be Boys
1931 · Screenplay
Compliments of the Season
1930 · Story
Feet First
1930 · Dialogue
Red, Green and Yellow
1930 · Writer
Heads Up
1930 · Theatre Play
Dangerous Nan McGrew
1930 · Writer
Welcome Danger
1929 · Dialogue
Waltzing Around
1929 · Writer
In Holland
1929 · Writer
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