Barry O'Neil

American film director and screenwriter

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]

Barry O'Neil
Portrait of Barry O'Neil 1914
Born
Thomas J. McCarthy

(1865-09-24)September 24, 1865
DiedMarch 23, 1918(1918-03-23) (aged 52)
Occupations
  • film director
  • screenwriter

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]

Filmography

Director

Writer

References

  1. ^ "O'NEIL, Barry". www.thanhouser.org.
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.thanhouser.org/TCOCD/Narrative_files/c2s9.htm/ [dead link]
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Vazzana, Eugene Michael (October 12, 2001). Silent Film Necrology. McFarland. ISBN 9780786410590 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "O'Neil, Barry | the Lambs, Inc". November 6, 2015.
  6. ^ Cochran, Peter (October 16, 2014). Small-Screen Shakespeare. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443869690 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Koszarski, Richard (March 2, 2005). Fort Lee: The Film Town (1904-2004). Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780861969425 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. October 12, 1916 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Burnett, Mark Thornton (October 12, 2011). Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts. ISBN 9780748649341.
  11. ^ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943.

External links

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