George Ade

Career Overview

George Ade has 59 screen credits in a career dating back to 1914. Signature works include Maybe It's Love, Old Home Week, Back Home and Broke. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

59

Birth Date

1866-02-09

Birth Place

Kentland, Indiana, USA

Known For

• 

  Maybe It's Love
• 

  Old Home Week
• 

  Back Home and Broke
• 

  Father and the Boys
• 

  The Slim Princess
• 

  The Fable of the Husband Who Showed Up and Did His Duty

Frequent Collaborators

• Thomas Meighan (2 collaborations)
• Lila Lee (2 collaborations)
• Larry Wheat (2 collaborations)
• Joan Bennett (1 collaborations)
• Joe E. Brown (1 collaborations)
• James Hall (1 collaborations)
• Laura Lee (1 collaborations)
• Sumner Getchell (1 collaborations)
• George Irving (1 collaborations)
• George Bickel (1 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (46 credits)

  • Freshman Love

    story

    writing
    1936
  • The County Chairman

    writer

    writing
    1935
  • Young as You Feel

    writer

    writing
    1931
  • Maybe It's Love

    writer

    writing
    1930
  • The College Widow

    theatre play

    writing
    1927
  • Old Home Week

    writer

    writing
    1925
  • Woman-Proof

    theatre play

    writing
    1923
  • Back Home and Broke

    story

    writing
    1922
  • Our Leading Citizen

    story

    writing
    1922
  • Just Out of College

    writer

    writing
    1920
  • The Slim Princess

    story

    writing
    1920
  • The Fable of the Kid Who Shifted His Ideals to Golf and Finally Became a Baseball Fan and Took the Only Known Cure

    writer

    writing
    1916
  • The Fable of the Slim Girl Who Tried to Keep a Date That Was Never Made

    story

    writing
    1916
  • Artie, the Millionaire Kid

    writer

    writing
    1916
  • The Fable of the Grass Widow and the Mesmeree and the Six Dollars

    story

    writing
    1916
  • Father and the Boys

    screenplay

    writing
    1915
  • The Fable of the Roistering Blades

    story

    writing
    1915
  • Just Out of College

    screenplay

    writing
    1915
  • The Fable of the Intermittent Fusser

    story

    writing
    1915
  • The Slim Princess

    story

    writing
    1915
  • The Fable of a Night Given Over to Revelry

    story

    writing
    1915
  • The Fable of the Good People Who Rallied to the Support of the Church

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • The Fable of the Syndicate Lover

    story

    writing
    1915
  • Hifaluting Tillie and Her Plain Parents

    story

    writing
    1915
  • Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of the Husband Who Showed Up and Did His Duty

    story

    writing
    1914
  • Two Pop-Up Fables

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify

    story

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times

    story

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of Aggie and the Aggravated Attacks

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable 'Proving That Spongers are Found in a Drug Store'

    story

    writing
    1914
  • The Prevailing Craze

    story

    writing
    1914
  • Three Boiled Down Fables

    story

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of 'How Uncle Brewster Was Too Shifty For the Tempter'

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

    story

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of 'The Long Range Lover and the Lollypalooze'

    story

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of 'The Author and the Dear Public and the Plate of Mush'

    story

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of the Family That Did Too Much For Nellie

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of The Adult Girl Who Got Busy

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of the Manoeuvres of Joel and Father's Second Time on Earth

    story

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in

    story

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps

    story

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of the 'Good Fairy'

    story

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed

    story

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man

    writer

    writing
    1914
  • The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine

    story

    writing
    1914

• directing (11 credits)

  • At the End of a Perfect Day

    director

    directing
    1915
  • The Fable of the City Grafter and the Unprotected Rubes

    director

    directing
    1915
  • Two Dinky Little Dramas of a Non-Serious Kind

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Fable of the Husband Who Showed Up and Did His Duty

    director

    directing
    1914
  • Three Boiled Down Fables

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Fable of One Samaritan Who Got Paralysis of the Helping Hand

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Fable of the Coming Champion Who Was Delayed

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man

    director

    directing
    1914
  • The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine

    director

    directing
    1914

• actors (2 credits)

  • The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps

    Self - Author George Ade

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Lambs' All-Star Gambol

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1914