death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name
08 october 1963 white lake , michigan morrison , illinois frank r. adams 07 july 1883 lorna d. margrave frank r. adams
 frank ramsey adams
frank r. adams

frank ramsey adams -lrb- july 7 , 1883 -- october 8 , 1963 -rrb- was an american author , screenwriter , composer , and newspaper reporter .
he was born on july 7 , 1883 in morrison , illinois .
educated at the university of chicago , adams worked as a reporter for several chicago newspapers , including the `` chicago tribune '' , `` city press '' , `` chicago daily news '' , and the `` chicago herald-examiner '' .
from 1916 to 1932 , he was manager of the nufer-adams playhouse -lrb- which he cofounded with lumberman j.j. nufer and which since 1973 has been known as howmet playhouse -rrb- and owner of the sylvan beach resort co. in whitehall , michigan .
adams wrote plays , musical comedies , and lyrics for popular songs , such as `` i wonder who 's kissing her now '' .
he composed the stage scores for the musicals `` the time , the place , and the girl '' , `` the girl question '' , `` a stubborn cinderella '' , `` the goddess of liberty '' , and `` the price of tonight '' .
his chief musical collaborators included joe howard , harold orlob and will hough .
adams wrote several novels , some of which were made into films .
his short stories were published in several magazines , including `` smart set '' , `` cosmopolitan '' , `` black cat '' , and `` illustrated detective '' .
he also had a successful career as a screenwriter in hollywood , writing the stories for such films as `` stage struck '' -lrb- 1925 -rrb- , `` almost a lady '' -lrb- 1925 -rrb- , and `` the cowboy and the lady '' -lrb- 1938 -rrb- , which starred gary cooper and merle oberon .
on december 1 , 1931 , he married lorna d. margrave .
the couple had one child .
during world war ii , adams fought in france as a lieutenant in a united states army artillery unit .
adams died october 8 , 1963 at white lake , michigan .
he was 80 years old .
