Bert Granet

Writing

Bert Granet

Born — Died

1910-07-10 — 2002-11-15

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

32 titles

New York-born television pioneer Bert Granet graduated with a B.A. from Yale University. He began in the film industry in 1934, and, a decade later, was working as writer-producer under contract at RKO (1944-48). He set up his own short-lived production company, Kaladore Corporation, under which banner he released just one feature film (a rather obscure item, entitled The Torch (1950), set in revolutionary Mexico, with an all-Mexican cast -- the single exception being star Paulette Goddard). In the mid-50's, Granet joined Desilu Productions to produce light, unpretentious entertainment like The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957) and the weekly anthology series Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958).…

Known for

Series credits

Behind the camera

Berlin Express poster
6.3

In post-war Europe, a diverse group of passengers aboard a U.S. Army train to bombed-out Frankfurt becomes involved in a Nazi assassination plot.

Berlin Express

1948

The Locket poster
6.3

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

The Locket

1946

Those Endearing Young Charms poster
9.0

A soldier loses his girlfriend to his best buddy.

Those Endearing Young Charms

1945

Obliging Young Lady poster
6.0

A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.

Obliging Young Lady

1942

The Affairs of Annabel poster
5.4

Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve main star Annabel in ever outrageous stunts for publicity.

The Affairs of Annabel

1938

High Flyers poster
7.5

Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for a reporter. Actually, they are retrieving diamonds stolen from a noted gem dealer. As it turns out, their plane crashes on the very estate of the dealer. Thinking the duo are police officers, the dealer offers his home for their convalescence from the accident. Meanwhile, the diamonds have been snatched by a kleptomaniac dog and buried on the estate. When the smugglers track down the pair, they try to convince the dealer that they are officials from an institution from which the two have escaped. Before long, the carnival fellows, the crooks, the gem dealer and his family, along with a platoon of cops, are tearing up the grounds to find where the dog has buried the diamonds.

High Flyers

1937

Sing Your Way Home poster
5.6

A war journalist escorts a spirited teen band back to NYC post-WWII, turning the journey into a musical comedy filled with memorable performances.

Sing Your Way Home

1945

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off poster
8.0

A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's one condition -- his loser of a son, a student at the school, must become a football hero. Comedy.

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

1938

Law of the Underworld poster
5.8

A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution

Law of the Underworld

1938

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob poster
5.5

Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as his temporary secretary. Then Coffee Cup comes to town to see Dot, his gal. When Steven is with Cecilia, everything is boring. When he is with Dot and Coffee Cup, everything is exciting and he falls for Dot. But Coffee is getting out of the Navy in a few days and he plans to marry Dot.

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

1941

Millionaire Playboy poster
4.5

A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.

Millionaire Playboy

1940

Bride by Mistake poster
6.7

The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target of gold-digging men. To attract a suitor whose main interest is not money, she changes places with her secretary, Sylvia Lockwood, and assumes the role of a young working woman. However, she then falls for recuperating fighter pilot Anthony Travis, who, in turn, is madly in love with Sylvia -- or, perhaps, with the millions he thinks she has.

Bride by Mistake

1944

Maid's Night Out poster
5.9

A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While delivering milk he falls in love with a young debutante whom he mistakes for a maid.

Maid's Night Out

1938

Soup for Nuts poster
9.0

Bob Hope is the Master-of-Ceremonies at New York City's Carlton Club, which is going belly-up because the wife, Allyn Gillyn, of the owner, Donald Brian, won't let him book any female singers or acts because he has a penchant for hitting on them, and this makes her somewhat jealous and protective.

Soup for Nuts

1934

The Big Shot poster
6.5

A small-town veterinarian inherits $2 million from an uncle he barely knew. His attempts to help mankind don't go smoothly.

The Big Shot

1937

The Day the Bookies Wept poster
7.5

A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.

The Day the Bookies Wept

1939

Go Chase Yourself poster
5.7

When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup team. Comedy.

Go Chase Yourself

1938

Annabel Takes a Tour poster
5.7

Annabel Allison, star of Wonder Pictures, is irked at her poor publicity, especially when a rival gets engaged to a Marquis; so she makes studio head Webb re-hire disgraced publicity agent Morgan for her personal appearance tour. The trip proceeds with a flurry of Morgan's crazy, slapstick publicity stunts. Then Annabel has her chance to "bag" a real Viscount.

Annabel Takes a Tour

1938

The Marrying Kind poster
6.7

Florence and Chet Keefer have had a troublesome marriage. Whilst in the middle of a divorce hearing the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had hoping that the marriage can be saved.

The Marrying Kind

1952

The Torch poster
5.3

The story of a fear-inspiring revolutionary general who develops a passion for the daughter of a wealthy villager. It's hate at first sight so far as the girl is concerned, but this will soon change.

The Torch

1950

Cross-Country Romance poster
6.7

A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.

Cross-Country Romance

1940

Career poster
8.0

Set in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two life-long acquaintances whose early friendship falls apart when they woo the same woman.

Career

1939

Quick Money poster
5.5

Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwood after being away for twenty years. Accompanying him is his personal secretary, Ambrose Ames. Despite it being purely a vacation to get some rest and relaxation, the leading citizens of the town welcome him back with some official gatherings. Mayor Jonas Tompkins, who never liked Bluford, holds no grudges against him and too welcomes him with open arms. Although Bluford had no intention of making the news public, the townsfolk learn that he has indeed come back to do business, specifically develop a summer resort in Glenwood to rival that of the best summer resorts worldwide.

Quick Money

1937

Fixer Dugan poster
6.5

Charlie Dugan is a quick-thinking boss of a traveling circus playing small towns in Missouri and Kansas.

Fixer Dugan

1939

Footlight Fever poster
7.0

Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride reprise their roles in "Curtain Call" as theatrical producers Donald Avery and Geoffrey 'Jeff' Crandall. This time they try to con a millionairess into funding their latest show by posing as old friends of her lost love.

Footlight Fever

1941

Speed to Spare poster
7.0

The champion race car driver Tommy Morton is the eternal rival to less-ethical speed king Larry 'Skids' Brannigan. What no one knows is that Tommy and Skids are actually brothers, separated at birth. Driven by a filial devotion that he can't explain, Tommy tries to dissuade Skids from recklessness, only to be "repaid" when Skids tries to steal away Tommy's blond girl-friend Eileen Hart.

Speed to Spare

1937

Meet the Missus poster
6.5

A small town Ohio barber accompanies his ditzy wife to Atlantic City, where she competes in the Happy Noodle Company's Mrs. America Contest.

Meet the Missus

1937

No artwork available
8.0

A star goes on a cruise under a false name to enjoy his vacation. When people accidently believe he is a wanted criminal he performs a few acts to prove his real identity.

She's My Lilly, I'm Her Willie

1934

No artwork available
NR

After a man and woman fail to sell any of their songs, the woman receives news from home and the man reflects through song about his childhood home.

The House Where I Was Born

1934

Legion of Terror poster
7.0

Two newly-appointed postal inspectors, Frank Marshall and 'Slim" Hewitt, set out to track down the sender of a time-bomb to a U. S. Senator and, during their investigation, run across a hooded organization that is terrorizing an American city. They also meet Don Foster, who is loud in his condemnation of the terrorists, and his sister, Nancy, who fears for her brother's life.

Legion of Terror

1936

No artwork available
NR

Tom Patricola & Buster West as a couple of sailors looking for their dates.

Hello, Sailors

1934