Monte Brice(1891-1962)
- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Brice qualified as a mining engineer, after studies at Columbia
University. He was eventually hired as sales manager for the Texas Oil
Company, based in New York. This appears not to have worked out, since
Brice popped up in Hollywood for his first spell, as a small part actor
in comedies starring Pearl White, between
1913 and 1914. After several years absence, during which he devoted
himself to other business interests, he returned to the film industry
as a screenwriter in 1921. He then diversified as director of one- and
two-reel shorts for Paramount from 1927 to 1930, occasionally doubling
up as producer. After leaving Paramount, he directed
W.C. Fields in his first talkie, the classic
two-reel farce
The Golf Specialist (1930).
After 1935, Brice concentrated on screenwriting and creating original scenarios for feature films -- either solo or in collaboration -- and later became part of Bob Hope's team of gag writers. Brice was married to former vaudeville dancer and actress Doris Hill, whom he had previously directed in Casey at the Bat (1927).
After 1935, Brice concentrated on screenwriting and creating original scenarios for feature films -- either solo or in collaboration -- and later became part of Bob Hope's team of gag writers. Brice was married to former vaudeville dancer and actress Doris Hill, whom he had previously directed in Casey at the Bat (1927).
