Allan Scott

Allan Scott (May 23, 1906 – April 13, 1995) was a screenwriter who was nominated for an Academy Award for So Proudly We Hail!. He co-wrote the screenplays for a number of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films: Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), Swing Time (1936), Shall We Dance (1937), and Carefree (1938), as well as Roberta (1935), in which they played supporting roles.He died on 13 April 1995 at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, at aged 88.Allan was the father of actor Pippa Scott and brother of film producer and screenwriter Adrian Scott.