Mary McCarthy (screenwriter)
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Mary McCarthy (not to be confused with another screenwriter—Mary Eunice McCarthy) was an American screenwriter active in the 1930s and 1940s.[1]
Biography
Born and raised in San Francisco, California, to Irish parents (just like the similarly named screenwriter), McCarthy pursued a career as a schoolteacher in San Mateo, California, before giving it all up to run a nonprofit sandwich stand. She then became a political activist, stumping the state for the Democratic Party and going toe-to-toe with the Ku Klux Klan.[1] Eventually she headed to Hollywood to pursue a career as a scenarist in the mid-1930s; her first big credit was on Theodora Goes Wild, a 1936 comedy starring Irene Dunne.[1]
Selected filmography
- Life Returns (1935)Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Theodora Goes Wild (1936)[1]
- Amateur Detective (1939)Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Sister Kenny (1946)Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Curley (1947)Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
References
Further reading
Articles
- Bennett, Buford Gordon (April 20, 1925). "Two Sketches Top This Week's Bill at the Orpheum; Mary Carr Stars in Playlet by S.F. Writer" The San Francisco Examiner. p. 11
- "With Universal". Hollywood Filmograph. September 3, 1932. p. 3
- "'Theodora' to Swerling". The Hollywood Reporter. May 1, 1935. p. 4
- "Screen Writer Arrives at Mills" (November 28, 1936). The San Mateo Times. p. 2
- Safford, Virginia (November 2, 1943). "Names Make News". The Minneapolis Star. p. 17
- Coons, Robbin (January 13, 1944). "Sister Kenny Gets Movie Treatment; Film Will Portray Her Work With Infantile Paralysis". Macon Chronicle-Herald. p. 2
- "Indian's Love on 'Matinee'". The Paducah Sun. August 25, 1957. p. 38
Books
- Masterson, James; Eberly, Joyce E., editors (1959) Writings on American History, 1957; Volume II of the Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1959. Washington, DC : U.S. Government Printing Office. 1959. p. 529
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- ↑ a b c d "Irish Mary McCarthy Does Unpredictable Things". The Tampa Tribune. July 30, 1939. p. 36. Retrieved January 30, 2022.