Earle Rodney (4 June 1888 – 16 December 1932) was a Canadian screenwriter, actor, and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

. He wrote for more than 100 films between 1926 and 1947 (posthumous credit). He also acted in 69 films between 1915 and 1929, often paired with Dorothy Devore. He was born in

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, and died in

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from

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Selected filmography

Shades of Shakespeare (1919) - Lake & Rodney

* '' The Nick of Time Baby'' (1916 - acted) * ''

Whose Baby? ''Whose Baby?'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson Gloria May Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899April 4, 1983) was an American actress and producer. She first achieved fame ac ...

'' (1917 - acted) * '' Keys of the Righteous'' (1918 - acted) * '' Naughty, Naughty'' (1918) * '' The Biggest Show on Earth'' (1918) * '' The City of Tears'' (1918) * '' Know Thy Wife'' (1918) * '' A Roman Scandal'' (1919 - acted) * '' Her Bridal Nightmare'' (1920 - acted) * '' Crazy to Act'' (1927 - director) * '' Heart Trouble'' (1928 - writer) * '' The Campus Vamp'' (1928 - writer) * ''

Girl Crazy ''Girl Crazy'' is a 1930 musical by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Ethel Merman made her stage debut in the first production and co-lead Ginger Rogers became an overnight star. Rich in son ...

'' (1929 - acted) * ''

The Old Barn ''The Old Barn'' is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Mack Sennett. Plot A motley collection of guests and regulars at a country hotel are anxious one dark and stormy night when they hear by a radio news bulletin that a dangerous crim ...

'' (1929 - writer) * ''

The Bees' Buzz ''The Bees' Buzz'' is a 1929 American film directed by Mack Sennett. Cast *Harry Gribbon as Homer Ashcraft *Andy Clyde as Peggy's father * Barbara Leonard as Peggy * Tyler Brooke as Peggy's suitor *Vernon Dent as Jim *Ruth Kane as A party guest ...

'' (1929 - writer) * '' Midnight Daddies'' (1930, writer) * ''

Ghost Parade ''Ghost Parade'' is a 1931 American short subject film directed by Mack Sennett. Plot summary A disparate group of characters are menaced in a haunted house by mice playing a xylophone, a talking dog, a gorilla, and each other. Cast *Harry Gri ...

'' (1931 - writer) * ''

I Surrender Dear "I Surrender Dear" (sometimes written as "I Surrender, Dear") is a song composed by Harry Barris with lyrics by Gordon Clifford, first performed by Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra with Bing Crosby in 1931, which became his first s ...

'' (1931 - writer) * '' One More Chance'' (1931 - writer) * '' Dream House'' (1931 - writer) * '' Billboard Girl'' (1932 - writer) * '' The Road to Hollywood'' (1947 - material)

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* 1888 births 1932 deaths 20th-century Canadian male actors Deaths from pneumonia in California Canadian screenwriters Canadian male film actors Film directors from Toronto Male actors from Toronto Writers from Toronto 20th-century Canadian screenwriters Canadian emigrants to the United States {{Canada-screenwriter-stub