---
name: "Florence Ryerson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/florence-ryerson"
fi1m_id: "florence-ryerson"
imdb_id: "nm0753249"
tmdb_id: 9053
wikidata_id: "Q5460771"
roles: ["Additional writing"]
born: "20 September 1892"
died: "8 June 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:51:44.123747+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Florence Ryerson

## Identity

Florence Ryerson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/florence-ryerson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** florence-ryerson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0753249
- **TMDB ID:** 9053
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5460771
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Ryerson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5460771, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0753249/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9053

Additional writing. Born 20 September 1892 in Glendale, California. Died 8 June 1965.

## Details

- **Work:** Additional writing
- **Born:** 20 September 1892, Glendale, California
- **Died:** 8 June 1965
- **Also known as:** Florence Willard
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 crew
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Ryerson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5460771, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0753249/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9053

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Wizard of Oz*](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md) (91)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Florence Ryerson was an American screenwriter and playwright. Born Florence Willard, she published more than 30 short stories between 1915 and 1927 before joining Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1926 to work on film scripts.

She co-wrote the screenplay for *The Wizard of Oz* (1939) with Noel Langley and Edgar Allan Woolf. With her second husband, Colin Clements, she wrote the novels *This Awful Age* (1930) and *Mild Oats* (1933), and several Broadway plays in the 1940s, including *June Mad* and *Harriet*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, scriptmag.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), Fi1m 91, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Babes in Arms* (1939), Fi1m 66, Additional Writing — [page](https://film.one/film/babes-in-arms.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Wizard of Oz on Ice* (1996), Original Film Writer
- *The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True* (1995), Original Film Writer
- *Smooth as Silk* (1946), Story
- *Her First Beau* (1941), Story
- *Henry Goes Arizona* (1939), Screenplay
- *Babes in Arms* (1939), as Additional Writing — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/babes-in-arms.md)
- *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), Screenplay — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md)
- *The Kid From Texas* (1939), Screenplay
- *The Ice Follies of 1939* (1939), Screenplay
- *Everybody Sing* (1938), Story, Screenplay
- *Mad Holiday* (1936), Screenplay
- *Moonlight Murder* (1936), Writer
- *Tough Guy* (1936), Story, Screenplay
- *The Casino Murder Case* (1935), Screenplay
- *A Wicked Woman* (1934), Screenplay
- *Have a Heart* (1934), Additional Dialogue
- *This Side of Heaven* (1934), Screenplay
- *The Crime of the Century* (1933), Screenplay
- *Compromised* (1931), Adaptation
- *The Reckless Hour* (1931), Adaptation
- *The Drums of Jeopardy* (1931), Dialogue, Continuity
- *Call of the West* (1930), Story
- *The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu* (1930), Writer
- *The Stronger Sex* (1930), Story
- *Pointed Heels* (1929), Screenplay
- *Dangerous Females* (1929), Writer
- *Fast Company* (1929), Screenplay
- *The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu* (1929), Screenplay
- *Dangerous Curves* (1929), Writer
- *Her Husband's Women* (1929), Story
- *The Canary Murder Case* (1929), Screenplay
- *Hot News* (1928), Writer
- *Easy Come, Easy Go* (1928), Writer
- *Something Always Happens* (1928), Original Story
- *Wickedness Preferred* (1928), Writer
- *Adam and Evil* (1927), Writer
- *On Ze Boulevard* (1927), Story
- *Blazing Days* (1927), Story
- *The Demi-Bride* (1927), Writer
- *Johnny Get Your Hair Cut* (1927), Writer

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