Murray Roth

American film director

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

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

^ "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".