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Connolly wrote and published several [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[parable]] novels, including ''Mr. Blue'' (originally published in 1928 and subsequently reprinted |
Connolly wrote and published several [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[parable]] novels, including ''Mr. Blue'' (originally published in 1928 and subsequently reprinted.<ref name="breslin1">{{cite web|last=Breslin|first=John|title=The Improbable Career of Mr Blue|url=http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2002/ft_blue.html|work=Boston College magazine|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/66QHwr0nm|archivedate=25 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Murphy|first=John|title=Mr. Blue|url=http://catholicfiction.net/book-review/mr-blue-by-myles-connolly/|work=Catholic Fiction|publisher=Catholic Fiction.Net|accessdate=29 September 2013}}</ref> Although, Connolly wrote three subsequent novels (''Dan England'' and ''The Nobody Devil'', notwithstanding), nothing came as close in popularity as ''Mr. Blue''. The book remained in print for 60 years and, inspite of his steady and respectable film career, remained his most lasting legacy.<ref name="breslin1"/> |
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==Screenwriting and Award Nominations== |
==Screenwriting and Award Nominations== |
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Revision as of 15:33, 30 September 2013
Myles Connolly (1897–1964) was an author and Hollywood screenwriter/producer.
Biography
Myles Connolly was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated from Boston College in 1918. Connolly worked as a newspaper reporter with the Boston Post and was able to lay claim to being one of the few journalists ever granted the opportunity to interview President Calvin Coolidge.[1] Their daughter, Mary, also became a nun.[2] Both he and his wife, Agnes (a Nashville socialite), were devout Roman Catholics and each had a sister who was a nun.[3] Their daughter, Mary, also became a nun.[4]
Connolly had a fan in fellow Bostonian Joseph P. Kennedy. Kennedy convinced Connolly to leave Boston to work as a producer at the Film Booking Office (FBO) movie studio in Hollywood.[5] [6] FBO was purchased by RCA to become RKO studios in 1929. At RKO, Connolly served as associate producer for that studio's earliest Wheeler & Woolsey vehicles. There, he also worked as writer-producer of dramatic films, such as The Right to Romance (1933).[7]
Connolly eventually befriended director Frank Capra at a cast and crew party for Ladies of Leisure (1930) after actor Alan Roscoe invited Connolly to tag along with him to the event. Capra followed Roscoe's lead in describing the writer/producer from Boston in his autobiography The Name Above the Title as "a hulking, 230-pound, six-three, black-haired, blue-eyed gum-chewing Irishman with the mien of a dyspeptic water buffalo." [8]
Though Connolly chided Capra for turning out frivolities when he thought Capra could produce thought provoking pieces, Conolly did not neccesarily follow his own advice. He produced numerous pieces of escapist entertainmenmt such as the Tarzan pictures of the 1940s. Connolly's only collaborations with Capra were State of the Union (1948) and Here Comes the Groom (1952).
Myles Connolly's last screenwriting credit was MGM's musical biography of Hans Christian Andersen with Danny Kaye (1952).
Novels
Connolly wrote and published several Roman Catholic parable novels, including Mr. Blue (originally published in 1928 and subsequently reprinted.[9][10] Although, Connolly wrote three subsequent novels (Dan England and The Nobody Devil, notwithstanding), nothing came as close in popularity as Mr. Blue. The book remained in print for 60 years and, inspite of his steady and respectable film career, remained his most lasting legacy.[9]
Screenwriting and Award Nominations
Screenwriting credits include the The Right to Romance (1933), Palm Springs (1936),[11] Youth Takes a Fling (1938), and the Charles Vidor film Hans Christian Andersen (1952).
Connolly co-wrote the Ann Southern-Lew Ayres film Maisie Was a Lady (1941) with Elizabeth Reinhardt. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay for Music for Millions (1944).[12] [13] 1n 1951, he shared the nomination for a Hugo award (Best Dramatic Presentation) for the screenplay of Harvey. In 1952, he was nominated for the Best Written American Musical award by the Writer's Guild of America (WGA) for Here Comes the Groom.[14]
References
- ^ Capra, Frank (1997). The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography. Cambridge (MA): De Capo Press. p. 120. ISBN 0306807718.
- ^ Capra, Frank (1997). The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography. Cambridge (MA): De Capo Press. p. 179. ISBN 0306807718.
- ^ Capra, Frank (1997). The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography. Cambridge (MA): De Capo Press. p. 179. ISBN 0306807718.
- ^ Capra, Frank (1997). The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography. Cambridge (MA): De Capo Press. p. 179. ISBN 0306807718.
- ^ Capra, Frank (1997). The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography. Cambridge (MA): De Capo Press. p. 120. ISBN 0306807718.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Myles Connolly: Full Biography". Newspaper. New York Times. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Myles Connolly: Full Biography". Newspaper. New York Times. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Capra, Frank (1997). The Name Above the Title: An Autobiography. Cambridge (MA): De Capo Press. p. 120. ISBN 0306807718.
- ^ a b Breslin, John. "The Improbable Career of Mr Blue". Boston College magazine. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.
- ^ Murphy, John. "Mr. Blue". Catholic Fiction. Catholic Fiction.Net. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Palm Springs at the TCM Movie Database
- ^ Loyala Classics biography
- ^ Awards for Myles Connolly, IMDb.
- ^ Awards for Myles Connolly, IMDb.
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