Murray Roth

Murray Roth (November 2, 1893 - 1938) was a writer and director of films in the United States.^[1] Roth was the writer for film producer and director Bryan Foy, and by the late 1920s began directing shorts in Brooklyn such as Lamchops.^[2] He directed several short films for Vitaphone before moving to features including his first in 1933, Don't Bet on Love.^[3] Roth also wrote the lyrics to George Gershwin's first published song, "When You Want 'Em, You Can't Get 'Em" .^[4]

Filmography

• Vitaphone Varieties (1927), author of some of the stories
• Lights of New York , co-writer with comedian Hugh Herbert
• Lambchops (1929), director (uncredited)
• Yamekraw (1930), director (short film)
• Don't Bet on Love (1933), director and co-writer
• Palooka (1934), co-author of adaptation
• Million Dollar Ransom (1934), director
• Harold Teen (1934), director
• Chinatown Squad (1935), director^[5]
• Flying Hostess (1936), director
• Ripley's Believe It or Not!, director of first five shorts
• Pepper (1936), writer with Jefferson Parker and Lamar Trotti
• She's Dangerous (1937), original story^[5]

Discography

• "My Runaway Girl", lyrics