Nick Grinde
Nick Grinde ( born January 12, 1893 in Madison, Wisconsin, † June 19, 1979 in Los Angeles, actually Harry A. Grinde ) was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer.
Life
Grinde completed his training at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. He was one of the writers of the so-called "B - Series " for Columbia Pictures, whose films namely mass appeal heard, but whose names were familiar to anyone. At the beginning of the sound film era he assisted Broadway directors by miteinbrachte be the critical knowledge in their work. He was 1930 Co - director in the film version of The Bishop Murder Case and in the production of Good News. With his work as a filmmaker, he began while in the late 1920s, but at better-known films he worked until the mid-1930s, after 1934 he got a contract of Hal Roach Studios.
His films, which came from all genres were mostly short films, which generally remained rather unknown. Grinde was, among others, one of the screenwriters for Laurel and Hardy's Babes in Toyland (1934 ). In How to Sleep, which was awarded in 1935, he has directed. Among his better-known films include Hitler - Dead Or Alive ( 1942). His work as a filmmaker, he finished in 1945, when he was one of the first program directors in television.
Before Grinde married his future wife, Hazel, he was for a time married to actress Marie Wilson, who also starred in Babes in Toyland.