Monte Brice Explained

Monte Brice
Birth Date:	July 12, 1891
Birth Place:	New York City, United States
Death Date:	November 8, 1962
Death Place:	London, United Kingdom
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Writer, producer, director
Notable Works:	Brewster's Millions, Tillie's Punctured Romance, You'll Find Out

Monte Brice (July 12, 1891 – November 8, 1962) was an American writer, producer, and director of films.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Born in 1891 in New York City, Brice wrote his first screenplay in 1920. In 1926, he was promoted from scenario writer to director and given a five-year contract with Famous Players–Lasky.^[3] A 1928 article states he had left Paramount Pictures and was freelancing.^[4]

In the later years of his decades long career in film he worked with Bob Hope.^[5] Brice was best known as gag writer who worked on Hope's radio and film scripts.^[6]

He married Doris Hill.^[7] Brice had two daughters and three grandchildren.^[8] He died in London in 1962 while working with Hope on film projects.

Partial filmography

• Riders Up (1924)
• Brewster's Millions (1926), screenplay by Monte Brice, Lloyd Corrigan and Harold Shumate
• Hands Up! (1926), co-written by Monte Brice and Lloyd Corrigan
• Casey at the Bat (1927), director
• Fireman, Save My Child (1927), co-wrote with Thomas J. Geraghty
• Tell It to Sweeney (1927), one of the writers
• Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928), co-wrote with Keene Thompson
• The Fleet's In (1928), one of the writers
• Take a Chance (1933), directed by Monte Brice and Laurence Schwab
• Sweet Surrender (1935), director
• You'll Find Out (1940), one of the writers
• Pot o' Gold (1941), co-wrote screenplay
• Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942), written by Charles E. Roberts and Monte Brice
• Mama Loves Papa (1945), writer
• Eadie Was a Lady (1945), original story and screenplay
• Radio Stars on Parade (1945), co-wrote screenplay with Robert E. Kent from a story by Kent
• A Guy, a Gal and a Pal (1945), story
• Genius at Work (1946), co-wrote with Robert E. Kent
• Singin' in the Corn (1946), one of the writers
• Variety Girl (1947), screenplay^[9]

External links

• • • • Rotten Tomatoes profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Monte Brice. www.tcm.com.
2. News: Monte Brice dies. Independent. November 9, 1962. 21. newspapers.com.
3. "Pictures: Monte Brice Elevate." Variety. Vol. 84, Iss. 13,  (Oct 13, 1926): 7. Via Proquest.
4. "Pictures: Monte Brice Freelancing." Variety. Vol. 93, Iss. 2, (Oct 24, 1928): 5. Via Proquest.
5. News: November 9, 1962. MONTE BRICE, WRITER FOR BOB HOPE, DEAD (Published 1962). The New York Times.
6. "Obituaries." Variety. Vol. 228, Iss. 12, (Nov 14, 1962): 71. Via Proquest.
7. News: 1935-10-12. Walter Winchell on Broadway. 3. Radio Wave. 2021-02-20.
8. "Monte Brice Dies." Boxoffice; Vol. 82, Iss. 5,  (Nov 19, 1962): W-8. Via Proquest.
9. Web site: Monte Brice. https://web.archive.org/web/20201030203044/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f032687. dead. October 30, 2020. BFI.