American writer Guy Bolton (often misidentified as an Englishman) was born to a prosperous Delaware family. He began his career as an architect, studying architecture in Europe. Turning to playwrighting in the World War I years, Bolton became, along with such notables as Jerome Kern and P.G. Wodehouse, a mainstay of New York City's Princess Theatre, home to "intimate" musicals and revues. Bolton was among the first Broadway librettists to "integrate" his plots with the songs in his musicals, allowing the songs to advance the story--though the songs (by the likes of Kern, Gershwin and Cole Porter) were usually far more compelling than those stories. He would later recall his early musical comedy years in his breezy autobiography Bring on the Girls. Launching his screenwriting career in 1925 (many of his plays and novels had previously been adapted for the screen by others), Bolton was an on-and-off visitor to Hollywood throughout the 1920s and 1930s, though his heart remained on the New York stage. His biggest success in the 1950s was his stage play Anastasia, which was later filmed with Ingrid Bergman in the lead. After many years' absence from films, Guy Bolton returned to screenwriting with the ill-fated Franco-Austrian co-production Adorable Julia (62).
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Crazy For You
From Musical by |
1999 | |||
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Anastasia
Play Author |
1997 | |||
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Adorable Julia
Screenwriter |
1962 | |||
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Anything Goes
Play Author |
1956 | |||
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The Colgate Comedy Hour: Anything Goes
Book Author |
1954 | |||
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Easter Parade
Screenwriter |
1948 | |||
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Words and Music
Screen Story |
1948 | |||
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Till the Clouds Roll By
Screen Story, Screenwriter |
1946 | |||
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Ziegfeld Follies
Screenwriter |
1946 | |||
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Weekend at the Waldorf
Screenwriter |
1945 | |||
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Girl Crazy
Play Author |
1943 | |||
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Rosalie
Play Author |
1938 | |||
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Too Many Husbands
Play Author |
1938 | |||
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Angel
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Anything Goes
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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This'll Make You Whistle
Play Author, Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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Man of the Moment
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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The Dark Angel
Play Author |
1935 | |||
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The Guv'nor
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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The Morals of Marcus
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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The Murder Man
Short Story Author |
1935 | |||
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Along Came Sally
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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Ladies Should Listen
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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The Camels Are Coming
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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The Lady Is Willing
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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Pleasure Cruise
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Waltzes from Vienna
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Almost Married
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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Careless Lady
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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Devil's Lottery
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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Girl Crazy
Book Author |
1932 | |||
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Painted Woman
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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The Woman in Room 13
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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Ambassador Bill
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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Delicious
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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The Lady Refuses
Short Story Author |
1931 | |||
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The Yellow Ticket
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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Transatlantic
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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The Cuckoos
Play Author |
1930 | |||
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Top Speed
Play Author |
1930 | |||
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The Love Doctor
Screenwriter |
1929 | |||
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The Love Parade
Screenwriter |
1929 | |||
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Sally
Book Author |
1925 | |||
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Secrets of the Night
Play Author |
1925 | |||
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Wages for Wives
Play Author |
1925 | |||
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Adam and Eva
Play Author |
1923 | |||
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The Cave Girl
Screenwriter |
1921 |