Allen Boretz (1900–1985), was an American

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...

, playwright and screenwriter. The great success of his and John Murray's

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hit ''

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'' (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 ''It Ain't Hay'' is a 1943 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. Plot Cab driver Wilbur Hoolihan accidentally kills a hack horse owned by King O'Hara and his daughter, Princess O’Hara, by feeding it candy. In hopes of raising ...

'' (1943), '' Step Lively'' (1944), ''Up in Arms'' (1944), ''The Princess and the Pirate'' (1944), ''

Ziegfeld Follies The ''Ziegfeld Follies'' was a series of elaborate theatrical revue productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 to 1931, with renewals in 1934 and 1936. They became a radio program in 1932 and 1936 as ''The Ziegfeld Follies of the Ai ...

'' (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.

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