
Writing
Florence Ryerson
Born — Died
1892-09-20 — 1965-06-08
Place of birth
Glendale, California
Known for
Writing
Credits
25 titles
Florence Ryerson (September 20, 1892 – June 8, 1965) was an American playwright, screenwriter and co-author of the script for the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz." Between 1915 and 1927 she published more than 30 short stories and then joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1926 to work on silent film scripts. In 1930 and 1933 she and her husband wrote two of the earliest books about teenage girlhood. The books were based on a short story series Ryerson had started in 1925. She continued to write for most of her life, writing plays for Broadway in the 1940s.
Known for
7.6Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
The Wizard of Oz
1939
6.0A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
1929
7.5A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
This Side of Heaven
1934
4.8An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.
Moonlight Murder
1936
5.7A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. The only witness to the crime has also been 'rubbed out'. Only one man, the keen, fascinating, debonair detective Philo Vance, would be able to figure out who is the killer.
The Canary Murder Case
1929
5.6Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work.
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
Behind the camera
7.6Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
The Wizard of Oz
1939
6.0A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
1929
7.5A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
This Side of Heaven
1934
4.8An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.
Moonlight Murder
1936
5.7A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. The only witness to the crime has also been 'rubbed out'. Only one man, the keen, fascinating, debonair detective Philo Vance, would be able to figure out who is the killer.
The Canary Murder Case
1929
5.6Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work.
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
6.6After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, and although he recovers, his wife is murdered by the same killer.
The Casino Murder Case
1935
5.3The sinister Dr. Fu Manchu returns to destroy the people he holds responsible for the death of his family.
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930
7.0A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.
The Kid From Texas
1939
7.0Aspiring newsreel camera girl Pat Clancy, is hired by her father, a publisher, to work on The Sun and causes Scoop Morgan, the paper's best cameraman, to quit in protest of the hiring of a woman. The Mercury hires Scoop, and there begins a heated rivalry between him and Pat. Pat gets a few lucky breaks and manages to get a beat on Scoop during her brief career. After she exposes the theft of a jewel from the turban of a visiting maharajah, she and Scoop are kidnapped by Clayton, the thief, and taken aboard his yacht. Rescued, she and Scoop find love and happiness.
Hot News
1928
6.5Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up before he can commit it.
The Crime of the Century
1933
7.0Dix plays radio announcer Robert Parker, working at a station run by his girlfriend's father. Becoming a bit overexcited on the air, our hero lets slip a few (fortuitously unheard) profanities. Fired from his job, Parker enters into an amusing series of misadventures with veteran bank robber Jim Bailey (Charles Sellon).
Easy Come, Easy Go
1928
5.0Boisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her fellow school chorus members to sing a classical piece with a modern swing beat. She returns to her dysfunctional home, dejected, but, with the encouragement of her family's cook, Judy decides to follow her dream and audition for a Broadway musical.
Everybody Sing
1938
7.0An orphan is adopted by a kindly old racehorse owner. He decides to pay back his benefactor by training to ride the horse so he can win an important race.
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
1927
10.0Roommates panic and plan when they hear a radio report of a murderer loose in their neighborhood.
Dangerous Females
1929
A wealthy society wife discovers her husband's long-hidden secret--he has a brother, who is not only his twin but his "evil" twin. The long-lost brother shows up at the couple's doorstep one day and proceeds to turn their life upside down, especially when he begins to impersonate his newfound wealthy brother.
Adam and Evil
1927
5.0A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she killed her abusive husband in order to protect her children from him.
A Wicked Woman
1934
6.2Fay Wray plays a beautiful showgirl who falls for a rich Park Avenue guy played by Phillips Holmes. William Powell is a producer in love with Miss Wray, but he won't use his influence to take any advantage... as usual, he's a perfect gentleman.
Pointed Heels
1929
8.0Trouble begins when Madame Girard steps out on her husband, Criquette's father, to fool around with rakish Phillippe Levaux. When Monsieur Girard finds out, Criquette saves her stepmother from scandal by tricking Levaux into a hasty marriage.
The Demi-Bride
1927
6.4A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
Mad Holiday
1936
6.2A New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.
Henry Goes Arizona
1939
5.1An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.
Tough Guy
1936
4.5He couldn't help it if the girls all fell for him. But his wife certainly cramped his romantic style!
Wickedness Preferred
1928
6.6A young bareback rider in a circus is in love with a trapeze artist, but he has two problems: he drinks too much and he's fallen under the spell of a "vamp" who's nothing but trouble for him.
Dangerous Curves
1929
Egomaniacal baseball slugger Elmer Kane is not only good, he enjoys telling everybody how good he is. A professional scout, Bert Wade, takes an interest in Elmer, who in turn takes an interest in Evelyn Corey, an attractive actress.
Fast Company
1929
