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Paul Girard Smith (1894–1968)

Born Paul Gerard Smith he started writing musical revues at the age of ten. He joined the Marines for WWI and while still in Germany he 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... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1955 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
The Wind in the Willows (1955) (writer)
 
1949 The Wind in the Willows (short) (uncredited)
 
1948 Harpoon (original screenplay)
 
1947 Untamed Fury (screenplay / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1947 It's a Joke, Son! (as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1945 Sunbonnet Sue (story / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1944 Moonlight and Cactus (original screenplay / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1944 Oh, What a Night (screenplay)
 
1944 Show Business (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1944 Lady, Let's Dance (screenplay)
 
1944 Hi, Good Lookin'! (screenplay / as Paul Gerard Smith / story / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1943 My Tomato (short) (as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1943 Thumbs Up (contributor to screenplay)
 
1943 Heavenly Music (short) (screenplay / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1942 Here We Go Again (screenplay / story)
 
1942 Give Out, Sisters (screenplay)
 
1942 Private Buckaroo (original story / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1942 Jail House Blues (screenplay / story "Rhapsody in Stripes")
 
1942 Wild Bill Hickok Rides (original screenplay / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1941 You're in the Army Now (original screen play / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1941 Steel Against the Sky (screenplay / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1941 Niagara Falls (short) (original screenplay / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1941 Sing Another Chorus (screenplay / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1941 Tanks a Million
 
1941 Hello, Sucker (screenplay)
 
1941 San Antonio Rose (as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1941 Hurry, Charlie, Hurry (screenplay / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1941 Topper Returns (additional dialogue / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1941 Footlight Fever (contributor to screenplay - uncredited)
 
1940 Margie
 
1940 Argentine Nights (contributor to dialogue and screenplay - uncredited)
 
1940 The Boys from Syracuse (screenplay / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1940 La Conga Nights (original screenplay)
 
1940 I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (adaptation / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1940/I She Couldn't Say No (play "Funny Face" / as Paul Smith)
 
1940 Tengo fe en tí (as Smith Paul Gerard)
 
1939 My Wife's Relatives (additional dialogue - uncredited)
 
1938 Just Around the Corner (from an original story by)
 
1938 The Higgins Family (writer)
 
1937 Mama Runs Wild (additional dialogue)
 
1937 Thrill of a Lifetime (screenplay)
 
1937 Love Nest on Wheels (short)
 
1937 Ditto (short)
 
1937 Jail Bait (short) (story)
 
1936 Ladies in Love (uncredited)
 
1936 Earthworm Tractors (contributor to screenplay construction - uncredited)
 
1936 She Knew What She Wanted (play "Funny Face")
 
1936 F-Man
 
1935 Welcome Home (screenplay)
 
1935 Hold 'Em Yale
 
1935 Rumba (screenplay contributor / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1935 Wings in the Dark (contributor to treatment - uncredited)
 
1935 What, No Men? (short) (screenplay and dialogue / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1934 One Hour Late (screenplay)
 
1934 It's a Gift (contributor to treatment - uncredited)
 
1934 The Circus Clown (additional dialogue - uncredited)
 
1934 Harold Teen (screenplay)
 
1933 Son of a Sailor (screen play)
 
1933 Bone Crushers (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1932 The Rookie (short) (story)
 
1931 Her Wedding Night-Mare (short) (original screenplay)
 
1931 She Served Him Right (short) (story)
 
1931 Sidewalks of New York (story)
 
1931 Cab Waiting (short) (story)
 
1931 Check and Rubber Check (short) (scenario)
 
1931 A Broadway Romeo (short) (story)
 
1931 The Lone Star Stranger (short) (scenario)
 
1931 Seein' Injuns (short)
 
1931 The Nightingale (short) (story and screenplay)
 
1931 Love in the Suburbs (short) (story)
 
1931 Girls Will Be Boys (short) (screenplay)
 
1931 Help Wanted, Female (short) (as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1930 The Gob (short)
 
1930 In Again, Out Again (short) (story)
 
1930 Compliments of the Season (short) (as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1930 One on the Aisle (short) (story)
 
1930 Feet First (dialogue / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1930 Red, Green and Yellow (short) (story)
 
1930 Heads Up (play)
 
1930 America or Bust (short)
 
1930 Dangerous Nan McGrew (scenario and dialogue / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1929 Welcome Danger (dialogue by / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1929 Waltzing Around (short) (writer)
 
1929 The Medicine Men (story & scenario)
 
1929 Beneath the Law (short) (story)
 
1929 Sound Your 'A' (short) (as Paul Gerald Smith)
 
1929 In Holland (story and scenario / as Paul Gerald Smith)
 
1928 In Old Arizona (uncredited)
 
1928 Mother Knows Best (additional dialogue - uncredited)
 
1928 Speedy (uncredited)
 
1928 Dressed to Kill (uncredited)
 
1927 They're Coming to Get Me (short) (uncredited)
 
1926 The General (uncredited)
 
1926 Battling Butler (adapted by: from the stage success of the same name / as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1926 The Son of the Sheik (uncredited)
 
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1937 This Way Please
Dance Instructor (uncredited)
 
1933 Knockout Kisses (short)
Radio Announcer (as Paul Smith)
 
1933 Duck Hunters' Paradise (short)
Narrator (voice) (as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1932 Chili and Chills (short)
Narrator (voice) (as Paul Gerard Smith)
 
1930 Feet First
Seasick Passenger (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (4 titles)
1942 Jail House Blues (lyrics: "The Prologue" - uncredited, "Stick 'Em Up" - uncredited)
 
1940 Margie (lyrics: "Oh Fly With Me" - uncredited)
 
1940 I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (lyrics: "Day by Day" - uncredited, "Sweetheart of Public School 59" - uncredited, "Tomato Juice Song" - uncredited)
 
1940 Oh Johnny, How You Can Love (writer: "Swing, Chariot, Swing", "Maybe I Like What You Like")
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
1940 Margie
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1933 Bone Crushers (documentary short)
Himself - Narrator (voice) (as Paul Gerard Smith)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Padlocks of 1927 (1927). Musical revue. Music by Lee David, Jesse Greer and Henry H. Tobias. Book by Paul Girard Smith and Ballard MacDonald. Lyrics by Billy Rose. Musical Director: Carlton Kelsey. Music arranged by Joseph Nussbaum. Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Jack Yellen. Featuring... See more »

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Alternate Names:

Smith Paul Gerard | Paul Gerald Smith | Paul Gerard Smith | Paul Smith
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Star Sign:

Virgo