Biography
Beginning his career as a gagman in silent two-reel comedies, American screenwriter Ernest Pagano graduated to features in 1928. During the talkie era, Pagano was a particular favorite of song-and-dance man
Fred Astaire, who loved to incorporate slapstick set pieces in his films. Pagano contributed to the overall ebullience of such Astaire starrers as
Shall We Dance (1937),
A Damsel in Distress (1937),
Carefree (1936),
You'll Never Get Rich (1941), and
You Were Never Lovelier (1942). Ernest Pagano later produced and wrote the Universal A-productions
Lover Come Back (1946) and
Slave Girl (1947), both chock-full of gratuitous (but amusing) physical comedy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide