Ernest Vajda

Hungarian-born Ernest Vajda came to films after a successful career as a novelist, usually under the nom de plume of Sidney Garrick. Among Vajda's more popular literary works was The Pirates, which was filmed in Europe as Herren der Meere (1924), and Head Waiter, which was transformed into the 1932 Leslie Howard vehicle Service for Ladies. Emigrating to America in the mid-'20s, he wrote several plays (including Children of Divorce, filmed in 1925) and musical librettos. His Hollywood scriptwriting efforts included several Ernst Lubitsch films, including The Love Parade (1929), Monte Carlo (1930), The Smiling Lieutenant (1931), and The Merry Widow (1934). Outside of his Lubitsch films, Vajda specialized in period pictures, notably The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934), The Great Garrick (1937), and Marie Antoinette (1938). Inactive in films from 1941 to 1952, Ernest Vajda returned with his screenplay for Fox's The Stars and Stripes Forever, which, though entertaining, was far removed from the worldly sophistication of his earlier films.

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
No Score Yet	Stars and Stripes Forever	Screenwriter	—	1952
No Score Yet	The Chocolate Soldier	Screenwriter	—	1941
No Score Yet	He Stayed for Breakfast	Screenwriter	—	1940
No Score Yet	Marie Antoinette	Screenwriter	—	1938
No Score Yet	The Great Garrick	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	Personal Property	Screenwriter	—	1937
No Score Yet	A Woman Rebels	Screenwriter	—	1936
80%	The Merry Widow	Screenwriter	—	1934
78%	The Barretts of Wimpole Street	Screenwriter	—	1934
No Score Yet	Payment Deferred	Screenwriter	—	1932
No Score Yet	Smilin' Through	Screenwriter	—	1932
No Score Yet	Broken Lullaby, (The Man I Killed)	Screenwriter	—	1932
No Score Yet	Tonight or Never	Screenwriter	—	1931
No Score Yet	The Guardsman	Screenwriter	—	1931
88%	The Smiling Lieutenant	Screenwriter	—	1931
No Score Yet	Monte Carlo	Screenwriter	—	1930
100%	The Love Parade	Screenwriter	—	1929
No Score Yet	Manhattan Cowboy	Screenwriter	—	1928

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