Biography
Edgar Allan Woolf (25 April 1881 – 9 December 1943) was a lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-author of the script for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
Complete Filmography

The Wizard of Oz on Ice
1996
Original Film Writer
An ice-skating television adaptation of the 1939 musical film based on Lyman Frank Baum's 1900 fairy tale novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".

The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
1995
Original Film Writer
This production consists an abbreviated script and highlights most musical numbers from the 1939 film.

What's Cookin'?
1942
Story
J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the c...

Babes in Arms
1939
Additional Writing
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wa...

The Wizard of Oz
1939
Screenplay
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow ...

The Kid From Texas
1939
Screenplay
A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.

The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
Screenplay
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home,...

Everybody Sing
1938
Screenplay, Story
Boisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her fellow school chorus members to sing a classical piec...

Mad Holiday
1936
Screenplay
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.

Moonlight Murder
1936
Writer
An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.

Tough Guy
1936
Story, Screenplay
An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.

The Casino Murder Case
1935
Screenplay
When Philo Vance receives a note that harm will befall Lynn at the casino that night, he takes the threat seriously while the DA dismisses it. At the ...

The Night Is Young
1935
Screenplay
Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with balle...

Have a Heart
1934
Additional Dialogue
Sally (Jean Parker) is engaged to be married, loves dancing and kids. But her life is ruined when an accident cripples her and her betrothed magnanim...

Murder in the Private Car
1934
Screenplay
Ruth Raymond works on the telephone switchboard of a large NYC office building. One day, a private detective informs her that she is actually the daug...

This Side of Heaven
1934
Screenplay
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.

Broadway to Hollywood
1933
Writer
In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.

Flesh
1932
Adaptation
Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters.

The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
Screenplay
The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an upris...

The Great Lover
1931
Writer
An aspiring classical singer is romanced by both a famous opera star and his younger understudy.

The Stolen Jools
1931
Writer
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tubercu...

A Tailor-Made Man
1931
Writer
John Paul Bart is just a pants-presser in a tailor's shop, but he has big ambitions. One night, he borrows the clothes of a wealthy client and bluffs ...

Gang War
1928
Dialogue
Saxophone player Clyde meets a woman named Flowers, and teaches her to dance. He later discovers that gangster boss "Blackjack" is also in love with h...

April Fool
1926
Theatre Play
An out-of-work pants presser starts an umbrella business and makes a fortune. His daughter is set to marry the nephew of a rich neighbor until the nep...