Writing

Val Burton

Known for

Writing

Credits

20 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Time of Their Lives poster
7.2

Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.

The Time of Their Lives

1946

The Time of Their Lives poster
7.2

Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.

The Time of Their Lives

1946

Henry Aldrich for President poster
6.5

Henry Aldrich finds himself in a heated election for high-school class president.

Henry Aldrich for President

1941

Two Bright Boys poster
10.0

A young man inherits a valuable piece of Texas land that an oil man plots to steal away.

Two Bright Boys

1939

Bedtime for Bonzo poster
6.1

College prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.

Bedtime for Bonzo

1951

Scatterbrain poster
7.5

A Hollywood studio goofs and signs the wrong girl--a hillbilly from the Ozarks--to a movie contract. Comedy.

Scatterbrain

1940

On Their Own poster
8.0

The Jones family (without father) head for California to open a bungalow court. To increase business they advertise for families with children and pets. A neighbor threatens to sue.

On Their Own

1940

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid poster
10.0

High-school student Henry Aldrich hopes to improve his grades by finding a sweetheart for his unmarried teacher.

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

1944

Passport to Destiny poster
5.3

An English charwoman, believing herself protected by a magic eye amulet, travels to Nazi Germany to personally assassinate Adolf Hitler.

Passport to Destiny

1944

Henry Aldrich Haunts a House poster
7.0

Henry Aldrich and his high-school pals investigate a local haunted house.

Henry Aldrich Haunts a House

1943

Henry Aldrich Swings It poster
8.0

Teenager Henry Aldrich decides to take matters into his own hands when his high school principal forbids the student band from playing swing music.

Henry Aldrich Swings It

1943

Henry and Dizzy poster
9.0

After accidentally sinking a borrowed motorboat, teenager Henry Aldrich scrambles to raise the replacement cash the boat's owner demands. The catch: Henry only has two days to come up with the funds, or the boat's angry owner will turn him over to the police.

Henry and Dizzy

1942

You Can't Ration Love poster
8.0

In this WW II musical, a group of lovely college co-eds, realizing that there is a shortage of single young men, decide to begin rationing their dates so that all of them can have some fun. This is beneficial for the campus wimp who suddenly finds himself the hottest property on campus.

You Can't Ration Love

1944

Glamour Boy poster
6.5

Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living in Hollywood. He gets back into the movie business when he overhears a conversation between producers discussing their newest prodigy. Cooper butts in and suggests the producers remake Skippy (a real-life 1931 film that made young Cooper a star). The bigwigs like the idea and then hire Cooper to become the boy's acting coach. Once back on the backlot, Cooper finds both trouble and romance while helping the young boy adjust to life as a movie star.

Glamour Boy

1941

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret poster
7.0

Teenager Henry Aldrich and his pal Dizzy decide to try and earn extra money by starting a babysitting service.

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

1944

Henry Aldrich, Editor poster
6.5

Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of mysterious fires. A mild, timid little fellow named Nero Smith shows up to tip off Henry as to the time and place of the next conflagration. Henry prints the story-and is immediately accused of being the firebug himself!

Henry Aldrich, Editor

1942

Pardon My Rhythm poster
7.0

A high school bandleader captures the interest of a popular co-ed.

Pardon My Rhythm

1944

Honeymoon Ahead poster
7.0

When the prison choir loses its leader, the boys try to get him back in.

Honeymoon Ahead

1945

Meet the Missus poster
7.0

Gran Higgins falls under the spell of a love-starved widow.

Meet the Missus

1940

Earl of Puddlestone poster
10.0

When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that his family has "royal" connections.

Earl of Puddlestone

1940