John P. Medbury
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John P. Medbury (died June 29, 1947) was a humorist who wrote for newspapers and film, and did narration for several films. His most notable newspaper contribution was a regular series for the New York Journal called Mutter and Muble. A 1931 edition of the Motion Picture Herald referred to him as noted humorist of Hearst paper fame. He wrote comedic content for the Reservist, a newspaper produced at the San Pedro Naval Reserve Training Camp. In the late 1920s he wrote the comic strip "Molly the Manicure", drawn by Virginia Huget.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-artist-who-star/158714683/|title=Artist Who Started Career Here Comes Back Home Bringing 'Pen Children' With Her|newspaper=Forth Worth Star-Telegram|date=October 14, 1928|first=Pauline|last=Naylor}}
In 1936 Medbury focused on screen writing, for MGM and Columbia studios at various times. He wrote for the Amos 'n' Andy show. Medbury featured in several of Walter Futter's Travelaughs (Laughing with Medbury) films – short film travelogues where he provided comedic commentary: Laughing with Medbury in Abyssinia, Laughing with Medbury in Africa (1931), Laughing with Medbury in Borneo (1931), Laughing with Medbury in Death Valley (1931), Laughing with Medbury in Mandalay, Laughing with Medbury in Reno (1931), Laughing with Medbury in Turkey (1931), and Laughing with Medbury on Voo Doo Island.{{rp|143}}{{rp|144}}
Medbury's first wife, actress Phyllis Eltis Medbury, died in 1936. He died June 29, 1947 at the age of 54 in Laguna Beach, California, of a heart attack.{{Failed verification|date=March 2019|reason=Google Books doesn't show full page of cited article, can't see date of death. See other reference for alternate death date}} He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Film Writing Credits
- Reported Missing (1922) – titles
- Hold 'Em Jail (1932) – radio dialogue
- Love in Bloom (1935) – additional dialogue
References
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|title=The Columbia Comedy Shorts: Two-Reel Hollywood Film Comedies, 1933–1958
|first1=Ted|last1=Okuda|first2=Edward|last2=Watz
|date=1986|isbn=978-0-7864-0577-0|access-date=1 March 2019|publisher=McFarland & Company}}
|url={{Google books|M7vwCQAAQBAJ|keywords=Medbury|plainurl=yes}}
|title=The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931
|last=Bradley |first=Edwin M. |date=14 June 2015 |isbn= |access-date=1 March 2019 |publisher=McFarland & Company}}
|url={{Google books|3H49AQAAMAAJ|page=RA3-PA71|keywords=John+P.+Medbury|plainurl=yes}}
|magazine=Our Navy, the Standard Publication of the U.S. Navy|volume=12|issue=4 |page=17
|title=The Reservists|date=July 1918|access-date=1 March 2019}}
|url={{Google books|XAcdAQAAMAAJ|keywords=Medbury|plainurl=yes}}
|title=Motion Picture Herald|date=1931|volume=103|issue=1–4
|access-date=1 March 2019|publisher=Quigley Publishing Company}}
|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/40s/1947/BB-1947-07-12.pdf
|magazine=Billboard |author= |title=Obituary, Medbury, John P. |date=12 July 1947 |volume=59 |issue=27 |page=46
|access-date=1 March 2019}}
|url={{Google books|q48XAQAAMAAJ|keyword=Medbury|plainurl=yes}}
|title=Advertising & Selling|volume=40|issue=7–12|date=1947
|access-date=1 March 2019|publisher=M.C. Robbins}}
{{cite news |periodical=The New York Times |url-access=subscription
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/06/30/archives/john-p-medbury-radio-film-writer-author-of-the-amos-and-andy-show-a.html
|title=John P. Medbury, Radio, Film Writer; Author of the Amos and Andy Show, a Former Columnist, Is Dead on Coast at 54
|date=30 June 1947 |page=19 |access-date=1 March 2019}}
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm0575414|John P. Medbury}}
- {{Find a Grave |31253382 |name=John P. Medbury |work=Humorist, comedy writer |accessdate=1 March 2019}}
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