Biography
The multi-talented Val Burton kicked off his film career as a musical director for independent productions. In the early 1930s, Burton signed with RKO, where he penned the music and lyrics for such delightful fabrications as
Phil Harris'
Melody Cruise (1933) and Wheeler and Woolsey's
Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934). From 1938 onward, he confined himself to screenwriting. Specializing in comedy, Val Burton worked on the scripts for most of Paramount's
Henry Aldrich entries, and was one of the scriveners for the unusual Abbott and Costello vehicle
The Time of Their Lives (1946) and the legendary
Ronald Reagan starrer
Bedtime for Bonzo (1951). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide