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] .[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)
- (1911)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1911)
- (1912)
- The Third Degree (1913)
- The Wolf (1914 film)
- The Evangelist (1916 film) (1916), adapted from the 1907 play[10]
- (1915)
- The Great Ruby (1915)
- McTeague (film), also known as Life's Whirlpool (1916)
- A Woman's Way (1916)
- Husband and Wife (1916)
- The Evangelist (1916)
- The Weakness of Man
- 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.
- ^ Jump up to: 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. 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.
- ^ 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 (12 October 2011). Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts. ISBN 9780748649341.
- ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. ISBN 9783110951943.
Categories:
- 1865 births
- 1918 deaths
- American film directors