James Montgomery

James H. Montgomery (April 27, 1878 – June 17, 1966) was an American playwright, screenwriter, theatre producer, and actor.

Life and career Born in Malden, Massachusetts, James Montgomery spent the first 12 years of his career working as an actor in Boston, San Francisco, and Brooklyn. He gave his only performances on Broadway in Winchell Smith's play The Fortune Hunter at the Gaiety Theatre. He first drew critical acclaim as a writer for authoring three comedies which were hits on Broadway: the plays Ready Money (1912; adapted into the 1914 film Ready Money) and Nothing But the Truth (1916, based on the novel of the same name), and the musical Going Up (1916, based on Montgomery's play The Aviator). The original 1919 production was a tremendous hit which broke the record for the longest running production on Broadway at that point in time.

In addition to writing for the stage, Montogomery worked as a screenwriter for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Montgomery died on June 17, 1966, in New York City.