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

Writer

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References

  1. "O'NEIL, Barry". www.thanhouser.org.
  2. https://www.thanhouser.org/TCOCD/Narrative_files/c2s9.htm/
  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 via Google Books.
  5. Cochran, Peter (October 16, 2014). "Small-Screen Shakespeare". Cambridge Scholars Publishing via Google Books.
  6. Koszarski, Richard (March 2, 2005). "Fort Lee: The Film Town (1904-2004)". Indiana University Press via Google Books.
  7. 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.
  8. "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. October 12, 1916 via Google Books.
  9. 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
  10. 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
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