Barry O'Neil
Barry O'Neil (September 24, 1865 - March 23, 1918) was a film director and writer. His real name was Thomas J. McCarthy.[1] He directed several Thanhouser films including the production company's first two-reeler,[2] Romeo and Juliet.[3] He went on to work for Lubin and then World Film Corporation.[2]
He was born in New York City.[4]
O'Neil married actress Nellie Walters. He died of apoplexy.[2]
In 1910 and 1911 he filmed adaptations of a couple William Shakespeare plays.[5] In 1915 he filmed a version of McTeague in Death Valley[6] released as Life's Whirlpool.[7] William E. Hamilton was an assistant director to O'Neil.[8]
Filmography
Director
- The Actor's Children (1910)
- The Mad Hermit (1910)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910 film)
- The Writing on the Wall (1910)
- The Girl of the Northern Woods (1910)
- The Winter's Tale (1910)[9]
- St. Elmo (1910)
- The Actor's Children (1910)
- Romeo and Juliet (1911)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1911)
- For the Love of a Girl (1912)
- The Third Degree (1913)
- The Wolf (1914 film)
- The Evangelist (1915 film) (1915), adapted from the 1907 play[10]
- Bought (early film) (1915)
- McTeague (film), also known as Life's Whirlpool (1916)
- Husband and Wife (early film)
- A Woman's Way (early film)
- The Unpardonable Sin (early film)
- The Weakness of Man
- The Revolt (early film)
- Hidden Scar[2]
Writer
- The Third Degree (1913 film) (1913)
- The Lion and the Mouse (1914 film) (1914)
- McTeague (film), also known as Life's Whirlpool (1916)
References
- ^ "O'NEIL, Barry". www.thanhouser.org.
- ^ a b c d https://www.thanhouser.org/TCOCD/Narrative_files/c2s9.htm/
- ^ Q. David Bowers (1995). "Volume 1: Narrative History -Chapter 3 - 1910: Film Production Begins". Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ Vazzana, Eugene Michael (October 12, 2001). "Silent Film Necrology". McFarland – via Google Books.
- ^ Cochran, Peter (October 16, 2014). "Small-Screen Shakespeare". Cambridge Scholars Publishing – via Google Books.
- ^ Koszarski, Richard (March 2, 2005). "Fort Lee: The Film Town (1904-2004)". Indiana University Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Koszarski, Richard (May 4, 1994). "An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928". University of California Press – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. October 12, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=lZdvAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA483&dq=barry+o%27neil+director&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiY9-K_3pblAhUCnq0KHbM5DgE4ChDoATAJegQIARA4#v=onepage&q=barry%20o'neil%20director&f=false
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&pg=PA247&dq=the+valley+of+lost.hope+1917+barry+o%27neil&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiD_5LV4pblAhVtUN8KHXecBdIQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=the%20valley%20of%20lost.hope%201917%20barry%20o'neil&f=false