Matt Brooks

Birth : 1907-12-25, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Death : 1990-11-25

History

Matt Brooks was a writer, known for Radio City Revels (1938), Ship Ahoy (1942) and Swing Fever (1943).

Movies

Swing Fever
Story
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
Radio City Revels
Story
A down-on-his-luck songwriter attempts to peddle musical compositions of a naive Arkansas hillbilly under his own name. Comedy.
Radio City Revels
Screenplay
A down-on-his-luck songwriter attempts to peddle musical compositions of a naive Arkansas hillbilly under his own name. Comedy.
The Big Idea
Writer
Ted Healy is the proprietor of the "Big Idea Scenario Company" (Ideas While You Wait). Unfortunately, various visitors to his one-room office constantly interrupt his train of thought. These include a man with a machine gun, a woman who empties waste baskets on the floor, and a trio of musicians who play "Marching Through Georgia" on various instruments.
Plane Nuts
Writer
Ted Healy and His Stooges alternate mildly risque vaudeville routines with semi-elaborate Berkeleyesque musical numbers with beautiful chorines.
Hello Pop
Writer
A stage director is trying to put on a musical/comedy revue, but has to contend with temperamental musicians, an inept stage crew and his three idiot sons.
Beer and Pretzels
Writer
Ted Healy and The 3 Stooges are fired and evicted from a theatre because Ted is annoying women working there. They then get jobs as waiters at a nightclub. Chaos ensues.
Nertsery Rhymes
Writer
Three boys play are told some "bedtime stories" by their parents.