Screenwriter

Florence Ryerson

1927–present1892–1965ComedyDramaRomanceCrime

Comic Visionary

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The Screenplays

38 total writing credits

SCR

The Wizard of Oz

1939

Screenplay

WRITER

The Wizard of Oz on Ice

1996

Original Film Writer

Full Writing Credits

1996The Wizard of Oz on IceOriginal Film Writer7.5 1995The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come TrueOriginal Film Writer7.7 1946Smooth as SilkStory5.0 1941Her First BeauStory6.5 1939The Wizard of OzScreenplay7.6 1939The Ice Follies of 1939Screenplay

About

Florence Ryerson (September 20, 1892 – June 8, 1965) was an American playwright, screenwriter and co-author of the script for the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz." Between 1915 and 1927 she published more than 30 short stories and then joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1926 to work on silent film scripts. In 1930 and 1933 she and her husband wrote two of the earliest books about teenage girlhood. The books were based on a short story series Ryerson had started in 1925. She continued to write for most of her life, writing plays for Broadway in the 1940s.

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