Fred Rath (writer)

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