Harry Tugend

Harry Tugend was born on Feb 17, 1897 in USA. Harry Tugend's big-screen debut came with Thanks a Million directed by Roy Del Ruth in 1935. Harry Tugend is known for Pocketful of Miracles directed by Frank Capra, Glenn Ford stars as Dave the Dude and Bette Davis as Apple Annie. The upcoming new movie Harry Tugend plays is Who's Minding the Store? which will be released on Dec 14, 1963.

Brooklyn-born writer/producer Harry Tugend started as a vaudevillian, before moving on to writing sketches, music and gags for radio and for the Broadway stage (including the 1934 "Ziegfeld Follies"). He was much involved with Fred Allen's radio broadcasts and went on to join the latter in Hollywood in 1935. Signed to a four-year contract with 20th Century Fox as a screenwriter, he was primarily entrusted with musicals and light comedy, often vehicles for Alice Faye or Shirley Temple. In 1941, Tugend took up an executive position at Paramount, contributing, either as writer or producer, to such solid box office winners as Birth of the Blues (1941), Au pays du rythme (1942) and En route vers Bali (1952). According to the recollections of director Richard L. Bare, Tugend invariably started each "project with the title, as that set the tone for the story that would be written" ("Confessions of a Hollywood Director", Scarecrow Press 2001, p.248). After leaving Paramount in 1952, Tugend continued on as a free-lancer until his retirement in 1965.Importantly, he was also one of the co-founders of the Screen Writer's Guild, which was re-organised as the Writer's Guild of America in 1954.