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Paul Girard Smith is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 14 september 1894 at Omaha (USA)

Paul Girard Smith

Paul Girard Smith
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Nationality USA
Birth 14 september 1894 at Omaha (USA)
Death 4 april 1968 (at 73 years) at San Diego (USA)

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.

Best films

In Old Arizona
In Old Arizona
(1928)
(Scriptwriter) Speedy
Speedy
(1928)
(Scriptwriter)

Usually with

Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
(6 films)
Harold Lloyd
Harold Lloyd
(3 films)
Clyde Bruckman
Clyde Bruckman
(3 films)
William Frawley
William Frawley
(5 films)
Charles Lamont
Charles Lamont
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Paul Girard Smith (53 films)

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Actor

Feet First
Feet First (1930)
, 1h33
Directed by Harold Lloyd, Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Barbara Kent, Harold Lloyd, Robert McWade, Lillian Leighton, Noah Young, Alec B. Francis
Roles le passager avec le mal de mer
Rating66% 3.3451853.3451853.3451853.3451853.345185
Harold Horne, an ambitious shoe salesman in Honolulu, unknowingly meets the boss' secretary Barbara (Barbara Kent) - thinking she is the boss' daughter - and tells her he is a millionaire leather tycoon.

Scriptwriter

It's a Joke, Son!
It's a Joke, Son! (1947)
, 1h3
Directed by Benjamin Stoloff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Kenny Delmar, Una Merkel, June Lockhart, Douglass Dumbrille, Jimmy Conlin, Ralph Sanford
Rating59% 2.9602352.9602352.9602352.9602352.960235
When the Daughters of Dixie nominate Magnolia Claghorn as a candidate for State Senator, the local political machine run by Northerners fear their candidate will be defeated. Through the Claghorn's daughter's boyfriend Jeff, the machine gets the idea to run Magnolia's husband Beauregard as a candidate in order to split the anti-machine vote.
Oh, What a Night!
Oh, What a Night! (1944)
, 1h12
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Edmund Lowe, Jean Parker, Marjorie Rambeau, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Pierre Watkin, Ivan Lebedeff
Rating59% 2.964412.964412.964412.964412.96441
A man is keeping a secret from his young niece: he's an international jewel thief!
Thumbs Up
Thumbs Up (1943)
, 1h7
Directed by Joseph Santley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films, Political films
Actors Brenda Joyce, Richard Fraser, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Margetson, J. Pat O'Malley, Queenie Leonard
Rating56% 2.8287252.8287252.8287252.8287252.828725
For a publicity stunt to boost her career an American nightclub singer volunteers for a stint in a British munitions factory. She is so impressed by the spirit of her fellow workers that she decides to stay on.
Private Buckaroo
Private Buckaroo (1942)
, 1h8
Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Military humor in film, Musical films, Political films
Actors Dick Foran, Ernest Truex, Jennifer Holt, Shemp Howard, Mary Wickes, Donald O'Connor
Rating58% 2.949522.949522.949522.949522.94952
Entertainer Lon Prentice initially is keen to enlist in the US Army but is prevented from this due to his having one flat foot. After having the flat fixed, he is accepted for enlistment. Soon after basic training begins, Private Prentice informs his commanding officer that he finds most military training useless, unnecessary and beneath him. His commander orders all the men that Private Prentice is exempt from doing things he doesn't want to do, which turns the entire camp against him.
Here We Go Again
Here We Go Again (1942)
, 1h17
Directed by Allan Dwan, John E. Burch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Edgar Bergen, Marian Driscoll Jordan, Harold Peary, Sterling Holloway, Bill Thompson, Gale Gordon
Rating58% 2.9041652.9041652.9041652.9041652.904165
As Fibber McGee and Molly celebrate their 20th anniversary, they throw a large shindig, but everyone declines their invitation to the Silver Tip Lodge at Lake Arcadia. Discouraged, the McGees decide to have their own celebration—to relive their first honeymoon night at the Ramble Inn. Fibber and Molly are again discouraged upon finding that the inn has gone to ruin. Still, they decide to stay the night. The next morning, the McGees leave Ramble Inn and Fibber insists, despite their finances, that they head to Lake Arcadia and spend at least one night at the Silver Tip Lodge.
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
, 1h22
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot, Warren William, Betty Brewer, Walter Catlett, Ward Bond
Rating61% 3.0940553.0940553.0940553.0940553.094055
After her Chicago gambling hall burns down in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Belle Andrews accepts an offer from an ambitious businessmen Harry Farrel to accompany him to Powder River, Montana to open a new casino. However, once there, she becomes disgusted by his criminal activities and joins forces with Wild Bill Hickok to thwart his plans.
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls (1941)
, 43minutes
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Tom Brown, Zasu Pitts, Slim Summerville, Edgar Dearing, Edward Gargan, Gladys Blake
Rating59% 2.954282.954282.954282.954282.95428
A peanut vendor sights a man named Sam Sawyer attempting suicide by jumping off a cliff into the waters below. The vendor offers a free bag of peanuts to hear Sam's story of what brought him to make such a decision.