Frederick William Rath (March 3, 1874 – August 7, 1954) was an American playwright and screenwriter.
Rath was born in New York.
He died in Monroe, New York.
Theater
- Solitaire (March 1929), writer
- Melodrama (1929), a play about Sing Sing
- First Night (1930-1931), writer
- Her Tin Soldier (1933), wrote and produced
- Bigger Than Barnum (1946), co-wrote with Lee Sands
Films
- Behind the Mask (1917)
- The Mystic Hour (1917)
- The Golden God (1917)
- When You and I Were Young (1917)
- Public Defender (1917)
- Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)
- Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (1935), written by Milton Hockey and Fred Rath
- Symphony in Black (1935)
- Give Out, Sisters (1941), original story
- Sing a Jingle (1944) screenplay
References
- ^ "Frederick Rath – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- Office, Library of Congress Copyright (April 19, 1958). "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series" – via Google Books.
- Zolotow, Sam (February 8, 1946). "BENNY BAKER SIGNS FOR ROLE IN FARCE; Will Appear in 'Bigger Than Barnum,' Carnival Comedy by Rath and Sands" – via NYTimes.com.
- "Fred Rath". BFI. Archived from the original on November 14, 2021.
- ^ "Fred Rath". www.tcm.com.