Frank Ramsey Adams was an American

United States

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 author, screenwriter, composer, and newspaper reporter. He was born on July 7, 1883 in Morrison, Illinois

Morrison, Illinois

Morrison is a city in Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,307 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Whiteside County. One of the town founders was Lyman Johnson....

. Educated at the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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, Adams worked as a reporter for several Chicago newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

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, City Press

City News Bureau of Chicago

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, Chicago Daily News

Chicago Daily News

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, and the Chicago Herald-Examiner. From 1918 to 1932, he was manager of the Playhouse Theater and owner of the Sylvan Beach Resort Co. in Whitehall, Michigan

Whitehall, Michigan

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Adams wrote plays, musical comedies, and lyrics for popular songs, such as "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

"I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" is a popular song. The music was written by Joseph E. Howard and Harold Orlob, the lyrics by Will M. Hough and Frank R. Adams. The song was published in 1909...

". He composed the stage scores for the musicals "The Time, the Place, and the Girl", "The Girl Question", "A Stubborn Cinderella", "The Goddess of Liberty", and "The Price of Tonight". His chief musical collaborators included Joe Howard, Harold Orlob and Will Hough.

Adams wrote several novels, some of which were made into films. His short stories were published in several magazines, including Smart Set, Cosmopolitan, Black Cat, and Illustrated Detective. He also had a successful career as a screenwriter in Hollywood, writing the stories for such films as Stage Struck

Stage Struck (1925 film)

Stage Struck is a silent comedy film starring Gloria Swanson, Lawrence Gray, Gertrude Astor, and Ford Sterling. The film was directed by Allan Dwan, and released by Paramount Pictures with sequences filmed in the early two-color Technicolor. The film, including its Technicolor sequences was...

(1925), Almost a Lady (1925), and The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady (1938 film)

The Cowboy and the Lady is a 1938 American western romantic comedy film directed by H.C. Potter, and starring Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon. The film was written by S.N. Behrman and Sonya Levien, based on a story by Frank R. Adams and veteran film director Leo McCarey...

(1938), which starred Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

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 and Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon was an Indian-born British actress best known for her screen performances in The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Cowboy and the Lady . She began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII . She travelled to the United States to make films for Samuel...

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On December 1, 1931, he married Lorna D. Margrave. The couple had one child. During World War II

World War II

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, Adams fought in France as a lieutenant in a United States Army

United States Army

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 artillery unit. Adams died October 8, 1963 at White Lake, Michigan. He was 80 years old.

Filmography

• 1917 The Page Mystery
• 1918 My Unmarried Wife (novel "Molly and I and the Silver Ring")
• 1918 The Brass Bullet (story)
• 1918 Unexpected Places (story)
• 1919 Them Eyes (short) (story)
• 1919 The Pointing Finger (story "No Experience Required")
• 1920 Molly and I (as Frank Ramsey Adams / novel Molly and I and the Silver Ring)
• 1921 Proxies (story)
• 1921 Enchantment (as Frank Ramsey Adams / story "Manhandling Ethel")
• 1921 There Are No Villains (story)
• 1922 The Super Sex (story)
• 1923 The Love Piker (story)
• 1923 The Near Lady (story)
• 1924 The Marriage Cheat (story)
• 1925 Scandal Street (story)
• 1925 Stage Struck (story)
• 1926 Meet the Prince (story "The American Sex")
• 1926 Almost a Lady (story "Skin Deep")
• 1926 Devil's Dice (story)
• 1928 Haunted Island (writer)
• 1929 The Time, the Place and the Girl (play)
• 1933 Peg o' My Heart (writer)
• 1934 She Made Her Bed (scenario)
• 1935 Love in Bloom (original screenplay)
• 1935 The Virginia Judge
• 1937 Outcast (story)
• 1937 Circus Girl (story "Without a Net")
• 1938 The Cowboy and the Lady (story)
• 1938 Trade Winds (writer)

Songs

• "Be Sweet to Me, Kid"
• "Blow The Smoke Away"
• "Cross Your Heart"
• "Honeymoon"
• "I Don't Like Your Family"
• "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now"
• "Tonight Will Never Come Again"
• "What's the Use of Dreaming"
• "When You First Kiss the Last Girl You Love"