Paul Gerard Smith

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-09-14 (74 years old)

Deathday

1968-04-04

Place of Birth

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Paul Gerard Smith

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 brough...

Acting

1932

Chili and Chills

as Narrator (voice)

1933

Bone Crushers

as Narrator

1933

Duck Hunters' Paradise

as Narrator (voice)

Production

1937

Love Nest on Wheels

as Adaptation

1930

Feet First

as Dialogue

1936

1947

It's a Joke, Son!

as Screenplay

1929

Welcome Danger

as Dialogue

1937

Jail Bait

as Story

1937

Ditto

as Writer

1934

Harold Teen

as Screenplay

1941

1929

In Holland

as Writer

1937

1937

1944

Lady, Let's Dance

as Screenplay

1942

Here We Go Again

as Screenplay

1944

1936

F-Man

as Screenplay

1941

Hello, Sucker

as Screenplay

1935

Welcome Home

as Screenplay

1933

Son of a Sailor

as Screenplay

1941

1938

1941

1940

Margie

as Director

1940

La Conga Nights

as Screenplay

1941

Sing Another Chorus

as Screenplay

1942

Jail House Blues

as Screenplay

1942

1942

Give Out, Sisters

as Screenplay

1941

1941

Niagara Falls

as Screenplay

1939

She Couldn't Say No

as Theatre Play

1944

1935

It's a Great Life

as Screenplay

1941

1942

1947

Untamed Fury

as Screenplay

1945

1929

1943

Heavenly Music

as Screenplay

1937

1940

1931

Girls Will Be Boys

as Screenplay

1935

Hold 'Em Yale

as Writer

1944

Oh, What a Night!

as Screenplay

1934

One Hour Late

as Screenplay

1936

1930

Heads Up

as Theatre Play

1931

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