Known For
Writing
Born
Sep 14, 1894
Died
Apr 04, 1968
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Credits
58 titles
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 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
Screenplay
Untamed Fury
Screenplay
It's a Joke, Son!
Screenplay
Sunbonnet Sue
Story
Moonlight and Cactus
Screenplay
Oh, What a Night!
Screenplay
Lady, Let's Dance
Screenplay
Hi, Good Lookin'!
Writer
My Tomato
Original Story
Heavenly Music
Screenplay
Here We Go Again
Screenplay
Give Out, Sisters
Screenplay
Jail House Blues
Screenplay
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Screenplay
You're in the Army Now
Screenplay
Steel Against the Sky
Screenplay
Niagara Falls
Screenplay
Sing Another Chorus
Screenplay
Tanks a Million
Writer
San Antonio Rose
Writer
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
Screenplay
Hello, Sucker
Screenplay
Sandy Gets Her Man
Director
Margie
Director
La Conga Nights
Screenplay
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
Adaptation
She Couldn't Say No
Theatre Play
Just Around the Corner
Story
The Higgins Family
Writer
Mama Runs Wild
Writer
Thrill of a Lifetime
Screenplay
Turn Off the Moon
Screenplay
Love Nest on Wheels
Adaptation
Ditto
Writer
Jail Bait
Story
Earthworm Tractors
Writer
She Knew What She Wanted
Screenplay
F-Man
Screenplay
It's a Great Life
Screenplay
Welcome Home
Screenplay
Hold 'Em Yale
Writer
One Hour Late
Screenplay
Harold Teen
Screenplay
Son of a Sailor
Screenplay
Bone Crushers
Narrator
Duck Hunters' Paradise
Narrator (voice)
Chili and Chills
Narrator (voice)
Sidewalks of New York
Story
A Broadway Romeo
Story
Girls Will Be Boys
Screenplay