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John Grey is a Scriptwriter American born on 19 december 1885 at San Jose (USA)

John Grey

John Grey
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Nationality USA
Birth 19 december 1885 at San Jose (USA)
Death 11 december 1964 (at 78 years) at Hollywood (USA)

John Grey (1873 – 27 June 1933), was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 60 films between 1917 and 1933.

Grey was born in San Jose, California and died in Hollywood, California.

Best films

Coquette
Coquette
(1929)
(Responsable de l'adaptation) Speedy
Speedy
(1928)
(Story)

Usually with

Harold Lloyd
Harold Lloyd
(7 films)
Sam Taylor
Sam Taylor
(4 films)
Ben Holmes
Ben Holmes
(5 films)
Clyde Bruckman
Clyde Bruckman
(3 films)
Ted Wilde
Ted Wilde
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Grey (36 films)

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Scriptwriter

Rockin' in the Rockies
Rockin' in the Rockies (1945)

Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Western
Themes Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Mary Beth Hughes, Vernon Dent, Snub Pollard
Rating58% 2.9042252.9042252.9042252.9042252.904225
While his cousin Rusty Williams (Jay Kirby) is away at Agricultural College, prospector Shorty (Moe) fills in at Rusty's struggling Reno, Nevada spread as the ranch foreman. He spends his time looking for an angle at the Wagon Wheel Cafe Casino, and hooks up with two vagrants (Larry and Curly) after they accidentally win big at roulette. Along with two stranded New York singers (Mary Beth Hughes, Gladys Blake) and their money, the Stooges and the girls head for the ranch with prospecting plans. Rusty returns home with hope that investor Sam Clemens (Forrest Taylor) will save the ranch's cattle and mining operations, and finds Shorty and the gang's plans interfering. Complicating matters further, inept ranch hands (The Hoosier Hotshots) mistake Clemens for a cattle rustler, and Shorty, Curly and Larry cook up a scheme to get the girls an audition with a vacationing Broadway producer (Tim Ryan).
Private Snuffy Smith
Private Snuffy Smith (1942)
, 1h7
Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Bud Duncan, Edgar Kennedy, Sarah Padden, J. Farrell MacDonald, Jimmie Dodd, Patrick McVey
Rating46% 2.3022952.3022952.3022952.3022952.302295
Inspired by and envious of the $21 a month and free khaki uniform and gold buttons of his friend Don Elbie, Snuffy Smith joins the US Army with his dog, Mr. Carson, concealed by an invisibility potion. As fate would have it, his company First Sergeant is Ed Cooper, a former revenuer who had unsuccessfully attempted to locate and destroy Snuffy's still.
Sappy Birthday
Sappy Birthday (1942)
, 17minutes
Directed by Harry Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Andy Clyde, Matt McHugh, Olin Howland, Esther Howard, Vernon Dent, Bruce Bennett
Rating60% 3.043353.043353.043353.043353.04335
This script must be run from the command line
All the World's a Stooge
All the World's a Stooge (1941)

Directed by Del Lord
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Emory Parnell, Richard Fiske, Olaf Hytten
Roles Writer
Rating74% 3.728463.728463.728463.728463.72846
Wealthy Ajax Bullion (Emory Parnell) is up in arms when his eccentric wife (Lelah Tyler) informs him that she wants to adopt a refugee, the latest socio-political movement. After taking a trip to his dentist (Richard Fiske), Mr. Bullion meets the Stooges, inept window washers who act as interim dentists when Bullion enters the office demanding medical attention. After pulling his bridge-work out completely ("you stripped his gears!", Larry comments), they try to put it back into his mouth with cement. However, the cement hardens before they have a chance to put the tooth back in, so they decide to blast. The dentist arrives back in his office as the dynamite is lit. He calls out to the Stooges, who notice him and run off. The dynamite goes off and Mr. Bullion wakes up, noticing that the pain in his tooth is gone. He heads back to his car and notices the Stooges hiding inside. He inquires as to what they are up to, and Moe says that they are "refugees." Mr. Bullion then has a very nasty idea to disabuse his wife of her philanthropic notion: pass these three nitwits off as refugee children.
The Heckler
The Heckler (1940)
, 20minutes
Directed by Del Lord
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Charley Chase, Bruce Bennett, Richard Fiske, Don Beddoe, Sammy Blum, Dorothy Comingore
Roles Story
Rating68% 3.430423.430423.430423.430423.43042
At a baseball game, an irritating heckler (Charley Chase) annoys the crowd and the players with his obnoxious taunts.
Forty Naughty Girls
Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
, 1h3
Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors James Gleason, Zasu Pitts, Marjorie Lord, Joan Woodbury, Barbara Pepper, Tom Kennedy
Rating59% 2.9994552.9994552.9994552.9994552.999455
This script must be run from the command line
False Alarms
False Alarms (1936)

Directed by Del Lord
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films, Disaster films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Stanley Blystone, June Gittelson
Roles Writer
Rating73% 3.674393.674393.674393.674393.67439
The Stooges are firemen who are constantly getting in trouble. After missing their umpteenth fire call, they are warned that one more incident will cost them their jobs. They then proceeded back to work, in this case, cleaning the fire hoses. In the midst of the action, a new coupé that the chief has purchased is delivered to the station. Curly rolls out the hose into the street. But in the process, the hoses are cut by a passing streetcar, with Curly starting to identify them after the first names of the young Dionne quintuplets. In frustration, Moe wrings Curly’s hands on the wringers.
The Gay Nighties
The Gay Nighties (1933)

Directed by Mark Sandrich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Paul McCullough, James Finlayson, Dorothy Granger, John Sheehan, Monte Collins, Charles Williams
Roles Story
Rating57% 2.8788052.8788052.8788052.8788052.878805
Clark & McCullough, as Hives and Blodgett, are campaign managers for political candidate Oliver Beezley. They plan to defeat Beezley's political rival, Commodore Amos Pipp (James Finlayson), by exploiting his weakness for women. Blodgett is to be disguised as a beautiful woman to entrap Pipp, but with his moustache he proves unconvincing in drag—Hives declares, "Even the Commodore wouldn't fall for a buzzard like you!"—and Hives instead enlists the help of Mrs. Beezley (Dorothy Granger) to carry out the scheme.