Mary McCarthy (screenwriter)
Mary McCarthy | |
|---|---|
| Born | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1935–1947 |
Mary McCarthy (not to be confused with another screenwriter—Mary Eunice McCarthy—active around the same time, or the Vitagraph child star,[1] or the popular author) was an American screenwriter active in the 1930s and 1940s.
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.[2] 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.[2]
Selected filmography
- Curley (1947)
- Sister Kenny (1946)
- Amateur Detective (1939)
- Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
- Life Returns (1935)
References
- ^ "15 Aug 1943, 22 - Tampa Bay Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-13. (subscription required)
- ^ a b "30 Jul 1939, 36 - The Tampa Tribune at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-01-13. (subscription required)
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