Person
Allen Boretz
Writing · 1900–1986 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Allen Boretz (1900–1985), was an American songwriter, playwright and screenwriter. The great success of his and John Murray's Broadway hit Room Service (1937) led to offers from Hollywood, and he wrote and co-wrote screenplays from the late 1930s through the 1940s. His film credits include It Ain't Hay (1943), Step Lively (1944), Up in Arms (1944), The Princess and the Pirate (1944), Ziegfeld Follies (1946), Copacabana (1947), My Girl Tisa (1948), and Two Guys from Texas (1949). . Boretz' screenwriting ended abruptly when he was blacklisted in the early 1950s. However, Room Service has never stopped being produced by professional and amateur theatrical companies throughout the world, and has been revived on Broadway several times.
Known for

Studio One
Adaptation

Bathing Beauty
Screenplay

Room Service
Theatre Play

Adieu Berthe
Writer

Copacabana
Screenplay

Step Lively
Story

My Girl Tisa
Writer

Up in Arms
Screenplay

The Princess and the Pirate
Adaptation

It Had to Be You
Story
Filmography
- 1970Adieu BertheWriter
- 1949The Girl from Jones BeachStory
- 1948Studio OneAdaptation
- 1948Two Guys from TexasScreenplay
- 1948My Girl TisaWriter
- 1947It Had to Be YouStory
- 1947Where There's LifeWriter
- 1947CopacabanaScreenplay
- 1944The Princess and the PirateAdaptation
- 1944Step LivelyStory
- 1944Bathing BeautyScreenplay
- 1944Up in ArmsScreenplay
- 1943It Ain't HayScreenplay
- 1938Room ServiceTheatre Play
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