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Ralph Spence(1890-1949)

  • Writer
  • Editor
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Ralph Spence was born on 4 November 1890 in Key West, Florida, USA. He was a writer and editor, known for Tomorrow at Seven (1933), On Time (1924) and La musique en folie (1943). He died on 21 December 1949 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornNovember 4, 1890
DiedDecember 21, 1949(59)
BornNovember 4, 1890
DiedDecember 21, 1949(59)
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Known for

Chester Morris and Vivienne Osborne in Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
Tomorrow at Seven
5.6
  • Writer
  • 1933
Richard Talmadge in On Time (1924)
On Time
5.6
  • Writer
  • 1924
Mischa Auer, Georgia Carroll, Joan Davis, Kay Kyser, and Marcy McGuire in La musique en folie (1943)
La musique en folie
5.6
  • Writer
  • 1943
Frank Leigh in American Pluck (1925)
American Pluck
6.0
  • Writer
  • 1925

Credits

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Writer



  • Bill Elliott and Vera Ralston in Plainsman and the Lady (1946)
    Plainsman and the Lady
    6.2
    • original story
    • 1946
  • Frank Sinatra, Michèle Morgan, Leon Errol, Barbara Hale, Jack Haley, Grace Hartman, Paul Hartman, Marcy McGuire, and Dooley Wilson in Amour et swing (1943)
    Amour et swing
    6.0
    • screen play by
    • 1943
  • Mischa Auer, Georgia Carroll, Joan Davis, Kay Kyser, and Marcy McGuire in La musique en folie (1943)
    La musique en folie
    5.6
    • original story by
    • screen play by
    • 1943
  • Lucille Ball, Victor Mature, Marcy McGuire, Harold Peary, and Arnold Stang in Sept jours de perm (1942)
    Sept jours de perm
    5.8
    • original screenplay
    • 1942
  • Dorothy Lamour in The Fleet's In (1942)
    The Fleet's In
    6.5
    • screen play
    • 1942
  • David Bruce, Wayne Morris, and Alexis Smith in The Smiling Ghost (1941)
    The Smiling Ghost
    6.4
    • screenplay construction contributor (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, and Betty Grable in Sous le ciel d'Argentine (1940)
    Sous le ciel d'Argentine
    6.4
    • story
    • 1940
  • Les conscrits (1939)
    Les conscrits
    6.7
    • original story
    • screenplay
    • 1939
  • Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, and The Ritz Brothers in Le Gorille (1939)
    Le Gorille
    4.8
    • play
    • 1939
  • Edward Everett Horton, Jack Buchanan, and Otto Kruger in The Gang's All Here (1939)
    The Gang's All Here
    6.0
    • Writer
    • 1939
  • Hey! Hey! U.S.A! (1938)
    Hey! Hey! U.S.A!
    5.8
    • Writer
    • 1938
  • Sweet Devil (1938)
    Sweet Devil
    6.8
    • screenplay
    • 1938
  • Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins in Sh! The Octopus (1937)
    Sh! The Octopus
    5.4
    • from plays by
    • 1937
  • Jack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph in Smash and Grab (1937)
    Smash and Grab
    6.8
    • screenplay
    • 1937
  • Les mines du Roi Salomon (1937)
    Les mines du Roi Salomon
    6.3
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1937

Editor



  • Tom Mix in Docteur Frakass (1926)
    Docteur Frakass
    7.7
    • Editor
    • 1926
  • Frank Leigh in American Pluck (1925)
    American Pluck
    6.0
    • Editor
    • 1925
  • The Radio Riot
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1924
  • The Scenario School
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1924
  • The Jazz Weekly
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1924
  • Richard Talmadge in On Time (1924)
    On Time
    5.6
    • Editor
    • 1924
  • Jazz Newsreel
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1924
  • Florence Eldridge, Donald Meek, and Ernest Truex in Vivons cachés (1923)
    Vivons cachés
    • Editor
    • 1923
  • Lupino Lane in Une partie de plaisir (1923)
    Une partie de plaisir
    • Editor
    • 1923
  • Jane Lee and Katherine Lee in The Wise Birds (1922)
    The Wise Birds
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1922
  • Jane Lee and Katherine Lee in Town Terrors (1922)
    Town Terrors
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1922
  • Jane Lee and Katherine Lee in Double Trouble (1922)
    Double Trouble
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1922
  • Do and Dare (1922)
    Do and Dare
    • Editor
    • 1922
  • Toonerville Topics
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1922
  • Jane Lee and Katherine Lee in Kids and Skids (1922)
    Kids and Skids
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1922

Script and Continuity Department



  • Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Thelma Todd in Le Professeur (1932)
    Le Professeur
    5.8
    • dialogue continuity
    • 1932

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Ralph H. Spence
  • Height
    • 1.79 m
  • Born
    • November 4, 1890
    • Key West, Florida, USA
  • Died
    • December 21, 1949
    • Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Other works
    Stage: Wrote (with Eddie Cantor) sketches for "Ziegfeld Follies of 1923" [Summer Edition], produced on Broadway. Musical revue. Music by Victor Herbert, Louis A. Hirsch and Dave Stamper. Lyrics by Gene Buck. Musical Direction by Oscar Radin. Additional music by Charles Tobias, Eddie Cantor, Ernest Breuer, Walter Donaldson and J. Turner Layton. Additional lyrics by Charles Tobias, Eddie Cantor, Chic Johnson, Ole Olsen, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Henry Creamer and Buddy G. DeSylva. Scenes by Joseph Urban. Directed by Ned Wayburn. New Amsterdam Theatre: 25 Jun 1923-15 Sep 1923 (96 performances). Cast: Babs Aitlen, Leonora Baron, Michael Barroy, Clara Beresbach, Emma Beresbach, Nina Byron, Erla Calame, Eddie Cantor, Betty Carsdale, Dorothy Clarkson, Thelma Connor, Velma Connor, Dolly Daggars, Ethel Dale, Helena D'Algy, Eleanor Dana, Audrey Darrell, Mae Daw, Alma Drange, Marcelle Earle, Mary Eaton, Pearl Eaton, Dolly Evans, Victoria Gale, Ed Gallagher, Joan Gardner, Alexander Gray, Gilda Gray, Ivy Halstead, Netta Hill, May Howard, Ada Hughes, Sonia Ivanoff, Beatrice Jackson, Hazel Jennings, Brooke Johns, Naomi Johnson, Simeon Karavaeff, Kello Brothers, Lily Kimari, Virginia King, Julia Kingsley, Sylvia Kingsley, Teddy Knox, Frank Lambert, Evelyn Law, Mary Lewis, Kitty Littlefield, Jean Lloyd, Martha Lorber, Pansy Maness, Hallie Manning, Irene Marcellus, Ilsa Marvenga, Pauline Mason, Beulah McFarland, Constance McLaughlin, Janet Megrew, Madge Merritt, Hilda Moreno, Polly Nally, Cora Neary, Jimmy Nervo, Al Ochs, Joe Opp, Olive Osborne, Elaine Palmer, Annie Patron, Ann Pennington, Serge Pernikoff, Elsa Peterson, Pearl Prosser, Jesse Reed, Anastasia Reilly, Frances Reveaux, Marion Rich, Addie Rolfe, Nellie Savage, Jack Scott, Gertrude Selden, J.J. Shannon, Al Shean, Marie Shelton, Grant Simpson, Beatrice Singleton, Nellie Smith, Kathryn Stoneburn, Muriel Stryker, The Follies Four, Tiller Girls, Irene Todd, Andrew Tombes, Brandon Tynan, Ruth Urban, Vangie Valentine, Miriam Vandergriff, Shirley Vernon, Vivian Vernon, Blossom Vreeland, Irene Wales, Marie Wallace, Betty Webb, Hazel Webb, Madlyn Wells, Fay West, West and McGinty, Edna Wheaton, Margie Whittington, Lois Wilde, Betty Williams, Willy, Elsie Woodall. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
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    He was the "highest-paid title writer in the world at $5/word," according to "Motion Picture World" (31 July 1926).

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