Writing
Ernest Pagano
Born — Died
1901-01-16 — 1953-04-29
Place of birth
Colorado
Known for
Writing
Credits
41 titles
Ernest S. Pagano (January 16, 1901 – April 29, 1953) was an American screenwriter. He began in showbusiness as a "gag-man" in silent films. He wrote for 66 films between 1927 and 1947. Description above from the Wikipedia Ernest Pagano licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
7.0College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
Vivacious Lady
1938
6.5A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
7.1An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
7.3Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.
Shall We Dance
1937
6.7A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.
That's the Spirit
1945
6.5Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on 'Mr. X'. After Alyce goes to London to meet a beau she is restricted to the castle to curb her scandalous behavior. Albert then summons Jerry to Alyce's aid in order to 'protect his investment'.
A Damsel in Distress
1937
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.0College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
Vivacious Lady
1938
6.5A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
7.1An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
7.3Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.
Shall We Dance
1937
6.7A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.
That's the Spirit
1945
6.7A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.
That's the Spirit
1945
6.5Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on 'Mr. X'. After Alyce goes to London to meet a beau she is restricted to the castle to curb her scandalous behavior. Albert then summons Jerry to Alyce's aid in order to 'protect his investment'.
A Damsel in Distress
1937
6.7Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Tony. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with him. When he tries to use hypnosis to strengthen her feelings for Steven, things get complicated.
Carefree
1938
5.6A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
Super-Sleuth
1937
Hollywood Luck is a 1932 Comedy short.
Hollywood Luck
1932
5.0This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane. While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach, CA, Mr. Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic. Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses (both malfunctioned) and a turn-and-bank indicator. The cabin door was held shut with baling wire. Nearly 29 hours later, he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin. He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California. He returned to the US as a hero, with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards.
The Flying Irishman
1939
5.3Johnny Hart is on the run from the law after killing one of the men who shot his partner. He passes through a town and stops at a saloon owned by singer Lorena Dumont. The two seem a good, albeit tempestuous match, although Johnny has no plans to marry -- Lorena has other ideas and a shotgun wedding ensues.
Frontier Gal
1945
5.3Johnny Hart is on the run from the law after killing one of the men who shot his partner. He passes through a town and stops at a saloon owned by singer Lorena Dumont. The two seem a good, albeit tempestuous match, although Johnny has no plans to marry -- Lorena has other ideas and a shotgun wedding ensues.
Frontier Gal
1945
7.5Tongue-in-cheek adventure tale of an American attempting to free sailors held as hostages and becoming involved in middle-East tribal wars.
Slave Girl
1947
Keep Laughing is a 1932 Comedy short
Keep Laughing
1932
5.6A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets out, she will lose her job. Unfortunately, her new hubby is tired of hiding the truth and creates all kinds of problems when he decides to spill the beans.
Fired Wife
1943
5.6Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich girl.
Fight for Your Lady
1937
7.3Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each other's throats due to real and imagined slights.
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
7.5An anthropologist unwittingly takes a man disguised as a "primitive man" back to New York as a specimen.
Her Primitive Man
1944
7.5An anthropologist unwittingly takes a man disguised as a "primitive man" back to New York as a specimen.
Her Primitive Man
1944
7.0Romantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college.
Old Man Rhythm
1935
5.4A driver on a non-stop race from New York to San Francisco gets detoured to Hollywood, where he winds up working as a publicity man for a movie studio and assigned to revive the career of a beautiful but fading star.
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
1931
6.7A pseudonymous Roscoe Arbuckle directs this comedy short about a man who goes insane because of his wife's bridge addiction.
Bridge Wives
1932
6.8A harried daughter tries to keep her wacky family together while trying to sell her eccentric father's latest invention, a collapsible life raft.
San Diego I Love You
1944
Idle Roomers is a 1931 Comedy short.
Idle Roomers
1931
Billy Dooley is a suspicious husband who, as a private detective, takes a job from a woman who thinks her husband is running around with another woman. The latter is actually Billy's wife, who is buying a car from the man as a present for Billy. But Billy doesn't know that.
Smart Work
1931
10.0In this musical comedy, a young singer becomes so desperate to appear on Broadway that she goes to a prominent producer and tells him that she is the daughter who resulted from his day-long marriage to a young woman he knew years ago. The producer is delighted and soon puts his daughter up on stage. The trouble begins when the girl's "mother" suddenly pays a call. For her own reasons, the woman decides to play along with the girl's ruse. Fortunately, by the story's end, the truth is revealed, all differences are reconciled and happiness ensues.
That Night with You
1945
10.0In this musical comedy, a young singer becomes so desperate to appear on Broadway that she goes to a prominent producer and tells him that she is the daughter who resulted from his day-long marriage to a young woman he knew years ago. The producer is delighted and soon puts his daughter up on stage. The trouble begins when the girl's "mother" suddenly pays a call. For her own reasons, the woman decides to play along with the girl's ruse. Fortunately, by the story's end, the truth is revealed, all differences are reconciled and happiness ensues.
That Night with You
1945
6.5An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.
Forty Little Mothers
1940
3.3Three young girls live together in a one room apartment just scraping by while dreaming of Hollywood stardom. When one refuses a small role because they the producers won't meet her price the newest of the trio whose fresh off the bus from Omaha takes it and finds success.
Three Hollywood Girls
1931
6.0Dumped by his girlfriend, Buster drives west and winds up in a ghost town called Vulture City, where he appoints himself sheriff.
The Gold Ghost
1934
6.4When Buster's girlfriend falls for a trapeze artist, Buster tries to beat him at his own game.
Allez Oop
1934
That's My Meat is a 1931 Comedy short.
That's My Meat
1931
6.4A vaudeville act inherits an old, beat-up building and decides to try to turn it into a hip new nightclub. Frank Sinatra's first screen appearance.
Las Vegas Nights
1941
Up Pops the Duke is a 1931 Comedy short.
Up Pops the Duke
1931
5.3The film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch Pete Monahan. Because of his love affair with the bottle, Pete manages to get himself and his family blacklisted from every major vaude house in the country. Though Pete's kids Jimmy and Patsy love their dad, they're forced to break away from the act and go off on their own to survive. Eventually, the whole gang is reunited in a shamelessly lachrymose musical finale.
The Merry Monahans
1944
The owner of a medicine show falls for a young beauty who is in love with someone else.
Moonlight and Cactus
1932
4.0Two aspiring actresses encounter mishaps during a shoot.
The Lure of Hollywood
1931
7.1A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful.
Lover Come Back
1946
3.3Hollywood Lights is a 1932 Comedy.
Hollywood Lights
1932
