Edward E. Paramore Jr. (17 September 1895 – 1 May 1956) was an American

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

Career

His 1929 play ''Ringside'', co-written with

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and Hyatt Daab, was adapted for the movie '' Night Parade'' by RKO. He was a staff screenwriter at Paramount. He wrote the script for the film ''

The Bitter Tea of General Yen ''The Bitter Tea of General Yen'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama (film and television), drama war film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck, and featuring Nils Asther and Walter Connolly. Based on the 193 ...

'' for Columbia, ''

Baby Take a Bow ''Baby Take a Bow'' (sometimes written as ''Baby, take a Bow'', etc. in promotional posters at the time) is a 1934 American comedy-drama film directed by Harry Lachman and is one of the earliest Hays code Hollywood films (its MPAA certificate ...

'' and ''

Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas ''Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas'' is a war film made by Twentieth Century Fox in 1943. The film starred Philip Dorn, Anna Sten, and Martin Kosleck. The film was originally titled ''The Seventh Column''. It was directed by Louis King and is ...

'' for 20th Century Fox, and '' Man of Conquest'' for Republic. He retired in 1943. He was one of the founders of the

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. Paramore died from a

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stemming from an accident in a parking garage in

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.Associated Press (May 2, 1956). Edward E. Paramore Jr., Screen Writer, Dies in Shreveport, La., After Accident. ''

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'' His son Edward E. Paramore III produced under the name Harold Lime.

Filmography

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'' (1943) *'' Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die'' (1942) *''

Mystery Sea Raider ''Mystery Sea Raider'' is a 1940 American drama war film directed by Edward Dmytryk Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 – July 1, 1999) was a Canadian-born American film director and editor. He was known for his 1940s films noir, noir films ...

'' (1940) *''

20 Mule Team ''20 Mule Team'' (also known as ''Twenty Mule Team'') is a 1940 American western film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Marjorie Rambeau, Anne Baxter and Wallace Beery, who appears with his nephew Noah Beery Jr. The film was originally ...

'' (1940) *'' Man of Conquest'' (1939) *''

The Oklahoma Kid ''The Oklahoma Kid'' is a 1939 Western film starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. The film was directed for Warner Bros. by Lloyd Bacon. Cagney plays an adventurous gunslinger in a broad-brimmed cowboy hat while Bogart portrays his bl ...

'' (1939) *'' Three Comrades'' (1938) *'' Portia on Trial'' (1937) *''

Two in a Crowd ''Two in a Crowd'' is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Joan Bennett, Joel McCrea and Reginald Denny. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures.Dick p.81 The screenplay was written by Lewis R. ...

'' (1936) *''

Trouble for Two ''Trouble for Two'' is a 1936 American mystery film directed by J. Walter Ruben and starring Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell. It is based on '' The Suicide Club'', a short story collection by Robert Louis Stevenson. A European prince, un ...

'' (1936) *'' Three Godfathers'' (1936) *'' The Farmer Takes a Wife'' (1935) *'' Rocky Mountain Mystery'' (1935) *''

Mystery Woman ''Mystery Woman'' is the name of a series of 11 made-for-television mystery films released by the Hallmark Channel between 2003 and 2007, and now appearing regularly on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. While on the Hallmark Channel, it was broadc ...

'' (1935) *''

'' (1934) *'' Master of Men'' (1933) *''

'' (1933) *'' Rich Man's Folly'' (1931) *'' Newly Rich'' (1931) *''

Fighting Caravans ''Fighting Caravans'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Otto Brower and David Burton and starring Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, and Ernest Torrence. Based on the 1929 novel ''Fighting Caravans'' by Zane Grey, the film is about ...

'' (1931) *'' The Santa Fe Trail'' (1930) *''

The Border Legion ''The Border Legion'' is a 1916 Western novel written by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1916. Plot It tells the story of a cold hearted man named Jack Kells who falls in love with Miss Joan Randle, a girl his legion has take ...

'' (1930) *'' Only the Brave'' (1930) *'' The Virginian'' (1929) *'' Night Parade'' (1929) *'' The Saturday Night Kid'' (1929) *'' A Dangerous Woman'' (1929)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paramore, Edward E., Jr. 1895 births 1956 deaths The Hill School alumni Yale University alumni American male screenwriters 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters