Allen Boretz

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Allen Boretz (1900–1985), was an American songwriter, playwright and screenwriter. The great success of his and John Murray's Broadway hit Room Service (1937) led to offers from Hollywood, and he wrote and co-wrote screenplays from the late 1930s through the 1940s. His film credits include It Ain't Hay (1943), Step Lively (1944), Up in Arms (1944), The Princess and the Pirate (1944), Ziegfeld Follies (1946), Copacabana (1947), My Girl Tisa (1948), and Two Guys from Texas (1949). . Boretz' screenwriting ended abruptly when he was blacklisted in the early 1950s. However, Room Service has never stopped being produced by professional and amateur theatrical companies throughout the world, and has been revived on Broadway several times.

Most Popular Allen Boretz Trailers

Total trailers found: 13

Up in Arms Trailer (1944)

17 February 1944

Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted and accidentally smuggles his girlfriend aboard his Pacific-bound troopship.

Two Guys from Texas Trailer (1948)

27 August 1948

Two vaudevillians on the run from crooks try to pass themselves off as cowboys.

Room Service Trailer (1938)

21 September 1938

Broke Gordon Miller tries to land a backer for his new play while he has to deal with with the hotel manager trying to evict him and his cast.

The Princess and the Pirate Trailer (1944)

17 November 1944

Princess Margaret is travelling incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the man her father has betrothed her to.

Copacabana Trailer (1947)

30 May 1947

A talent agent sells his girlfriend to a nightclub – as two separate acts. The deception and constant costume changes are too much for his girl, and the men who have fallen for the different performers.

Bathing Beauty Trailer (1944)

27 June 1944

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.

Where There's Life Trailer (1947)

21 November 1947

In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael Valentine (Bob Hope).

Adieu Berthe Trailer (1970)

21 March 1970

My Girl Tisa Trailer (1948)

07 February 1948

1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants.

The Girl from Jones Beach Trailer (1949)

16 July 1949

Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl".

It Ain't Hay Trailer (1943)

22 February 1943

Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy.

It Had to Be You Trailer (1947)

07 December 1947

A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.

Step Lively Trailer (1944)

26 July 1944

Fly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit.