Writing

Erwin S. Gelsey

Born — Died

1900-01-01 — 1988-12-12

Known for

Writing

Credits

12 titles

Known for

Flying Down to Rio poster
6.3

An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.

Flying Down to Rio

1933

Gold Diggers of 1933 poster
7.2

When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to keep their show going.

Gold Diggers of 1933

1933

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain poster
6.1

A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a policeman's shooting.

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

1932

Touchdown, Army poster
7.5

Prep football star Jimmy Howal gets a reception far different from what he expected when he enters West Point.

Touchdown, Army

1938

Jewel Robbery poster
6.5

Baroness Teri von Horhenfels deals with the tedium of her aristocratic Vienna life with a long line of lovers. Her rich husband, Franz, seems oblivious. As she's just about to end her latest affair, the baroness gets a much-needed dose of adrenaline when she becomes the target of a charismatic thief. After staging a daring robbery, he makes off with not only the baroness's ring but also her heart.

Jewel Robbery

1932

The Life of Jimmy Dolan poster
6.2

Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and womanizer behind the scenes. Intoxicated at a party, he punches a reporter who threatens to expose his hypocrisy, and accidentally kills him. Dolan panics and skips town, winding up on a farm that serves as a home for disabled children run by kindhearted Peggy. As the cynical Dolan falls for Peggy, he begins to change his ways.

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

1933

Behind the camera

Flying Down to Rio poster
6.3

An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.

Flying Down to Rio

1933

Gold Diggers of 1933 poster
7.2

When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to keep their show going.

Gold Diggers of 1933

1933

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain poster
6.1

A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a policeman's shooting.

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

1932

Touchdown, Army poster
7.5

Prep football star Jimmy Howal gets a reception far different from what he expected when he enters West Point.

Touchdown, Army

1938

Jewel Robbery poster
6.5

Baroness Teri von Horhenfels deals with the tedium of her aristocratic Vienna life with a long line of lovers. Her rich husband, Franz, seems oblivious. As she's just about to end her latest affair, the baroness gets a much-needed dose of adrenaline when she becomes the target of a charismatic thief. After staging a daring robbery, he makes off with not only the baroness's ring but also her heart.

Jewel Robbery

1932

The Life of Jimmy Dolan poster
6.2

Champion boxer Jimmy Dolan has cultivated a wholesome image for himself, but he's a boozer and womanizer behind the scenes. Intoxicated at a party, he punches a reporter who threatens to expose his hypocrisy, and accidentally kills him. Dolan panics and skips town, winding up on a farm that serves as a home for disabled children run by kindhearted Peggy. As the cynical Dolan falls for Peggy, he begins to change his ways.

The Life of Jimmy Dolan

1933

Hold 'Em Navy poster
4.7

Two football players fight over the same girl.

Hold 'Em Navy

1937

Muss 'em Up poster
6.2

Famous private detective Tip O'Neil is summoned by telegram to the estate of old friend Paul Harding, but finds the telegram was sent by Paul's attractive secretary, Amy Hutchins. Paul admits his dog was shot by extortionists to show they mean business, and shows Tip some threatening notes they sent. That night, Paul's ward, Corinne, is kidnapped by two gangsters and her driver is found dead the next morning. The kidnappers contact Tip demanding $200,000, which is delivered according to instructions. Awaiting the return of Corrine, Tip learns her fiancé, Gene Leland, is an ex-convict, and he also investigates why a thug, Maratti, was found prowling around the grounds, and why Paul's brother-in-law, Jim Glenray, was seen leaving the estate late the night before. And when the chauffeur is murdered with Amy's gun as he was about to confess some complicity, Tip has to piece together various clues to pinpoint the culprits.

Muss 'em Up

1936

Scarlet Dawn poster
7.3

During the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to Constantinople where they marry and begin a challenging new life.

Scarlet Dawn

1932

The Personality Kid poster
4.4

An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.

The Personality Kid

1934

Grand Slam poster
4.6

In New York City, Russian waiter Peter Stanislavsky becomes a national celebrity after he develops a 'system' for winning at contract bridge.

Grand Slam

1933

Sweet Adeline poster
6.8

In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But Sid frets as Adeline spends increasing amounts of time with the dashing Major Day.

Sweet Adeline

1934