Arthur Hoerl


Arthur Hoerl was an American screenwriter and film director. Hoerl was born in New York, son of Louis Hoerl, a German immigrant silver polisher, and Teresa Hoerl. Arthur completed three years of high school, according to the 1940 US Census.
He wrote for 150 films between 1921 and 1968. One of his best known credits is co-writer for the film Tell Your Children which is now known as Reefer Madness. For Broadway, 1932, he wrote the play A Few Wild Oats. He also directed four films between 1932 and 1934. Hoerl died in Hollywood, California.

Partial filmography

The Desert Sheik, co-writerHeadlines, co-writerThe White Monkey, adapted to filmThe Pride of the Force Counsel for the Defense Lover's Island The Unfair Sex The Smoke Eaters The Romance of a Million Dollars In Search of a Hero Back to Liberty Polly of the Movies On the Stroke of Twelve The Winning Oar Gun-Hand Garrison Riley of the Rainbow Division Should a Girl Marry? Gypsy of the North The Phantom of the Turf Sisters of Eve Sweet Sixteen Trailin' Back The Black Pearl The Midnight Adventure The Man from Headquarters The Law and the Man Danger Patrol