Frank R. Adams

Frank Ramsay Adams (July 7, 1883 – October 8, 1963) was an American author, screenwriter, composer, and newspaper reporter.

Biography He was born on July 7, 1883, in Morrison, Illinois. Educated at the University of Chicago, Adams worked as a reporter for several Chicago newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, City Press, Chicago Daily News, and the Chicago Herald-Examiner. From 1916 to 1932, he was manager of the Nufer-Adams Playhouse (which he cofounded with lumberman J.J. Nufer and which since 1973 has been known as Howmet Playhouse) and owner of the Sylvan Beach Resort Co. in Whitehall, Michigan.

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

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" "Gangway for the Sylvan Beach Gang" "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"