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name: "James Seymour"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-seymour"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 April 1895"
died: "29 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T22:08:27.045347+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."
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# James Seymour

Writer. Born 23 April 1895 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Died 29 January 1976.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 April 1895, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 29 January 1976
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64014970, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0786827/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29995

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*42nd Street*](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md) (82)

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## Biography

James Seymour (1895–1976) was an American screenwriter, dialogue director and occasional producer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he began working in Hollywood in the late 1920s.

He received screenplay credits on several Warner Bros. musicals, including *42nd Street* (1933, with Rian James), *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933) and *Footlight Parade* (1933). Later credits include *The Saint Meets the Tiger* (1941) and several British films of the 1940s. He was married to actress Jocelyn Lee.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *42nd Street* (1933), Fi1m 82, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *42nd Street* (2019), Original Film Writer
- *The Ghosts of Berkeley Square* (1947), Screenplay
- *Meet Me at Dawn* (1947), Screenplay
- *Woman to Woman* (1947), Writer
- *Spring Song* (1946), Writer
- *We'll Meet Again* (1943), Screenplay
- *The Missing Million* (1942), Writer
- *The Saint Meets the Tiger* (1941), Writer
- *Rhythm Racketeer* (1937), Director
- *King of Burlesque* (1936), Adaptation
- *A Modern Hero* (1934), Production Supervisor
- *Footlight Parade* (1933), Screenplay
- *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933), Screenplay
- *42nd Street* (1933), Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md)
- *Lawyer Man* (1932), Screenplay
- *Symphony of Six Million* (1932), Dialogue
- *Carnival Boat* (1932), Screenplay
- *What a Widow!* (1930), Adaptation, Screenplay
- *Swing High* (1930), Writer

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