Monte Brice (July 12, 1891 – November 8, 1962) was a

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, producer, and

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of films in the United States. In 1926, he was promoted from scenario writer to director and given a five-year contract with

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. A 1928 article states he had left Paramount and was freelancing. In the later years of his decades long career in film he worked with

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. Brice was best known as gag writer who worked on Hope's radio and film scripts. He married

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. Brice had two daughters and three grandchildren. He died in London while working with Hope on film projects.

Partial filmography

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Riders Up ''Riders Up'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Creighton Hale, George Cooper, and Kate Price.Casey at the Bat (1927 film) ''Casey at the Bat'' is a 1927 American silent film, directed by Monte Brice, written by Ernest Thayer and based on the 1888 baseball poem of the same name. The picture stars Wallace Beery, Ford Sterling, ZaSu Pitts and Sterling Holloway in hi ...

'', director *''

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost ''Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Charles E. Roberts and Monte Brice. It is the sequel to the 1942 film '' Mexican Spitfire at Sea''. The film stars Lupe Vélez, Leon Errol ...

'', written by Charles E. Roberts and Monte Brice *''

Take a Chance (1933 film) ''Take a Chance'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Monte Brice and Laurence Schwab and written by Monte Brice, Buddy G. DeSylva, Laurence Schwab, Sid Silvers and Richard A. Whiting. It is based on the musical of the same name ...

'', directed by Monte Brice and Laurence Schwab *''

Brewster's Millions ''Brewster's Millions'' is a comedic novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1902, originally under the pseudonym of Richard Greaves. The plot concerns a young man whose grandfather leaves him $1 million in a will, but a competing will from an ...

'' (1926), screenplay by Monte Brice, Lloyd Corrigan and Harold Shumate *''

Hands Up! (1926 film) ''Hands Up!'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence Badger, co-written by Monte Brice and Lloyd Corrigan, and starring Raymond Griffith, one of the great silent movie comedians. Plot The film tells the story of Jack, a sp ...

'', co-written by Monte Brice and Lloyd Corrigan *''

Sweet Surrender (film) ''Sweet Surrender'' is a 1935 American musical film directed by Monte Brice, written by Charles Beahan and John V.A. Weaver, and starring Frank Parker, Tamara, Helen Lynd, Russ Brown, Arthur Pierson and Otis Sheridan. It was released on Dece ...

'' (1935), director *''

Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928 film) ''Tillie's Punctured Romance'' is a lost 1928 American silent circus comedy film starring W. C. Fields as a ringmaster and Louise Fazenda as a runaway. Written by Monte Brice and Keene Thompson and directed by A. Edward Sutherland, this movie h ...

'', co-wrote with Keene Thompson *''

Genius at Work ''Genius at Work'' is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Monte Brice and Robert E. Kent. The film stars Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Anne Jeffreys, Lionel Atwill and Bela Lugosi. The film was released on October 2 ...

'' (1946), co-wrote with Robert E. Kent *''

Pot o' Gold (film) ''Pot o' Gold'' is a 1941 American romantic musical comedy film starring James Stewart and Paulette Goddard, directed by George Marshall, and based on the radio series '' Pot o' Gold''. The film was released April 3, 1941, eight months before th ...

'', co-wrote screenplay *''

The Fleet's In (1928 film) ''The Fleet's In'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and written by Monte Brice, George Marion Jr., and J. Walter Ruben. The film stars Clara Bow, James Hall, Jack Oakie, Bodil Rosing, Eddie Dunn, and Jean L ...

'', one of the writers *''

You'll Find Out ''You'll Find Out'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Kay Kyser. In 1940, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("I'd Know You Anywhere") at the 13th Academy Awards. In the film, m ...

'', one of the writers *''

Singin' in the Corn ''Singin' in the Corn'' is a 1946 American Comedy Western film directed by Del Lord and written by Isabel Dawn, Monte Brice, and Elwood Ullman. The film stars Judy Canova, Allen Jenkins, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Alan Bridge, Charles Halton and ...

'', one of the writers *''

Radio Stars on Parade ''Radio Stars on Parade'' is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins from a screenplay by Robert E. Kent and Monte Brice, from Kent's original story. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it was released on August 1, 194 ...

'', co-wrote screenplay with Robert E. Kent from a story by Kent *''

Fireman, Save My Child (1927 film) ''Fireman, Save My Child'' is a 1927 film featuring the part-time screen comedy team of Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton. The film was written by Monte Brice and Thomas J. Geraghty, and directed by A. Edward Sutherland. A print of this film is ...

'', co-wrote with Thomas J. Geraghty *''

Mama Loves Papa (1945 film) ''Mama Loves Papa'' is a 1945 American black-and-white comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer, and written by Monte Brice, with a story by Keene Thompson and a screenplay by Charles E. Roberts, as a loose remake of the 1933 film ''Mama Loves ...

'', writer *''

Eadie Was a Lady ''Eadie Was a Lady'' is a 1945 American musical comedy. Plot Eadie Allen is a student at Glen Moor College and the niece of a wealthy Boston socialite (Aunt Priscilla) in Back Bay. She has secretly taken a new job as a dancer in a seedy burlesq ...

'' (1945) original story and screenplay *''

'' (1945), screenplay *''

A Guy, a Gal and a Pal ''A Guy, a Gal and a Pal'' is a 1945 American comedy-drama romance film directed by Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.) and starring Ross Hunter and Lynn Merrick.Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Mea ...

'', story *''

Variety Girl ''Variety Girl'' is a 1947 American musical comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Mary Hatcher, Olga San Juan, DeForest Kelley, Frank Ferguson, Glenn Tryon, Nella Walker, Torben Meyer, Jack Norton, and William Demarest. It was prod ...

'' (1947), screenplay *''

'' (1946), script

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