Morrie Ryskind

Ryskind also rewrote the stage version of Room Service (1938) the original of which did not have the Marx Brothers reworking the plot to make the movie suitable for the three distinctive performers. In 1947 he appeared before the House Committee on Un-American Activities as a "Friendly Witness. C.

Morrie Ryskind (born October 20 1895 in New York City; died August 24 1985 in Washington D. ) was an American dramatist lyricist and writer of theatrical productions and motion pictures who became a conservative political activist later in life.