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Paul Girard Smith (14 September 1894 – 4 April 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 The 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. He returned to stage writing with Hullabaloo for the Pasadena Playhouse.Smith was married to Mary Alice Lundgren (October 1919 - April 1968) and had four children. His son, Paul Gerard Smith II, carried on the family tradition, working in the entertainment industry after serving in the Marines during World War II.He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and died in San Diego, California.
Date Of Birth September 14, 1894 Died 1968-04-04 Place Of Birth Omaha, Nebraska, USA Profession Writer, Actor, Soundtrack Star Sign Virgo
# Fact 1 Children: Paul Gerald II, Mary, Jean and Carl.
Writer Title Year Status Character Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color 1955 TV Series writer - 1 episode The Wind in the Willows 1949 Short uncredited Harpoon 1948 original screenplay Untamed Fury 1947 screenplay - as Paul Gerard Smith It's a Joke, Son! 1947 as Paul Gerard Smith Sunbonnet Sue 1945 story - as Paul Gerard Smith Moonlight and Cactus 1944 original screenplay - as Paul Gerard Smith Oh, What a Night 1944 screenplay Show Business 1944 contributing writer - uncredited Lady, Let's Dance 1944 screenplay Hi, Good Lookin'! 1944 screenplay - as Paul Gerard Smith / story - as Paul Gerard Smith My Tomato 1943 Short as Paul Gerard Smith Thumbs Up 1943 contributor to screenplay Heavenly Music 1943 Short screenplay - as Paul Gerard Smith Here We Go Again 1942 screenplay - as Paul Gerard Smith / story - as Paul Gerard Smith Give Out, Sisters 1942 screenplay Private Buckaroo 1942 original story - as Paul Gerard Smith Jail House Blues 1942 screenplay / story "Rhapsody in Stripes" Wild Bill Hickok Rides 1942 original screenplay - as Paul Gerard Smith You're in the Army Now 1941 original screenplay - as Paul Gerard Smith Steel Against the Sky 1941 screenplay - as Paul Gerard Smith Niagara Falls 1941 original screenplay - as Paul Gerard Smith Sing Another Chorus 1941 screenplay - as Paul Gerard Smith Tanks a Million 1941 San Antonio Rose 1941 as Paul Gerard Smith Hurry, Charlie, Hurry 1941 screen play - as Paul Gerard Smith Hello, Sucker 1941 screenplay - as Paul Gerard Smith Footlight Fever 1941 contributor to screenplay - uncredited Topper Returns 1941 additional dialogue - as Paul Gerard Smith Tengo fe en tí 1940 as Smith Paul Gerard Argentine Nights 1940 contributor to dialogue and screenplay - uncredited Margie 1940 The Boys from Syracuse 1940 screenplay - as Paul Gerard Smith La Conga Nights 1940 original screenplay I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby 1940 adaptation - as Paul Gerard Smith She Couldn't Say No 1940/I play "Funny Face" - as Paul Smith My Wife's Relatives 1939 additional dialogue - uncredited Just Around the Corner 1938 from an original story by The Higgins Family 1938 writer Mama Runs Wild 1937 additional dialogue Thrill of a Lifetime 1937 screenplay - as Paul Gerard Smith Turn Off the Moon 1937 Love Nest on Wheels 1937 Short adaptation - as Paul Gerard Smith Ditto 1937 Short story - as Paul Gerard Smith Jail Bait 1937 Short story - as Paul Gerard Smith Ladies in Love 1936 uncredited Earthworm Tractors 1936 contributor to screenplay construction - uncredited She Knew What She Wanted 1936 play "Funny Face" F-Man 1936 It's a Great Life 1935 Welcome Home 1935 screenplay Hold 'Em Yale 1935 Rumba 1935 screenplay contributor - as Paul Gerard Smith Wings in the Dark 1935 contributor to treatment - uncredited What, No Men? 1935 Short screenplay and dialogue - as Paul Gerard Smith One Hour Late 1934 screenplay It's a Gift 1934 contributor to treatment - uncredited The Circus Clown 1934 additional dialogue - uncredited Harold Teen 1934 screenplay Son of a Sailor 1933 screen play Bone Crushers 1933 Documentary short uncredited The Rookie 1932 Short story Her Wedding Night-Mare 1931 Short original screenplay She Served Him Right 1931 Short story Sidewalks of New York 1931 story Cab Waiting 1931 Short story Check and Rubber Check 1931 Short scenario A Broadway Romeo 1931 Short story The Lone Star Stranger 1931 Short scenario Seein' Injuns 1931 Short The Nightingale 1931 Short story and screenplay Love in the Suburbs 1931 Short story Girls Will Be Boys 1931 Short screenplay Help Wanted, Female 1931 Short photoplay - as Paul Gerard Smith In Again, Out Again 1930 Short story The Gob 1930 Short One on the Aisle 1930 Short story Compliments of the Season 1930 Short as Paul Gerard Smith Feet First 1930 dialogue - as Paul Gerard Smith Red, Green and Yellow 1930 Short story Heads Up 1930 play America or Bust 1930 Short Dangerous Nan McGrew 1930 scenario and dialogue - as Paul Gerard Smith Welcome Danger 1929 dialogue - as Paul Gerard Smith Waltzing Around 1929 Short story and scenario - as Paul Gerard Smith The Medicine Men 1929 Short story & scenario Beneath the Law 1929 Short story Sound Your 'A' 1929 Short as Paul Gerald Smith In Holland 1929 Short story and scenario - as Paul Gerald Smith In Old Arizona 1928 uncredited Mother Knows Best 1928 additional dialogue - uncredited Speedy 1928 uncredited Dressed to Kill 1928 uncredited They're Coming to Get Me 1927 Short uncredited The General 1926 uncredited Battling Butler 1926 adapted by: from the stage success of the same name - as Paul Gerard Smith The Son of the Sheik 1926 uncredited
Actor Title Year Status Character This Way Please 1937 Dance Instructor (uncredited) Knockout Kisses 1933 Short Radio Announcer (as Paul Smith) Duck Hunters' Paradise 1933 Short Narrator (voice, as Paul Gerard Smith) Chili and Chills 1932 Short Narrator (voice, as Paul Gerard Smith) Feet First 1930 Seasick Passenger (uncredited)
Soundtrack Title Year Status Character Jail House Blues 1942 lyrics: "The Prologue", "Stick 'Em Up" - uncredited Margie 1940 lyrics: "Oh Fly With Me" - uncredited I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby 1940 lyrics: "Day by Day", "Sweetheart of Public School 59", "Tomato Juice Song" - uncredited Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love! 1940 writer: "Swing, Chariot, Swing", "Maybe I Like What You Like"
Director Title Year Status Character Sandy Gets Her Man 1940 Margie 1940
Self Title Year Status Character Bone Crushers 1933 Documentary short Himself - Narrator (voice, as Paul Gerard Smith)
Known for movies Topper Returns (1941) as Writer
Battling Butler (1926) as Writer
Here We Go Again (1942) as Writer
Hi, Good Lookin'! (1944) as Writer