Wanda Tuchock

Wanda Tuchock (March 20, 1898 – February 10, 1985) was an American advertising copywriter, screenwriter, director, and producer during the early 20th century. She was credited with writing for over thirty films, and was one of the at least three women in the 1930s to be credited as a director on a Hollywood film.

Early life Tuchock was born on March 20, 1898, in Pueblo, Colorado. She attended the University of California at Los Angeles. She was one of the few female screenwriters who worked at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the early 1930s. In the 1950s, Tuchock was credited as a producer, writer, and director of a short called Road Runners.

Filmography Tuchock wrote for over 30 films,

Writer Show People 1928 Hallelujah 1929 Not So Dumb 1930 Billy The Kid 1930 Sporting Blood 1931 Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) 1931 The Champ 1931 (additional dialogue) Letty Lynton 1932 (adaptation of the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes) New Morals for Old 1932 (additional dialogue) Bird of Paradise 1932 Little Orphan Annie 1932 No Other Woman 1933 Bed of Roses 1933 Little Women 1933 Finishing School 1934 Ready For Love 1934 Grand Old Girl 1935 O'Shaughnessy's Boy 1935 Hawaii Calls 1938 The Llano Kid 1939 Youth Will Be Served 1940 For Beauty's Sake 1941 This Is the Life 1944 Ladies of Washington 1944 Sunday Dinner for a Soldier 1944 Nob Hill 1945 Within These Walls 1945 The Homestretch 1947 The Foxes of Harrow 1947 Road Runners 1952 The Living Swamp 1955 Man Without a Gun 1959 (TV series, 1 episode, "Daughter of the Dragon")

Director Finishing School 1934