Allen Boretz (1900â€"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.
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.
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