Harry virtue
Harry Tugend (born February 17, 1898 in New York City , United States , † September 11, 1989 in Los Angeles ) was an American screenwriter and film producer .
Life
Tugend has appeared as an actor and singer on vaudeville and summer stages since the end of the First World War, and in the late 1920s there were also radio commitments (e.g. various Fred Allen programs, which he would later direct). His skits for the Ziegfeld Follies (Broadway, January 4 to June 9, 1934) earned him a reputation from Hollywood in 1934. There, Twentieth Century Fox initially hired the author to write the scripts for a series of mostly cheerful, light stories about Shirley Temple ( “ The smallest rebel ”, “ Shirley Ahoi! ”, “Poor rich girl”). Tugend was also involved in Judy Garland's debut feature film The Crucible in 1936.
Harry Tugend later also wrote scripts for musical material and comedies based entirely on puns with stars such as Danny Kaye , Red Skelton , Bob Hope and, most recently (1963) Jerry Lewis . After the Second World War, Harry Tugend also worked occasionally as a film producer for Paramount Pictures , where he moved at the beginning of 1941, and later found another field of activity on television. His last important work, The Wayward Stork , premiered on Broadway in New York in early 1966 . However, this comedy flopped and was canceled after only five performances.
Harry Tugend was also involved in founding the U.S. screenwriters' professional organization, the Screen Writers Guild , the predecessor of the Writers Guild of America , in the 1930s .
cinemamovies
as a screenwriter unless otherwise stated
- 1935: The smallest rebel ( The Littlest Rebel )
- 1935: Shirley Ahoy! ( Captain January )
- 1935: King of Burlesque
- 1936: Poor Little Rich girl ( Poor Little Rich Girl )
- 1936: The whole point ( Pigskin Parade )
- 1936: Sing, Baby, Sing
- 1936: Wake Up and Live
- 1937: The Love Reporter ( Love is News )
- 1937: You Can't Have Everything
- 1937: Ali Baba goes to town ( Ali Baba Goes to Town )
- 1938: Sally, Irene and Mary
- 1938: My Lucky Star
- 1938: Little Miss Broadway
- 1938: Thanks for Everything
- 1939: Second Fiddle
- 1939: Little Old New York
- 1940: The House of Seven Sins
- 1941: Kiss the Boys Goodbye
- 1941: Caught in the Draft
- 1941: Birth of the Blues
- 1942: The Lady Has Plans
- 1942: Star Spangled Rhythm
- 1943: Let's Face it
- 1943: True to Life
- 1945: The Trouble With Women (production only)
- 1946: Cross My Heart (also production)
- 1947: Golden Earrings ( production only)
- 1948: The daring rescue of the gangster bride Honey Swanson ( A Song is Born )
- 1948: The Super Spy ( A Southern Yankee )
- 1949: three-player game ( Take Me Out to the Ball Game )
- 1950: Vaudeville Princess ( Wabash Avenue )
- 1951: Darling, How Could You (production only)
- 1952: The Road to Bali ( Road to Bali ) (only production)
- 1952: Entry prohibited ( Off Limits ) (production only)
- 1956: Cattle No. 1 ( Public Pigeon No. 1 ) (also production)
- 1961: Pocketful of Miracles ( A Pocketful of Miracles )
- 1963: The shop keeper ( Who's Minding the Store )
literature
- International Motion Picture Almanac 1965, p. 293
- Ephraim Katz : The Film Encyclopedia, 4th Edition. Revised by Fred Klein & Ronald Dean Nolen, p. 1375, New York 2001
Individual evidence
- ↑ IMDb and IBDb wrongly name the year of birth 1897. Both the California Death Index and the Social Security Death Index, however, confirm the year 1898.
- ↑ a b Harry Virtue in Internet Broadway Data Base
Web links
- Harry virtue in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Virtue, Harry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American screenwriter and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1989 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |