Barry O'Neil
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Barry O'Neil | |
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 Portrait of Barry O'Neil 1914 | |
| Born | Thomas J. McCarthy September 24, 1865 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | March 23, 1918 (aged 52) New York City, U.S. |
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Barry O'Neil (1865 – 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. In 1913 O'Neil was elected to The Lambs as a non-resident member.[5] He died of apoplexy.
In 1910 and 1911 he filmed adaptations of a couple William Shakespeare plays.[6] In 1915 he filmed a version of McTeague in Death Valley[7] released as Life's Whirlpool.[8] William E. Hamilton was an assistant director to O'Neil.[9]
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References
[edit]- ^ "O'NEIL, Barry". www.thanhouser.org.
- ^ a b c https://www.thanhouser.org/TCOCD/Narrative_files/c2s9.htm/ [dead link]
- ^ Q. David Bowers (1995). "Volume 1: Narrative History -Chapter 3 – 1910: Film Production Begins". Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ Vazzana, Eugene Michael (October 12, 2001). Silent Film Necrology. McFarland. ISBN 9780786410590 – via Google Books.
- ^ "O'Neil, Barry | the Lambs, Inc". November 6, 2015.
- ^ Cochran, Peter (October 16, 2014). Small-Screen Shakespeare. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443869690 – via Google Books.
- ^ Koszarski, Richard (March 2, 2005). Fort Lee: The Film Town (1904-2004). Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780861969425 – 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. ISBN 9780520085350 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. October 12, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ^ Burnett, Mark Thornton (October 12, 2011). Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts. ISBN 9780748649341.
- ^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943.
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Media related to Barry O'Neil at Wikimedia Commons
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Categories:
- 1865 births
- 1918 deaths
- Film directors from New York City
- American male screenwriters
- American male silent film actors
- 20th-century American male actors
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 20th-century American male writers
- Films directed by Barry O'Neil
- Members of The Lambs Club
- American silent film directors