Thomas J. Geraghty

Forfatter, Filmklipper

10. april 1883 — 5. juni 1945 (62 år)
Born and raised in Indiana, Thomas Geraghty left for New York after graduating school and got a job as a reporter for the New York Herald and later the New York Tribune. His entrance into the film business was as a publicist, and he later became a writer for the one-reel comedies of Sidney Drew. In Los Angeles he got a job as a writer for Douglas Fairbanks, and was sent to New York by Famous Players-Lasky when it opened a studio there. He ran the studio for several years, then was sent to London to run the studio there, before returning to the US in 1922. He turned out screenplays for various studios throughout the 1920s and 1930s, including the highly regarded 'Wings of the Morning' (1937).

Kendt for

  • Elmer, the Great
    Elmer, the Great1933
  • Zigøjnerprinsessen
    Zigøjnerprinsessen1937
  • Paa Livet løs
    Paa Livet løs1919
  • Mr. Robinson Crusoe
    Mr. Robinson Crusoe1932
  • Bag Fængslets Port
    Bag Fængslets Port1929
  • Den skotske Venus
    Den skotske Venus1925
  • Juveltyven
    Juveltyven1920
  • Keep Your Seats, Please!
    Keep Your Seats, Please!1936
  • The Church Mouse
    The Church Mouse1934
  • The Playboy
    The Playboy1938
  • A Man's Man
    A Man's Man1917
  • Footlights and Fools
    Footlights and Fools1929
  • Shipyard Sally
    Shipyard Sally1939
  • Styrmand Malone
    Styrmand Malone1924

Filmografi

1919

1939
Shipyard Sally · as Story
1938
The Playboy · as Story
1935
So You Won't Talk · as Story
1933
Samarang · as Scenario Writer
1932
Mr. Robinson Crusoe · as Adaptation
1929
Tanned Legs · as Adaptation
1929
Weary River · as Dialogue
1926
It's the Old Army Game · as Supervising Editor
1926
It's the Old Army Game · as Scenario Writer
1926
The New Klondike · as Supervising Editor
1925
Wild, Wild Susan · as Scenario Writer
1925
1919
When the Clouds Roll by · as Scenario Writer