Murray Roth (November 2, 1893 - 1938) was a writer and director of films in the United States.[1] Roth was the writer for film producer and director Bryan Foy, and by late the 1920s began directing shorts in Brooklyn such as Lamchops.[2] He directed several short films for Vitaphone before moving to features including his first in 1933, Don't Bet on Love.[3] Roth also wrote the lyrics to George Gershwin's first published song, "When You Want 'Em, You Can't Get 'Em" .[4]
Filmography edit
- Vitaphone Varieties (1927), author of some of the stories
- Lights of New York , co-writer with comedian Hugh Herbert
- Lambchops (1929), director (uncredited)
- Yamekraw (1930), director (short film)
- Don't Bet on Love (1933), director and co-writer
- Palooka (1934), co-author of adaptation
- Million Dollar Ransom (1934), director
- Harold Teen (1934), director
- Chinatown Squad (1935), director[5]
- Flying Hostess (1936), director
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!, director of first five shorts
- Pepper (1936), writer with Jefferson Parker and Lamar Trotti
- She's Dangerous (1937), original story[5]
Discography edit
- "My Runaway Girl", lyrics
References edit
- ^ "Roth, Murray 1893-1938 [WorldCat Identities]".
- ^ Koszarski, Richard (2008). Hollywood on the Hudson : film and television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. pp. 154–157. ISBN 978-0-8135-4552-3. OCLC 289908131.
- ^ "Don't Bet on Love. 1933. Directed by Murray Roth | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
- ^ Payne, Robert (2014). Gershwin. New York: J. Boylston & Company, Publishers. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-883283-93-3. OCLC 1082202452.
- ^ a b "Murray Roth".
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