Roth, Murray, 1893-1938
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Birth Date
- (edtf) 1893-11-12
Death Date
- (edtf) 1938-02-17
Descriptor
- Americans
Birth Place
- (naf) New York (N.Y.)
Death Place
- (naf) Hollywood (Calif.)
Associated Locale
- (naf) United States
Gender
- Males
Associated Language
- eng
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Sources
- found: Yamekraw [MP] 1930:credits (directed by Murray Roth)
- found: Int'l. film necrology, 1981(Murray Roth; b. 1894; d. 1938; director and writer)
- found: IMDb, 19 June 2020(Murray, Roth, born: November 12, 1893 in New York City, New York, USA; died: February 17, 1938 (age 44) in Hollywood, California, USA;; director, writer; wrote (w/Arthur Swanstrom) lyrics for "The Greenwich Village Follies of 1920" on Broadway) - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744954
- found: allmovie.com, 19 June 2020(Murray Roth, born Nov 12, 1893; died Feb 17, 1938; from biography by Hans J. Wollstein: A former Tin Pan Alley "song plugger," Murray Roth entered films as a screenwriter as early as 1920. Working mainly in the field of comedy, Roth later co-wrote the screenplay for Harry Langdon's classic Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926) and delivered both story and screenplay for Texas Guinan's Queen of the Night Clubs (1929). He became a director of B-movies after the advent of sound) - https://www.allmovie.com/artist/murray-roth-p119238
Change Notes
- 1988-01-05: new
- 2020-06-24: revised
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