Paul Sloane

{{short description|1893-1963 American film director and screenwriter}}

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Paul Sloane (April 16, 1893 {{endash}} November 15, 1963) was an American screenwriter and film director.

Biography

Born in New York City on April 16, 1893, Sloane directed 26 films from 1925 to 1952, and wrote or co-wrote 35 films.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/internationalfil0000stew/page/275/mode/1up |title=International Film Necrology |first1=William T. |last1=Stewart |first2=Arthur F. |last2=McClure |first3=Ken D. |last3=Jones |publisher=Garland Publishing |isbn=9780824095529 |page=275 |date=1981 |access-date=2025-02-11 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}} His movies include Hearts in Dixie (1929) with Stepin Fetchit, The Woman Accused (1933) with Cary Grant, The Texans (1938) with Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott and Walter Brennan, and Geronimo (1939) with Preston Foster, Ellen Drew, Andy Devine, and Chief Thundercloud.

He died on November 15, 1963 in Santa Monica, California.

File:The Shock Punch (1925) - 1.jpg and director Paul Sloane resting between scenes of The Shock Punch (1925)]]