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[[File:Created-Equal-Empire.jpg|thumb|Poster for the Federal Theatre Project production of John Hunter Booth's ''Created Equal'' (1938)]]
'''John Hunter Booth''' (November 27, 1886 – November 23, 1971) was an [[United States|American]] playwright. He wrote 7 films between [[1922 in film|1922]] and [[1933 in film|1933]].
'''John Hunter Booth''' (1886 – November 23, 1971) was an American playwright. He wrote multiple stage plays and films. He was born in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], United States and died in [[Norwood, Massachusetts]].<ref name="playbill"/>


He was born in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], [[USA]] and died in [[Norwood, Massachusetts]].
==Works==
==Works==
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[[The Masquerader (play)]]
*[[4 Devils]]{{efn|It was initially released on October 3, 1928 by [[Fox Film Corporation]] without dialogue, but it was pulled from distribution for sound to be added. Booth was hired to write the dialogue. The dialogue version was released on June 15, 1929.<ref name="murnau"/><ref name="fourdevils"/>}}
*A Man's Own Soul<ref name="thecopy:2"/>
*The Better Man<ref name="thecopy:2"/>
*Brass Buttons<ref name="brass"/>
*Created Equal<ref name="createdequal"/>
*Crescendo<ref name="copyoffice"/>
*Evangeline{{efn|Billed as a performer.<ref name="playbill"/>}}
*The Foot Of The Mountain<ref name="thecopy:2"/>
*Keep Her Smiling<ref name="keep smiling"/>
*Like A King<ref name="like a king"/>
*The Little Man<ref name="thecopy:2"/>
*[[The Lone Star Ranger (1930 film)|The Lone Star Ranger]]<ref name="lone star"/>
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*[[The Masquerader (play)]]
*N A M E S<ref name="thecopy:2"/>
*The Native Son<ref name="copyoffice"/>
*No Trespassing<ref name="no trespassing"/>
*[[Omar the Tentmaker (film)|Omar the Tentmaker]] (play){{efn|Billed as a performer.<ref name="omar"/>}}
*Princess April<ref name="playbill"/>
*Rolling Home<ref name="thetech"/>
*The Round Pegs<ref name="thecopy:2"/>
*The Silent Voice<ref name="thecopy:2"/>
*Strange Harmony<ref name="copyoffice"/>
*Talk About Girls<ref name="talk girls"/>
*Tomorrow<ref name="copyoffice"/>
*[[The Valiant (1929 film)|The Valiant]]<ref name="valiant"/>
*We Are The Chosen<ref name="copyoffice"/>
*When The Train Stopped<ref name="thecopy:2"/>
*When Wilderness Was West<ref name="copyoffice"/>
*The Winged Messenger<ref name="wingedmess"/>
*Wolves<ref name="wolves"/>
*The Woman Of Destiny<ref name="copyoffice"/>
*The Worshipers<ref name="thecopy:2"/>
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==External links==
==Notes==
{{notelist}}
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*{{imdb name|id=0095732|name=John Hunter Booth}}

==References==
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<ref name="murnau">{{cite journal |last1=Bergstrom |first1=Janet |title=Murnau in America: Chronicle of Lost Films |journal=Film History |date=2002 |volume=14 |issue=3/4 |pages=430–460 |doi=10.2979/FIL.2002.14.3-4.430 |jstor=3815442 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3815442 |url-access=subscription |issn=0892-2160}}</ref>

<ref name="copyoffice">{{cite book |title=1946-1954 Copyright Registration Cards (A-N) |date=1946 |publisher=United States Copyright Office |location=Washington DC |pages=797–808}}</ref>

<ref name="thetech">{{cite news |title=Rolling Home |work=[[The Tech (newspaper)|The Tech]] |date=March 25, 1925 |volume=45 |issue=1 |page=2 |url=https://archive.org/details/mit_the_tech_newspaper-v45-i1/page/n1/mode/2up}}</ref>

<ref name="thecopy:2">{{cite book |title=1909-1937 Copyright Registration Cards |publisher=United States Copyright Office |location=Washington DC}}</ref>

<ref name="wingedmess">{{cite news |title=The Winged Messenger at Bronx Opera House Monday |work=[[The New Leader]] |date=October 9, 1926 |volume=3 |issue=39 |page=7 |department=Amusements |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_new-leader_1926-10-09_3_39/page/n7/mode/2up}}</ref>

<ref name="createdequal">{{cite book |last1=O'Connor |first1=John |last2=Brown |first2=Lorraine |title=Free, Adult, Uncensored: The Living History of the Federal Theatre Project |date=1978 |publisher=New Republic Books |location=Washington |isbn=978-0-915220-37-3 |page=14 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/freeadultuncenso00ocon/page/14/mode/2up |chapter=Troubles and Triumphs}}</ref>

<ref name="no trespassing">{{cite magazine |last1=Benchley |first1=Robert |title=Catching Up |magazine=[[Life Magazine]] |date=September 30, 1926 |volume=88 |issue=2291 |page=19 |department=Drama |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_life_1926-09-30_88_2291/page/n19/mode/2up}}</ref>

<ref name="like a king">{{cite magazine |last1=Nathan |first1=George Jean |title=In Tin-Pot Alley |magazine=[[Judge magazine|Judge Magazine]] |date=November 5, 1921 |volume=81 |issue=2208 |page=19 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_judge_1921-11-05_81_2088/page/18/mode/2up}}</ref>

<ref name="lone star">{{cite magazine |last1=Francis |first1=Kay |title=A Lenda Do Valle |magazine=[[Cinearte]] |date=November 5, 1930 |page=28 |department=A Tela Em Revista |url=https://archive.org/details/1930-novembro-30-domingo-a/1930%20Novembro%2005%20Quarta-feira%20e/page/n33/mode/2up |trans-title=The Lone Star Ranger |language=pt}}</ref>

<ref name="keep smiling">{{cite journal |editor1-last=Reedy |editor1-first=William M. |editor1-link=William Marion Reedy |title=Coming Shows |journal=[[Reedy's Mirror]] |date=March 21, 1919 |volume=28 |issue=12 |page=168 |location=St. Louis |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_reedys-mirror_1919-03-21_28_12/page/n13/mode/2up}}</ref>

<ref name="valiant">{{cite news |title=Should Capital Punishment Be Abolished? |url=https://archive.org/details/1929-06-21_Northfield-Press/page/n5/mode/2up |work=The Tri-State Weekly: The Northfield Press |volume=21 |issue=46 |date=June 21, 1929 |page=6}}</ref>

<ref name="talk girls">{{cite news |title=The New Plays |work=[[The Daily Worker]] |date=June 4, 1927 |volume=4 |issue=121 |page=8 |department=Amusements |url=https://archive.org/details/per_daily-worker_the-daily-worker_1927-06-04_4_121/page/n11/mode/2up |location=New York}}</ref>

<ref name="fourdevils">{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Frank T. |title=Lost Films: Important Movies That Disappeared |date=1996 |publisher=Carol Publishing Group |location=Secaucus, New Jersey |isbn=978-0-8065-1604-2 |pages=263; 271 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/lostfilmsimporta0000thom/page/262/mode/2up |chapter=4 Devils}}</ref>

<ref name="omar">{{cite news |title=Omar Is Delight To The Eye And Ear |url=https://archive.org/details/victoriadailytimes19150522/page/n5/mode/2up |work=[[Victoria Daily Times]] |volume=46 |issue=119 |date=May 22, 1915 |location=[[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]], Canada |page=6}}</ref>

<ref name="brass">{{cite news |title=Brass Buttons Tells Mother-Love Story: John Hunter Booth's Stodgy Drama Has an Irish Policeman As Its Hero |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 6, 1927 |page=26 |id={{ProQuest|104004453}}}}</ref>

<ref name="wolves">{{cite news |title=Theatrical Notes |work=The New York Times |date=February 11, 1928 |page=10 |id={{ProQuest|104305607}}}}</ref>

<ref name="playbill">{{cite news |title=John Hunter Booth |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/john-hunter-booth-vault-0000013419 |work=[[Playbill]]}}</ref>


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==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|id=0095732|name=John Hunter Booth}}

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Latest revision as of 19:04, 24 February 2024

Poster for the Federal Theatre Project production of John Hunter Booth's Created Equal (1938)

John Hunter Booth (1886 – November 23, 1971) was an American playwright. He wrote multiple stage plays and films. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and died in Norwood, Massachusetts.[1]

Works[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ It was initially released on October 3, 1928 by Fox Film Corporation without dialogue, but it was pulled from distribution for sound to be added. Booth was hired to write the dialogue. The dialogue version was released on June 15, 1929.[2][3]
  2. ^ Billed as a performer.[1]
  3. ^ Billed as a performer.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "John Hunter Booth". Playbill.
  2. ^ Bergstrom, Janet (2002). "Murnau in America: Chronicle of Lost Films". Film History. 14 (3/4): 430–460. doi:10.2979/FIL.2002.14.3-4.430. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 3815442.
  3. ^ Thompson, Frank T. (1996). "4 Devils". Lost Films: Important Movies That Disappeared. Secaucus, New Jersey: Carol Publishing Group. pp. 263, 271. ISBN 978-0-8065-1604-2.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i 1909-1937 Copyright Registration Cards. Washington DC: United States Copyright Office.
  5. ^ "Brass Buttons Tells Mother-Love Story: John Hunter Booth's Stodgy Drama Has an Irish Policeman As Its Hero". The New York Times. December 6, 1927. p. 26. ProQuest 104004453.
  6. ^ O'Connor, John; Brown, Lorraine (1978). "Troubles and Triumphs". Free, Adult, Uncensored: The Living History of the Federal Theatre Project. Washington: New Republic Books. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-915220-37-3.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g 1946-1954 Copyright Registration Cards (A-N). Washington DC: United States Copyright Office. 1946. pp. 797–808.
  8. ^ Reedy, William M., ed. (March 21, 1919). "Coming Shows". Reedy's Mirror. 28 (12). St. Louis: 168.
  9. ^ Nathan, George Jean (November 5, 1921). "In Tin-Pot Alley". Judge Magazine. Vol. 81, no. 2208. p. 19.
  10. ^ Francis, Kay (November 5, 1930). "A Lenda Do Valle" [The Lone Star Ranger]. A Tela Em Revista. Cinearte (in Portuguese). p. 28.
  11. ^ Benchley, Robert (September 30, 1926). "Catching Up". Drama. Life Magazine. Vol. 88, no. 2291. p. 19.
  12. ^ "Omar Is Delight To The Eye And Ear". Victoria Daily Times. Vol. 46, no. 119. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. May 22, 1915. p. 6.
  13. ^ "Rolling Home". The Tech. Vol. 45, no. 1. March 25, 1925. p. 2.
  14. ^ "The New Plays". Amusements. The Daily Worker. Vol. 4, no. 121. New York. June 4, 1927. p. 8.
  15. ^ "Should Capital Punishment Be Abolished?". The Tri-State Weekly: The Northfield Press. Vol. 21, no. 46. June 21, 1929. p. 6.
  16. ^ "The Winged Messenger at Bronx Opera House Monday". Amusements. The New Leader. Vol. 3, no. 39. October 9, 1926. p. 7.
  17. ^ "Theatrical Notes". The New York Times. February 11, 1928. p. 10. ProQuest 104305607.

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