Murray Roth

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 the late 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

• 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

• "My Runaway Girl", lyrics

References

1. "Roth, Murray 1893-1938 [WorldCat Identities]".
2. 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.
3. "Don't Bet on Love. 1933. Directed by Murray Roth | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
4. Payne, Robert (2014). Gershwin. New York: J. Boylston & Company, Publishers. p. 33. ISBN   978-1-883283-93-3. OCLC   1082202452.
5. "Murray Roth". Archived from the original on August 4, 2012.