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Wallace Smith(1888-1937)

  • Writer
  • Script and Continuity Department
  • Additional Crew
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Wallace Smith was born on 30 December 1888 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for West of Broadway (1926), Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935) and Her Husband Lies (1937). He died on 1 February 1937 in Hollywood, California, USA.
BornDecember 30, 1888
DiedFebruary 1, 1937(48)
BornDecember 30, 1888
DiedFebruary 1, 1937(48)
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Known for

Priscilla Dean, Arnold Gray, and Walter Long in West of Broadway (1926)
West of Broadway
  • Writer
  • 1926
Margaret Callahan and Gene Raymond in Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
6.0
  • Writer
  • 1935
Ricardo Cortez, Tom Brown, Gail Patrick, and Akim Tamiroff in Her Husband Lies (1937)
Her Husband Lies
6.2
  • Writer
  • 1937
Constance Talmadge in Venus of Venice (1927)
Venus of Venice
7.4
  • Writer
  • 1927

Credits

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Writer



  • Ricardo Cortez, Tom Brown, Gail Patrick, and Akim Tamiroff in Her Husband Lies (1937)
    Her Husband Lies
    6.2
    • screenplay
    • 1937
  • Leo Carrillo, Ida Lupino, and Nino Martini in The Gay Desperado (1936)
    The Gay Desperado
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • 1936
  • Mona Barrie, Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, and Jack Oakie in King of Burlesque (1936)
    King of Burlesque
    6.2
    • contributing writer (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Margaret Callahan and Gene Raymond in Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
    Seven Keys to Baldpate
    6.0
    • screenplay
    • 1935
  • Bette Davis and Paul Muni in Bordertown (1935)
    Bordertown
    6.6
    • screen play
    • 1935
  • Tala Birell, Walter Catlett, Walter Connolly, Leon Errol, Wynne Gibson, John Gilbert, Fred Keating, Victor McLaglen, Alison Skipworth, and Helen Vinson in The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
    The Captain Hates the Sea
    6.4
    • screenplay
    • novel
    • 1934
  • George Raft in The Trumpet Blows (1934)
    The Trumpet Blows
    4.9
    • adaptation (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Ralph Bellamy and Violet Heming in Almost Married (1932)
    Almost Married
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 1932
  • Mary Astor and Richard Dix in The Lost Squadron (1932)
    The Lost Squadron
    6.4
    • screen play
    • 1932
  • Lili Damita and Adolphe Menjou in Friends and Lovers (1931)
    Friends and Lovers
    5.4
    • adaptation and dialogue
    • 1931
  • The Lady Refuses (1931)
    The Lady Refuses
    5.9
    • screen play
    • 1931
  • The Silver Horde (1930)
    The Silver Horde
    5.8
    • adaptation
    • dialogue
    • 1930
  • Richard Dix in Shooting Straight (1930)
    Shooting Straight
    6.1
    • adapted by
    • 1930
  • Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon in Alias French Gertie (1930)
    Alias French Gertie
    5.8
    • screen play
    • 1930
  • Framed (1930)
    Framed
    6.0
    • dialogue
    • 1930

Script and Continuity Department



  • Joan Bennett, Ronald Colman, and Lawrence Grant in Bulldog Drummond (1929)
    Bulldog Drummond
    6.3
    • continuity
    • 1929

Additional Crew



  • Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Velez in The Gaucho (1927)
    The Gaucho
    7.0
    • consultant
    • 1927

Personal details

  • Born
    • December 30, 1888
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • February 1, 1937
    • Hollywood, California, USA
  • Other works
    Stage: Wrote (w/Erich von Stroheim) source material "The Happy Alienist") for "May Wine", produced on Broadway. Musical. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Additional orchestrations by Russell Bennett. Material by Frank Mandel. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Musical Direction by Robert Emmett Dolan. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Directed by José Ruben. St. James Theatre: 5 Dec 1935-6 Jun 1936 (213 performances). Cast: Betty Allen, Beulah Blake, Remo Buffano, Patricia Calvert, Victor Casmore, Tomes Chapman, Frank Chester, Lee Childs, Jack Cole, Radley E. Collins, Alice Dudley, Robert C. Fischer, Michael J. Forbes, Roy Gordon, Rollin Grimes Jr., Inga Hill, Marian Huntley, Betty Kerr, Walter Woolf King, Bela Lublov, Nancy McCord, Clifford Menz, Harry Mestayer, Charles Palloy, Marie Louise Quevli, Walter Slezak (as "Prof. Johann Volk"), Guy Smith Jr., Maury Tuckerman. Produced by Laurence Schwab.
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    Wallace Smith's death following a heart attack occurred in his home at 2110 Alcyona Dr., Hollywood.

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