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Ralph Spence (screenwriter)

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Years active
  
1912-1946

Plays
  
The Gorilla

Ralph Spence (screenwriter)

Born
  
November 4, 1890 (
1890-11-04
)
Key West, Florida, US

Died
  
21 December 1949, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

Movies
  
Top Hat, Show People, Poor Little Rich Girl, The Patsy, Higher and Higher

Similar
  
Agnes Christine Johnston, A Edward Sutherland, Polly Moran, Eleanor Gates, Edward Sedgwick

Ralph Spence (November 4, 1890 – November 21, 1949) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Born in Key West, Florida in 1890, he wrote for 121 films between 1912 and 1946. His play, The Gorilla, was produced on Broadway in 1925, and was the basis for several films. He also wrote material for a number of presentations of the Zeigfeld Follies and Earl Carroll's Vanities. Spence died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles from a heart attack.

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Broadway credits

  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 - dialogue
  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 - book and lyrics
  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 (summer edition) - sketches
  • Earl Carroll's Vanities (1924) - book
  • The Gorilla (1925) - playwright
  • Earl Carroll's Vanities (1931) - book
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    Partial filmography

  • For Big Stakes (1922)
  • Sure Fire Flint (1922)
  • Six Cylinder Love (1923)
  • Mademoiselle Modiste (1926)
  • 3 Bad Men (1926)
  • Johnny Get Your Hair Cut (1927)
  • The Gorilla (1927)
  • Bringing Up Father (1928)
  • The Patsy (1928)
  • Excess Baggage (1928)
  • Cracked Nuts (1931)
  • Laugh and Get Rich (1931)
  • Her Bodyguard (1933)
  • Everybody Dance (1936)
  • The Great Barrier (1937)
  • King Solomon's Mines (1937)
  • Sweet Devil (1938)
  • The Gorilla (1939)
  • The Flying Deuces (1939)
  • Higher and Higher (1943)
  • References

    Ralph Spence (screenwriter) Wikipedia