Charles Grayson (writer)

For persons of a similar name, see Charles Grayson (disambiguation).

Charles Grayson (August 15, 1903 – May 4, 1973) was an American screenwriter. He worked on around forty films between 1936 and 1958. He worked under contract for Warner Brothers for a number of years. Although uncredited in the film final, along with Robert Buckner he was instrumental in reviving the operetta film The Desert Song (1943) by proposing an updated version of an old studio hit.^[2]

Charles Grayson
Born	(1903-08-15)August 15, 1903 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	May 4, 1973(1973-05-04) (aged 69) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California at Los Angeles[1]
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1936–1958
Spouse	Paddy Yeatts Grayson[1]

Selected filmography

• Crash Donovan (1936)
• Breezing Home (1937)
• The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937)
• We Have Our Moments (1937)
• You're a Sweetheart (1937)
• Reckless Living (1938)
• Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
• Tomorrow at Midnight (1939)
• Hawaiian Nights (1939)
• One Night in the Tropics (1940)
• The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
• Thieves Fall Out (1941)
• Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
• Law of the Tropics (1941)
• Underground (1941)
• Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
• The Noose Hangs High (1948)
• Outpost in Morocco (1949)
• Red Light (1949)
• The Woman on Pier 13 (1949)
• Thunder Across the Pacific (1951)
• Battle Hymn (1957)
• The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958)